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

Grimes sparks 11-3 win for Cubs

Ray Grimes's hot bat helped the Cubs to a 11-3 win over the Pirates. Grimes collected 4 hits in the game. | Box

Verlander blanks Los Angeles with 3-0 shutout

Los Angeles is hoping not to see Justin Verlander again for a long while. Verlander went the distance, leading Detroit to a 3-0 victory. | Box

Diamondbacks ride Gallen to victory over Phillies

Zac Gallen was brilliant last night, allowing just 2 hits over 7 innings, leading the Diamondbacks to a 4-0 win over the Phillies. Zack Wheeler struckout 8 Arizona batters in the contest. | Box

Martinez tosses shutout for Red Sox

Baltimore is hoping not to see Pedro Martinez again for a long while. Martinez went the distance, leading Boston to a 1-0 victory. Jim Palmer was on fire, allowing just 3 hits over 8 innings for Baltimore. | Box

Grimes powers Cubs to win over Rockies

Ray Grimes blasted 2 homers, lifting the Cubs to a 12-3 win over Colorado. | Box