Pennant Crunch: Sunday, September 28th, 2003
Sunday, September 28 2003 @ 10:44 AM EDT
Contributed by: robertdudek
There's very little left to play for today: all 4 division series matchups have been determined as the Houston Astros were crunched. San Francisco and Atlanta are still battling for homefield advantage in the NLCS.
NL Central: Chicago clinches and will face Atlanta in NLDS| Team | Wins | Losses | Remaining | Yesterday | Schedule | Elim |
| Chicago | 88 | 73 | 1 | Pit 4-2;7-2 | pit 1 | __ |
| Houston | 86 | 75 | 1 | Mil 2-5 | mil 1 | elim |
Kerry Wood won't have to pitch Sunday and will almost ceratinly be the game 1 starter against Russ Ortiz and the Braves. The Astros folded their tent and the Cubs played solid baseball to clinch
I think Jimy Williams didn't get the most out of his club. Outside of Atlanta, no National League team can match the quality of Houston's 6 best players: Kent, Bagwell, Berkman, Oswalt, Dotel and Wagner. Surround that with several good players (and the Astros have those too) and you ought to win 95 games.
NL Homefield| Team | Wins | Losses | Remaining | Yesterday | Schedule | Elim |
| Atlanta | 100 | 61 | 1 | Phi 6-7 | @phi 1 | 2 |
| San Francisco | 99 | 61 | 2 | LA 0-1;6-3 | la 1 | 1 |
The Giants won 4 of 6 from the Braves, so should Atlanta lose and the Giants win, San Francisco will be the #1 seed in the NL playoffs. If both clubs win or both lose, the #1 seed will go to Atlanta. In that scenario, the Giants would ordinarily have to play a make-up game against the Mets in New York, but because of travel difficulties they requested that a make-up game not be played under those circumstances.
Playoff Schedule | | | | | | |
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| Tuesday | MIN | Johan Santana | at | NYY | Mike Mussina | 1:00 |
| ... | FLA | Josh Beckett | at | SF | Jason Schmidt | 4:00 |
| ... | CHI | Kerry Wood | at | ATL | Russ Ortiz | 8:00 |
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| Wednesday | FLA | Brad Penny | at | SF | Sidney Ponson | 4:00 |
| ... | CHI | Carlos Zambrano | at | ATL | Mike Hampton | 7:00 |
| ... | BOS | Pedro Martinez | at | OAK | Tim Hudson | 10:00 |
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| Thursday | BOS | Tim Wakefield | at | OAK | Barry Zito | 4:00 |
| ... | MIN | Brad Radke | at | NYY | Andy Pettitte | 8:00 |
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| Friday | SF | Kirk Ruerter | at | FLA | Mark Redman | 4:00 |
| ... | ATL | Greg Maddux | at | CHI | Mark Prior | 8:00 |
2003 Playoff Series | | | | | New York Yankees
versus | | Minnesota Twins | | ALDS |
| ...........| | | |........... | Atlanta Braves
versus | | Chicago Cubs | | NLDS |
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Oakland Athletics
versus | | Boston Red Sox | | ALDS-WC |
| ...........| | | |........... | San Francisco Giants
versus | | Florida Marlins | | NLDS-WC |
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