MLB Live Results, Scores, Highlights and Updated Playoff Bracket From Final Day of Regular Season

He had only throw 25 pitches, but was about to face the Twins' batting order for the second time in the game. Definitely an aggressive move by Rangers manager Skip Schumaker.

Rangers 1, Twins 1

It's his second home run off the day, and this is once again a week out from suffering multiple facial fractures. He's clearly ready for the postseason.

With his next October homer, he'll become the seventh player ever with 20 career home runs in the postseason.

Texas has life in a must-win game. It's still 0-0 between the Astros and A's midway through the second in Sacramento.

The same isn't yet true of the actual bracket, but the schedule for the Wild Card Series is out. No surprises here at all.

Logan Gilbert fanned the side in the first against the Angels. He's the 13th pitcher this season to record 200 strikeouts, and it's the second such season of his career after 2024.

Either that or they're just bad, as both MacKenzie Gore and Peter Lambert ran into trouble in the first inning in Minnesota and Sacramento, respectively.

Gabriel Moreno was in Arizona's initial starting lineup, but he got scratched less than an hour before first pitch.

Assuming he or Luis Arraez isn't used as a pinch-hitter today, this would seem to close the book on the race for the NL batting title. Moreno would win, .311 to .310.

A sac fly in the first inning by Josh Bell made it 1-0 for the Twins over the Rangers, putting Texas on the defensive.

As a reminder, Texas needs a win and a Houston loss to make the playoffs.

Because he hit a two-run home run a week to the day from when he took a foul ball off his face while standing in the on-deck circle, causing multiple fractures.

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Kyle Schwarber smoked this at 116.8 mph off the bat, allowing runners to score from second and third.

The Diamondbacks only just took the field in San Diego, yet their playoff hopes have already suffered a big blow.

Possibly for the last time in a major league uniform? Max Scherzer hasn't yet made that determination, but it does seem possible that the 42-year-old will call it a career.

For what it's worth, it might make his decision easier if he gets the 11 strikeouts he needs to get past Justin Verlander on the all-time leaderboard.

J.T. Realmuto had been mired in an 0-for-34 slump before doubling home Edmundo Sosa. Victor Mesa Jr. didn't take a good route, but that thing was scorched at 110.5 mph.

This was after Bryce Harper had struck out looking, so good on Bryson Stott to bail him out with two down in the inning.

This makes Francisco Lindor one of only three primary shortstops to top the 300-home run threshold, joining Cal Ripken Jr. (431) and Miguel Tejada (307).

For those who are wondering: Alex Rodriguez was not technically a primary shortstop, but he did hit 344 home runs as a shortstop.

If the Phillies are going to clinch a playoff spot today, it would help to get a vintage start from Zack Wheeler. It seems he's gotten the message, as he made quick work of three really good Rays hitters in the first.

For the AL West

The Astros hold the tiebreaker, courtesy of a 9-4 record against the Rangers in the regular season.

For the NL Wild Card

The Diamondbacks hold the tiebreaker. They and the Phillies split six games during the regular season, so the tiebreaker is determined by intra-division records. Arizona went 32-19 in the NL West, while the Phillies went 28-24 in the NL East.