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The Tigers are in full roar, and the team from the Motor City has the accelerator floored toward October as baseball's hottest team of the moment.With a resounding 14-4 win over the second-place Chicago White Sox on Monday night, the Tigers reeled off their 10th consecutive victory -- their longest winning streak since an 11-game run during their World Series championship year of 1968 -- and at t free football streaming he right time.Detroit's magic number to clinch a division title was reduced to six, and they'll have their Cy Young Award favorite, Justin Verlander, on the mound Tuesday gunning for his 23rd win of the year and 11th straight victory. Detroit manager Jim Leyland doesn't seem too keen on getting into any of the grandeur, though."I don't even think about stuff like that," Leyland said following Mond free football streaming ay's game. "That's nice to read in the newspaper and for people to talk about, but I don't think about that stuff. We're just playing good baseball right now and getting some timely hits." And so are the Tampa Bay Rays.The Rays were nine games out of a postseason berth 10 days ago but won their fifth straight game Monday, beating Baltimore to gain another half-game on idle Boston in the American L free football streaming eague Wild Card standings to sit only three behind the Red Sox."I know a lot of people wrote us off about a month, month and a half ago," Rays outfielder B.J. Upton said. "Here we are right in the thick of things." The Angels are in the thick of it, too, but they took a half-step back Monday night, dropping a 6-3 decision to the A's in Oakland and falling three games behind idle Texas in the AL We free football streaming st and five games behind Boston for the Wild Card.Meanwhile, in the foregone conclusion department, we bring you the Philadelphia Phillies, who were primed to clinch a berth in the postseason if they could beat Houston and if St. Louis lost to Pittsburgh, but Philadelphia didn't live up to its end of the bargain. The Phillies were flummoxed by their old teammate, Astros right-hander Brett Myers, a free football streaming nd will have to wait another day to celebrate, even though St. Louis' loss in Pittsburgh lowered the Phillies' postseason-clinch number to one. Their magic number to win the NL East is five.The Cardinals' chances at a longshot bid for the postseason took a big hit when they lost, 6-5, to the Pirates, snapping a five-game winning streak and leaving them stuck for another day at 4 1/2 games behind A free football streaming tlanta in the NL Wild Card race and now 6 1/2 behind the idle Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Central standings."We had several chances to get a little more or a lot more than what we got," Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said at PNC Park. "They prevented that. And we had a couple chances to give up a little less than we did. So it's a tough loss." But that wasn't the only slice of October intrigue in free football streaming baseball on Monday night.The D-backs continued their assault on the NL West, beating the Dodgers in Los Angeles, 7-2, to set their magic number for the division and postseason at seven. The Braves clung to their Wild Card advantage despite losing a heartbreaker to Florida in 12 innings, and the AL East-leading Yankees went out to Seattle and beat Felix Hernandez, 9-3, to lower their magic number free football streaming to clinch a postseason berth to 10 and their division number to 13.And as far as postseason seedings go, the D-backs, who now share an 86-62 record with Milwaukee, moved ahead of the Brewers into the No. 2 slot by virtue of their 4-3 record against Milwaukee in the head-to-head series this year.If the postseason started todayAMERICAN LEAGUERangers (3) at Yankees (1) Red Sox (Wild Card) at Tigers ( free football streaming 2)NATIONAL LEAGUEBrewers (3) at Phillies (1) Braves (Wild Card) at D-backs (2) Today's key games to watch Cardinals (Carpenter, 9-9) at Pirates (Karstens, 9-8), 7:05 p.m. ET Preview Chris Carpenter can use the momentum of a reported fresh contract extension to help his hot team stay within shouting distance of the Wild Card.Rays (Price, 12-12) at Orioles (Simon, 4-8), 7:05 p.m. ET Preview The resu free football streaming rgent Rays look to one of their aces to keep the Wild Card dream alive.Marlins (Hand, 1-6) at Braves (Minor, 5-2), 7:10 p.m. ET Preview The Braves can get a major boost from rookie Mike Minor with a solid outing, which would give them momentum after a tough road trip.Blue Jays (Morrow, 9-10) at Red Sox (Wakefield, 6-6), 7:10 p.m. ET Preview The Red Sox really need a win, and Tim Wakefield has need free football streaming ed one to reach 200 career victories for the last seven starts.Indians (Masterson, 11-9) at Rangers (Harrison, 11-9), 8:05 p.m. ET Preview Young Matt Harrison can make a statement and help his team's quest for the division in a duel with one of the American League's breakout starters this season.Phillies (Hamels, 14-7) at Astros (J.A. Happ, 5-15), 8:05 p.m. ET Preview Cole Hamels gets the chance t free football streaming o nail down a postseason berth for Philly on Tuesday, and he doesn't have to worry about what St. Louis does.Rockies (Rogers, 6-5) at Brewers (Greinke, 14-6), 8:10 p.m. ET Preview Zack Greinke is two wins away from matching his victory total from his 2009 Cy Young campaign, and the Brewers can get a day closer to October.Tigers (Verlander, 22-5) at White Sox (Floyd, 12-10), 8:10 p.m. ET Preview Th free football streaming e Cy Young procession continues for Verlander, who, like his team, can win his 11th in a row Tuesday for the surging Tigers. Angels (Williams, 3-0) at A's (Moscoso, 8-8), 10:05 p.m. ET Preview It's not necessarily a must-win for the Angels, but they need Jerome Williams to step up big here.D-backs (Kennedy, 19-4) at Dodgers (Billingsley, 10-10), 10:10 p.m. ET Preview Ian Kennedy tries to become th free football streaming e first NL pitcher to reach the 20-win mark this year while moving his D-backs closer to a division title.Yankees (Burnett, 9-11) at Mariners (Furbush, 3-8), 10:10 p.m. ET Preview It's important for the Yankees to continue to win against sub-.500 teams if they're to seize home-field advantage in the postseason. Padres (Luebke, 5-9) at Giants (Cain, 11-10), 10:15 p.m. ET Preview The Giants are all free football streaming -out to try to make something happen. At least they have their most experienced starter to lean on in this one.Postseason 101Magic numbersTo calculate a team's magic number, take the number of games it has remaining on the schedule and add one. Then subtract the difference in the loss column between the team and its closest pursuer. Here are the current magic numbers:Yankees: 10 to clinch postseas free football streaming on, 13 to clinch AL EastTigers: 6 to clinch postseason and AL CentralRangers: 13 to clinch postseason and AL WestRed Sox: 14 to clinch AL Wild CardPhillies: 1 to clinch postseason, 5 to clinch NL EastBrewers: 9 to clinch postseason and NL CentralD-backs: 7 to clinch postseason and NL WestBraves: 11 to clinch NL Wild CardTie-breaker scenariosIf two teams are tied atop the division and both are assu free football streaming red of making the postseason, head-to-head record would be used to determine which team is the division champ and which falls to the Wild Card.If two teams are tied atop the division and share the Wild Card lead with another club, the ties will be broken in the following fashion: #149 The teams tied atop the division will play, with the winner taking the division. #149 The losing team will then pl free football streaming ay the remaining Wild Card contender, with the winner making the playoffs.If three clubs are tied atop a division or Wild Card standings, each club would be designated in one of three slots, "A," "B," or "C." Clubs get to choose their designation based on head-to-head records. Tiebreaking games would then proceed like this: #149 Club A hosts Club B on Thursday, Sept. 29 #149 The winner of the firs free football streaming t game hosts Club C on Friday, Sept. 30, with the winner declared champion.If two division winners are tied for the highest winning percentage, the following tie-breakers will be used to determine home-field advantage in the Division Series: #149; Head-to-head record #149; Highest winning percentage in intraleague games #149; Highest winning percentage in the last half of intraleague games #149; I free football streaming f the Clubs remain tied, then the tied Club with the higher winning percentage in the last half plus one of the intraleague games during the championship season. This process will be followed game-by-game until the tie is broken. 2011 Postseason scheduleAmerican League Division Series: Sept. 30 - Oct. 6National League Division Series: Oct. 1-7American League Championship Series: Oct. 8-16National free football streaming League Championship Series: Oct. 9-17World Series: Oct. 19-27Full postseason schedule free football streaming
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