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 - Red Sox advance
(2 vs 3/6) Angels at Tigers - Angels advance

ALCS (7 games)
Angels at Red Sox

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 - Pirates advance
(2 vs 3/6) Phillies at Diamondbacks - advance

NLCS (7 games)
Diamondbacks at Pirates

World Series (7 games)

League Chat Box

Messersmith dominates, Angels win 4-0

Andy Messersmith was brilliant last night, allowing just 2 hits over 7 innings, leading the Angels to a 4-0 win over the Red Sox. | Box

Martinez baffles Orioles, Red Sox win

Pedro Martinez struckout 9 Baltimore batters in a 7-4 win for the Red Sox. | Box

Diamondbacks find a way to survive 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 blanks Detroit with 5-0 shutout

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

Stargell delivers in clutch, Pirates win

Willie Stargell drove in 4 runs, carrying Pittsburgh to a 11-6 victory over the Cubs. | Box