Final-day drama: Three playoff races come down to the wire

Going to Game 162, and still no telling where or when Felix Hernandez, Andrew McCutchen and Miguel Cabrera will play after this weekend.Down to the last day of the regular season, and three playoff races are up for grabs – the second AL wild-card spot, the AL Central and the NL Central.With Derek Jeter set to bid farewell at Fenway Park on Sunday, a look at the final-day drama across the majors:WILD TIMES: A month ago, the Oakland A’s owned the best record in baseball and were a popular pick to win the World Series. Now, they could miss the postseason fun. The slumping Athletics hold a one-game lead over surging Seattle for the last AL wild-card slot. Sonny Gray tries to clinch it for the A’s with a win at Texas; otherwise, King Felix and the Mariners could catch them by beating the visiting Angels. In case they’re even, they’d play a one-game tiebreaker Monday in Seattle.PICK A CARD … OR A PIRATE: St. Louis and Pittsburgh are both assured playoff spots. But winning the NL Central means a berth in the best-of-five division series, rather than a one-game, roll-of-the-dice matchup between wild cards. The Cardinals lead by one… Read full this story

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