nl wild card

On Aug. 24, the Cardinals were 10½ games out in the NL wild-card race. Tonight they will host Game 1 of the World Series.

What started their unlikely revival? Joe Lemire explains.

Chris Carpenter came through for the Cardinals. The ace threw a shutout at the last-place Astros and St. Louis won 8-0.

The Cardinals have clinched at least a tie for the NL wild card.

Improbably, Rocktober has arrived again. Colorado hammered Milwaukee 9-2 to clinch the NL wild card. The Rockies can still win the NL West if they sweep the Dodgers this weekend.

With an agonizing Braves loss and another Rockies win, Colorado lowered its magic number to 1 and all but ended the NL wild-card suspense.

The Rockies dumped the Brewers 10-6.

These Braves just keep on keeping on. Atlanta won for the 12th time in 14 contests, a 4-1 decision over lowly Washington, to stay within 3½ games of Colorado for the NL wild card.

DENVER(AP) Nick Hundley homered to start the comeback and drove in the tiebreaking run with an eighth-inning single off Rafael Betancourt , and the San Diego Padres dealt the NL wild card-leading Colorado Rockies a disheartening 5-4 loss Thursday night.

Leading the last-place Arizona Diamondbacks by three runs in the third inning, the Colorado Rockies looked as if they would solidify their hold on the NL wild card lead.