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 - advanced


NLCS (7 games)


World Series (7 games)

League Chat Box

Diamondbacks overcome brilliant outing by Hamels

Hits were hard to come by against Cole Hamels last night, but the Diamondbacks pushed across enough to defeat the Phillies, 4-3. Hamels allowed just 3 hits over 8 innings in the loss. | Box

Chance tosses shutout for Angels

Detroit is hoping not to see Dean Chance again for a long while. Chance went the distance, leading Los Angeles to a 5-0 victory. Max Scherzer struckout 10 Los Angeles batters in the contest. | Box

Big game for Stargell lifts Pirates to victory

Willie Stargell drove in 4 runs, carrying Pittsburgh to a 11-6 victory over the Cubs. Rick Sutcliffe struckout 12 Pittsburgh batters in the contest. | 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