In the NL East and NL West, meanwhile, where the Mets and Dodgers have comfortable leads, but lesser records than the Pirates and Cubs, there will be no wild-card gauntlet.
Toronto has lost back to back games just three times since the All-Star Break. Unfortunately, one of those hits was a pop-fly double by Matt Carpenter in the third. The second pitcher, Trevor Cahill (1-3), entered with two outs in the third and earned his first cubs with the Cubs...