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NL wild card standings through September 5: the Cubs and Phillies hold the top two spots and Arizona leads San Diego by a half game for the final wild card.

NL West standings through Saturday, September 6: the Dodgers lead by 10.5 games with Arizona and San Diego half a game apart in the wild card race.

NL Central standings through Saturday, September 6: Milwaukee leads the Cubs by seven with baseball’s best record at 88 and 55, and both teams are headed for October.

NL East standings through Saturday, September 6: Atlanta leads Philadelphia by four with 20 games left, with both teams headed for October and Miami 13.5 back.

AL wild card standings through September 5: the Yankees and Red Sox hold the top two spots and Cleveland and Toronto are tied for the third with Texas two games back.

AL West standings through Saturday, September 6: Houston leads Texas by three games with 19 left, Seattle seven back in the weakest division in the American League.

AL Central standings through Saturday, September 6: the White Sox lead Cleveland by 2.5 games with 20 left in baseball’s tightest division race.

AL East standings through Saturday, September 6: Tampa Bay leads the Yankees by four with 20 games left, with Boston 7.5 back and all three in the playoff picture.

The Cubs are at Milwaukee on Monday afternoon, first pitch 2:10 p.m. ET at American Family Field. It is on Marquee Sports Network in Chicago and Brewers.TV in Milwaukee, with MLB.TV covering everyone else. Matthew Boyd starts for Chicago against Robert Gasser, the same pair that met last Tuesday. TODAY · NL CENTRAL · AMERICAN … Read more

The Cardinals open a three game series at Oracle Park on Monday night in the only nationally televised baseball game of Labor Day. Coverage starts at 8 p.m. ET on NBC with first pitch at 8:10, and it streams on Peacock. One thing to know before you go looking for it: this is a national … Read more