Philler Up - We're Heading For A Wild Stretch Drive

Monday, August 29 2005 @ 10:30 AM EDT

Contributed by: Pistol

The Braves are in control, but the wild card is up for grabs for the four other NL East teams.

Standings as of August 28th:

Team             W	 L	 PCT	GB	
Atlanta	        74	56	.569	 -	
Philadelphia*	70	60	.538	4.0	
Florida	        69	61	.531	5.0
NY Mets	        68	62	.523	6.0
Washington	67	63	.515	7.0

*Does not include Sunday night's game

Atlanta still controls the division, although with a lot of divisional games the rest of the way a Brave slump and a hot streak by one of the teams looking up could change things quickly.

And of course, for the wild card mix the Astros are right in the thick of things.

Team             W	 L	 PCT	GB	
Philadelphia	70	60	.538	 -
Florida	        69	61	.531	1.0
NY Mets	        68	62	.523	2.0
Houston	        68	62	.523	2.0
Washington	67	63	.515	3.0

Atlanta Braves

Overall Record: 74-56
Run Differential: +95
Record in last period: 13-12

Schedule:

Washington - 4
Cincinnati - 3
New York - 3
at Washington - 3
at Philadelphia - 4
at New York - 3
Philadelphia - 3
Florida - 3
Colorado - 3
at Florida - 3
Home - 19 / Away - 13

Florida Marlins

Overall Record: 69-61
Run Differential: +3
Record in last period: 16-12

Schedule:

St Louis - 3
New York - 3
at Washington - 4
at Philadelphia - 3
at Houston - 4
Philadelphia - 3
at New York - 3
at Atlanta - 3
Washington - 3
Atlanta - 3
Home - 15 / Away 17

New York Mets

Overall Record: 53-52
Run Differential: +81
Record in last period: 15-10

Schedule:

Philadelphia - 3
at Florida - 3
at Atlanta - 3
at St Louis - 4
Washington - 3
Atlanta - 3
Florida - 3
at Washington - 3
at Philadelphia - 3
Colorado - 4
Home - 16 / 16

Philadelphia Phillies

Overall Record: 70-60
Run Differential: +21
Record in last period: 15-9

Schedule:

at Arizona - 1
at New York - 3
at Washington - 3
Houston - 3
Florida - 3
Atlanta - 4
at Florida - 3
at Atlanta - 3
at Cincinnati - 3
New York - 3
at Washington - 3
Home - 13 / Away 19

Washington Nationals

Overall Record: 67-61
Run Differential: -18
Record in last period: 11-14

Schedule:

at Atlanta - 4
Philadephia - 3
Florida - 4
Atlanta - 3
at New York - 3
at San Diego - 3
San Fransisco - 3
New York - 3
at Florida - 3
Philadelphia - 3
Home - 19 / Away 13

Playoff Odds: Here's where BP places the odds (as of Saturday):

NL East           Division  Wild Card  Playoffs
Braves              62.8      17.2       80.0
Phillies            12.6      18.6       31.2
Marlins              5.6      10.9       16.5
Mets                16.8      22.4       39.2
Nationals            2.2       4.8        7.0

Questions:

Will anyone catch the Braves for the division, and if so, who?

Who will win the wild card?

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