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He popped out to first base in the second and struck out in the fourth. Zack Short lined a fastball into left field for a single. Grayson Greiner, hitting. When Short stole third base — just his second steal in 46 games — the Tigers were in business with one out. Short refused to test Hernandez's arm when Grossman flew out to right field. He made a wise decision because he would have been out. But the rookie didn't hesitate to take off on Ray's wild pitch, scampering home to tie the game, , in the eighth.

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Detroit Free Press See more videos. Click to expand. Replay Video. Microsoft and partners may be compensated if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. That would knock the Cards down to the 7 seed, and the club would be forced to travel to Atlanta to play the Braves in the Wild Card Round.

Paradoxically, by shooting for the division title, the Cards could actually wind up with a worse seed than if they could have just accepted the 5 seed.

The playoffs are being handled bracket-style instead of re-seeding after every round like the NFL. Playing the Braves would put us closer to the bracket with the Cubs, and playing the Padres would put us closer to the bracket with the Dodgers. If the Cards win just one more game against the Brewers, they will still make the playoffs no matter what. If the Cards go to close out the season, that would mean the Brewers would also close out the season If that happens, here is how it would shake out among the teams who have not clinched yet:.

Just from that, the Cards and Giants would have the final two spots. If both the Cards and Phillies end up at , the Cardinals would still win out over the Phillies. If the Cards win just 1 game against the Brewers, their divisional record will be Forcing the Cards to play the doubleheader could affect the seeding between the Cardinals, Giants, Reds and Marlins depending on several different scenarios.

The only other relevant scenario would be if the Giants finished , which would put the Cards if they were forced to play the doubleheader and lost both games , Giants and Phillies all at The Cards would still make the playoffs in that scenario due to beating both the Giants and Phillies in the divisional tiebreaker. The Phillies would knock the Giants out for the final spot, but that would be true regardless of what the Cards did.

They will be the 5 seed and travel to San Diego to play the Padres in the Wild Card Series if both the Reds and Marlins lose at least once over the final two games. They will be the 6 seed and travel to Chicago to play the Cubs in the Wild Card Series if the Marlins win both of their final games against the Yankees and the Reds lose at least once to the Twins.

And they will be the 7 seed and travel to Atlanta to play the Braves in the Wild Card Series if the Reds win both of their final games. There is no scenario in which the Cards would be the 8 seed if they win at least one game.

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