What happens if braves and cardinals tie

Then, Tuesday, Oct. And on Wednesday, Oct. Louis Cardinals. The tiebreaker situation there would be slightly byzantine — and unprecedented.

Two games between the three teams would have to be played to determine the finalists for the AL Wild Card Game. San Francisco had been underdogs at the sportsbook as recently as a week ago, when it was a game up on Los Angeles.

Sports Betting. With one game left in the regular season schedule, chaos is still possible. Let's take each possible scenario one by one. Before we plunge in, though, let's explain how three- and four-team tiebreakers work.

If we need to sort out a tie that involves more than two teams, then teams will be assigned a letter designation. A three-team tiebreaker would involve Teams A, B, and C. A four-team tiebreaker -- still gloriously possible at the moment -- would involve Teams A, B, C, and D. Tied teams are ordered based on combined head-to-head winning percentages -- e. The team with the best combined head-to-head record gets choose A, B, or C.

The team with the next best head-to-head record chooses second and so on. Here's how a "three teams for one spot" tiebreaker would work, for the sake of an example:. If you get first choice, then you're picking A or C. Picking A would mean having to win two games but getting to host both of them assuming you win the first one.

Picking C would mean having to win only one game but also having to do so on the road. Craig entered in the third inning when Matt Holliday departed with discomfort in his right hand. Nick Punto, who had four hits, doubled in Theriot in the seventh and had a solo homer in the ninth. Craig padded the lead with a three-run homer to the Crawford Boxes in left field in the eighth.

Eduardo Sanchez struck out two in 1 innings for the win in a game that included seven Cardinals relievers following an early exit by Jake Westbrook. It was Sanchez's first appearance since June 12 because of a shoulder injury.

Skip Schumaker drove in three runs in the fourth, and Berkman had three hits and scored three times. The crowd booed loudly when Berkman, the longtime Astros star, scored in the seventh. The Astros jumped on Westbrook for seven hits and five runs in 2 innings to take the early lead. Brian Bogusevic singled to start the Astros' fifth before consecutive walks loaded the bases.

But the truth is this: The Giants and Dodgers have the best two records in baseball, but one of them could very well be eliminated on Day 2 of the postseason. What kind of playoff system is that, where a win team goes directly into a do-or-die game and a sub win team the Braves gets the cushion of playing a best-of-five series? The Giants finish at home with three against the Padres, who are just playing spoiler after a disastrous past month; the Dodgers finish with three at home against the Brewers, who are already locked into the No.

The team with the best record wins the division, obviously. That game would be Oct. So, yeah. The Dodgers need the Giants to lose two games against the Padres to have any shot. One win guarantees the Giants a tie, two guarantees the division title.