Snakes alive! Wild Card race gets even closer

Plus: Verlander, daughter share mound moment

Saturday, September 26 View In Browser  Who needs to win the World Series the most?   Let's rate -- on a scale of 0 (least urgent) to 10 (insanely urgent) -- how important a World Series title would be to each of the clubs (and their fanbases!) still alive in the postseason hunt. TOP NEWS 'Something magical' going on as surging D-backs narrow Wild Card gap to 1 'Have to find a way': Urgency setting in after Phils' 12th shutout loss of year Guardians squeeze out unsightly win over Royals in AL Central race Murakami homers twice as White Sox stay laser-focused on AL Central race Consequential 6th in loss to A's could prove costly for Astros' AL West hopes deGrom's final regular-season start goes awry as Rangers drop critical game MORE TOP NEWS PERSONALIZE STORIES STAFF PICKS Who will steal the October spotlight? Seemingly every year, a new group of postseason heroes emerges. Some of them are the ones you never saw coming. So who could it be in 2026? Verlander (not that one) fires a strike One day before he makes his final big league start, Justin Verlander was feted during an emotional pregame ceremony. And a one and a two ... Michael Busch and Dansby Swanson nearly synchronized their slides in scoring at Fenway Park on Friday. Firehouse Subs BOGO continues in Postseason All October long, take advantage of a buy-one-get-one sub deal from Firehouse Subs if a game goes to extras. Watch every Postseason game and enjoy a bonus sub thanks to bonus baseball. ADD MLB AS YOUR PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE TOP PERFORMANCES Longest Home Run Pete Alonso   471 ft 7th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Spencer Jones   114.8 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Louis Varland   100.5 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Royals   40.7% WPA 8th Inning   Watch   Longest Home Run Pete Alonso   471 ft 7th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Spencer Jones   114.8 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Louis Varland   100.5 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Royals   40.7% WPA 8th Inning   Watch   Pete Alonso 2-HR game to take AL lead (43), extend RBI lead (113) Eury Pérez 1st Marlin to allow 1 H or fewer in shutout since 2017 (Vólquez no-no) Nolan Arenado 4th HR in last 5 games to reach 30, most since 2022 Elly De La Cruz With SB, became 4th in Reds history with a 30-HR, 30-SB season Carson Benge 8th player (1st Met) with 20+ HR and 20+ SB in 1st MLB season PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY Look closely -- Emmanuel Rodriguez nearly lost the ball on this leaping catch.  MORE TOP PLAYS MLB NETWORK Saturday afternoon baseball The Pirates are in the Motor City to take on the Tigers at 1 p.m. ET, followed by an NL East clash between the Braves vs. Marlins at 4 (or Rangers vs. Twins). Triple-A Championship Game The Pacific Coast League champion Oklahoma City Comets battle the International League champion Rochester Red Wings in the winner-take-all Triple-A Championship Game, live from Las Vegas at 10 p.m. ET. MORE FROM MLB NETWORK SCOREBOARD CHC 3 BOS 4 CHC 0 BOS 2 BAL 10 NYY 2 BAL 3 NYY 6 PIT 7 DET 8 TB 2 PHI 0 NYM 6 WSH 7 CIN 5 TOR 6 ATL 0 MIA 3 CLE 12 KC 9 COL 1 CWS 6 STL 4 MIL 8 TEX 2 MIN 10 HOU 5 ATH 6 AZ 11 SD 4 LAA 7 SEA 5 LAD 2 SF 0 © 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You (geoffgould.gr8iphone@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@marketing.mlbemail.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe  or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.