Diamondbacks Magic Number: What Arizona Needs to Catch the NL Wild Card Pack

Where it stands entering Thursday’s games: Arizona (84-74) won Wednesday while the Cubs and Phillies lost, so the Diamondbacks are three games behind Chicago and Philadelphia (87-71) and four behind San Diego (88-70) with four games left. They are eliminated today with a loss at Colorado plus wins by both the Cubs and Phillies. Every contender’s scenarios are on the MLB clinch scenarios page.

Today’s game: Diamondbacks at Rockies, 3:10 p.m. ET, live score and final.

NL Wild Card Race

TeamWLPctGBL10StrkHomeRoad
San Diego Padres8870.55798-2W149-2939-41
Philadelphia Phillies8771.55165-5L142-3545-36
Chicago Cubs8771.551125-5L245-3542-36
Arizona Diamondbacks8474.532135-5W445-3639-38
Pittsburgh Pirates e8078.506196-4L143-3737-41
Miami Marlins e7880.494156-4W245-3333-47
St. Louis Cardinals e7781.487224-6W138-4339-38
Washington Nationals e7584.47218.57-3W237-4138-43
New York Mets e7385.462204-6W236-4537-40
Cincinnati Reds e7385.462264-6L138-4335-42
San Francisco Giants e6594.40932.53-7L237-4128-53
Colorado Rockies e57101.361402-8L332-4825-53

Division leaders are excluded. The top three clubs here hold the wild card places.

Standings from BALLDONTLIE. Updated September 24, 4:16 pm ET.

NL West

National League West

TeamWLPctGBL10StrkHomeRoadMagic
Los Angeles Dodgers x9761.614—7-3L151-2946-32-4
San Diego Padres8870.55798-2W149-2939-4114
Arizona Diamondbacks8474.532135-5W445-3639-3818
San Francisco Giants e6594.40932.53-7L237-4128-5337
Colorado Rockies e57101.361402-8L332-4825-5345

Standings from BALLDONTLIE. Updated September 24, 4:16 pm ET.

How Arizona Gets In

The Diamondbacks can finish no better than 88-74. To get there they must win out, and the Cubs or Phillies would have to go 1-3 or worse over the same stretch, with tiebreakers deciding any tie at 88-74.

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Clinch scenarios · NL wild card standings · Padres magic number · Phillies magic number · Cubs magic number · Tiebreaker rules