Randy Johnson pitched a two-hitter, leading Arizona to a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
Stalking the White Sox
''It will be fun because they're playing for everything. If they lose, they go home. If we win, we go home, but we were spoilers,'' said Detroit right-hander Freddy Garcia, who will start today's makeup game against the Chicago White Sox.
Sunday's games
Tampa Bay 8, Detroit 7 (11)
New York 6, Boston 2, Game 1
Boston 4, New York 3 (10), Game 2
Toronto 10, Baltimore 1
Chicago 5, Cleveland 1
Minnesota 6, Kansas City 0
Los Angeles 7, Texas 0
Seattle 4, Oakland 3
Today's game
Detroit at Chicago, 12:05 p.m.
2008 TEAM 2007 VS. OPP LAST 3 STARTS
PITCHERS LINE W-L ERA REC W-L IP ERA W-L IP ERA AHWG
Detroit Garcia (R) 12:05p 1-1 4.50 1-1 No Record 1-1 10.0 4.50 10.8
Chicago Floyd (R) -220 16-8 3.91 21-11 2-0 23.1 4.24 1-1 19.0 5.21 13.7
* Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said that pitching coach Chuck Hernandez and bullpen coach Jeff Jones were fired.
Chipper Jones
Almanac
SEPT. 29, 1941
Boston's Ted Williams went 6-for-8 in a doubleheader against the Philadelphia A's to finish the season with a .406 average. No player has batted .400 since.
EAST W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr
x-Philadelphia 92 70 .568 - 7-3 W-3 48-33 44-37 4-11
New York 89 73 .549 3 4-6 L-1 48-33 41-40 9-6
Florida 84 77 .522 7 1/2 5-5 W-1 45-36 39-41 5-10
Atlanta 72 90 .444 20 5-5 L-1 43-38 29-52 8-7
Washington 59 102 .366 32 1/2 1-9 L-4 34-46 25-56 8-10
CENTRAL W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr
x-Chicago 97 64 .602 - 5-5 L-1 55-26 42-38 6-9
y-Milwaukee 90 72 .556 7 1/2 6-4 W-1 49-32 41-40 7-8
Houston 86 75 .534 11 6-4 W-1 47-33 39-42 7-11
St. Louis 86 76 .531 11 1/2 7-3 W-6 46-35 40-41 7-8
Cincinnati 74 88 .457 23 1/2 4-6 L-5 43-38 31-50 9-6
Pittsburgh 67 95 .414 30 1/2 3-7 W-1 39-42 28-53 6-9
WEST W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr
x-Los Angeles 84 78 .519 - 5-5 L-1 48-33 36-45 5-10
Arizona 82 80 .506 2 6-4 W-3 48-33 34-47 6-9
Colorado 74 88 .457 10 5-5 L-3 43-38 31-50 7-8
San Francisco 72 90 .444 12 4-6 W-1 37-44 35-46 6-12
San Diego 63 99 .389 21 5-5 L-1 35-46 28-53 3-15
x-clinched division y-clinched Wild Card
EAST W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr
x-Tampa Bay 97 65 .599 - 6-4 W-1 57-24 40-41 12-6
y-Boston 95 67 .586 2 6-4 W-1 56-25 39-42 11-7
New York 89 73 .549 8 8-2 L-1 48-33 41-40 10-8
Toronto 86 76 .531 11 5-5 W-1 47-34 39-42 8-10
Baltimore 68 93 .422 28 1/2 1-9 L-1 37-43 31-50 11-7
CENTRAL W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr
Minnesota 88 74 .543 - 6-4 W-1 53-28 35-46 14-4
Chicago 87 74 .540 1/2 3-7 W-1 52-28 35-46 12-6
Cleveland 81 81 .500 7 6-4 L-1 45-36 36-45 6-12
Kansas City 75 87 .463 13 7-3 L-1 38-43 37-44 13-5
Detroit 74 87 .460 13 1/2 3-7 L-1 40-41 34-46 13-5
WEST W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr
x-Los Angeles 100 62 .617 - 7-3 W-1 50-31 50-31 10-8
Texas 79 83 .488 21 4-6 L-1 40-41 39-42 10-8
Oakland 75 86 .466 24 1/2 4-6 L-5 43-38 32-48 10-8
Seattle 61 101 .377 39 4-6 W-3 35-46 26-55 9-9
x-clinched division y-clinched Wild Card
Josh Beckett probably will miss the opener of Boston's first-round AL playoffs series against the Los Angeles Angels, a person in the Red Sox organization with knowledge of the plans told The Associated Press.
Beckett, who was expected to start Wednesday night's game, likely will be pushed back, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced its rotation.
The possibility that Beckett might be sidelined was first reported by the Boston Herald. It reported he had an oblique injury, citing an unidentified source.
BECKETT MAY
MISS OPENER
HBO's made-for-television documentary, ''Wait 'Til Next Year: The Saga of the Chicago Cubs,'' is scheduled to debut Sept. 26. The film will focus on the fact that Chicago has now gone 98 years since its last World Series championship. It also takes a look at Bill Goat Curse, the huge collapse of 1969 and definitely Steve Bartman.
