Lead Story - 5/22/2025

SEASON 5 BOTB BUDGET PLAYOFFS

Playoffs start: 12 noon (PT) Friday, May 23
Note: The division winner takes precedence with regard to seeding.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Seeding
#1 Boston Red Sox (98)
#2 Detroit Tigers (91)
#3 Los Angeles Angels (90)
#4 Baltimore Orioles (94)
#5 Texas Rangers (88)
#6 Tampa Bay Rays (83)

Wild Card (3 games, 1-1-1) Start at 12 noon (PT) Friday, May 23
(6 at 3) Rays at Angels - Angels advance
(5 at 4) Rangers at Orioles - Orioles advance

Round 2 (5 games) Starts at 10am (PT) Saturday, May 24
(1 vs 4/5) Orioles at Red Sox
(2 vs 3/6) Angels at Tigers

ALCS (7 games)

NATIONAL LEAGUE Seeding
#1 Pittsburg Pirates (98)
#2 Arizona Diamondbacks (95)
#3 Philadelphia Phillies (86)
#4 Chicago Cubs (89)
#5 Colorado Rockies (84)
#6 Atlanta Braves (83)


Wild Card - (3 games, 1-1-1) Start at 12 noon (PT) Friday, May 23
(6 at 3) Braves at Phillies - Phillies advance
(5 at 4) Rockies at Cubs - Cubs advance

Round 2 (5 games) Starts at 10am (PT) Saturday, May 24
(1 vs 4/5) Cubs at Pirates
(2 vs 3/6) Phillies at Diamondbacks


NLCS (7 games)


World Series (7 games)

League Chat Box

Pelty blanks Boston with 4-0 shutout

Boston is hoping not to see Barney Pelty again for a long while. Pelty went the distance, leading Baltimore to a 4-0 victory. | Box

Diamondbacks can't contain Schmidt, fall 12-4

Mike Schmidt was on his game, knocking in 3 runs in Philadelphia's 12-4 victory over the Diamondbacks. Schmidt also had 3 hits in the game. | Box

Tigers fall to Angels despite Skubal's efforts

Tarik Skubal whiffed 8 batters, but the Angels managed to beat the Tigers, 2-1. Nolan Ryan struckout 12 Detroit batters in the contest. | Box

Big game for Kell lifts Tigers to victory

George Kell drove in 4 runs, carrying Detroit to a 8-1 victory over the Angels. Denny McLain struckout 10 Los Angeles batters in the contest. | Box

Johnson whiffs 9 in 4-2 win

Randy Johnson struckout 9 Philadelphia batters in a 4-2 win for the Diamondbacks. | Box