No 緊急発進する, プレーオフs 始める，決める: Yanks-Red Sox, 巨大（な）s 勝利，勝つ West
Rafael Devers 配達するd big time for the Boston Red Sox. Aaron 裁判官 did just enough for the New York Yankees. And Buster Posey 上げるd the San Francisco 巨大（な）s to the NL West 栄冠を与える, dropping the 106-勝利，勝つ ペテン師 into a dangerous wild-card game.
In a flash, the Major League Baseball プレーオフ field was all settled Sunday.
No crazy tiebreaker シナリオs. No 大混乱 on the final day. And for fans who 手配中の，お尋ね者 演劇 - no problem, that´s on deck.
Yankees-Red Sox to start the postseason in an all-or-nothing October duel at Fenway Park. Sound familiar?
"We´ll be ready," Boston 経営者／支配人 Alex Cora said. "It should be fun."
Boston and New York both 得点する／非難する／２０d the winning run in the ninth inning in Game 162 to 調印（する） their 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs in the AL wild-card matchup Tuesday night, when it´ll be Yankees エース Gerrit Cole against Nathan Eovaldi.
New York Yankees' Aaron 裁判官, 権利, gestures to fans after a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, in New York. The Yank ees won 1-0. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
So between now and then, count on seeing endless replays of Bucky Dent´s ホームラン over the Green Monster that 解除するd the Yankees over Boston in their famed 1978 one-game 会合 for the AL East 肩書を与える.
Shut out of this year´s postseason party were Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and his Toronto Blue Jays, along with the Seattle 水夫s; they each needed a loss by either the Red Sox or Yankees to have a chance.
"Unfortunately, our 運命／宿命 was in the 手渡すs of another team," said George Springer, who ホームランd twice in Toronto´s 勝利，勝つ over Baltimore. "We were hoping for something, but 明白に it didn´t happen."
The 巨大（な）s clinched the NL West with their franchise-記録，記録的な／記録する 107th 勝利，勝つ, 大勝するing San Diego 11-4 behind Posey´s three 打点s. They needed all of those victories to 持つ／拘留する off the World Series 支持する／優勝者 ペテン師.
"You´re going to be hard 圧力（をかける）d to see another race like this for やめる a while," said Posey, the three-time 支持する／優勝者 catcher who sat out last season because of COVID-19 関心s.
The ペテン師 dropped into the NL wild-card game Wednesday night, when they´ll host the hard-非難する St. Louis 枢機けい／主要なs. Pretty neat 攻撃する, too: Max Scherzer vs. Adam Wainwright.
The best-of-five 分割 Series begin Thursday with a pair of AL games.
It´ll be 76-year-old Hall of Fame 経営者／支配人 Tony La Russa 主要な the Chicago White Sox into Houston to match wits with 72-year-old 船長／主将 Dusty パン職人 and the Astros.
Also, 20-year-old 新人 sensation Wander フランス系カナダ人 and the Tampa Bay Rays will welcome the AL wild-card 勝利者.
On Friday, the NL series start up with Charlie Morton and the Atlanta 勇敢に立ち向かうs visiting Corbin 燃やすs and the pitching-rich Milwaukee Brewers, who are still bidding for their first World Series 栄冠を与える.
Posey and the 巨大（な）s will play the wild-card 勝利者 at Oracle Park.
By design, all 15 games on the last day of the 正規の／正選手 season began at 概略で the same time. That was 始める，決める up to create an inni ng-by-inning, 支援する-and-前へ／外へ 緊急発進する.
And the 可能性 for a 絡まる ぼんやり現れるd large: The Yankees and Red Sox began the afternoon tied for the two AL wild cards, with Toronto and Seattle a game behind.
負かす／撃墜する 5-1 going into the sixth inning at Washington, the Red Sox 決起大会／結集させるd. Devers 開始する，打ち上げるd his second ホームラン of the game, a tiebreaking, two-run 運動 in the ninth that capped a four-攻撃する，衝突する, four-打点 業績／成果 in a 7-5 勝利，勝つ.
At Yankee Stadium, it was scoreless until the ninth. With one out and 走者s on second and third, 裁判官 攻撃する，衝突する a liner off reliever Andrew Kittredge´s glove for a 選び出す／独身 and, remarkably, his first career walk-off 攻撃する，衝突する in the majors.
"I wouldn´t say we exhaled," 裁判官 said. "We still have a lot of work to do."
Guerrero 攻撃する，衝突する his 48th ホームラン, tying Kansas City catcher Salvador Perez for the major league lead, and Springer 攻撃する，衝突する a （野球の）満塁ホームラン，（テニスなどの）グランドスラム and a 単独の 発射 in a 12-4 romp over the Orioles.
The 水夫s´ 20-year postseason 干ばつ continued when Shohei Ohtani 攻撃する，衝突する his 46th ホームラン and reached 100 打点s as the Los Angeles Angels （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Seattle 7-3.
"I was genuinely hoping that the other two games, we get a couple of losses for us and then we go ahead and 勝利，勝つ, so that was the ultimate goal," 水夫s infielder Kyle Seager said.
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Boston Red Sox' Rafael Devers celebrates his two-run ホームラン during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Washington 国家のs, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, in Washington. The Red Sox won 7-5. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
The San Francisco 巨大（な）s celebrate after 敗北・負かすing the San Diego Padres in a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. The 巨大（な）s won the 国家の League West 肩書を与える. (AP Photo/John Hefti)
Members of the Boston Red Sox 提起する／ポーズをとる for a photo after a baseball game against the Washington 国家のs, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Boston Red Sox's Rafael Devers, 前線, celebrates with Kyle Schwarber, 支援する, after a baseball game against the Washington 国家のs, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, in Washington . (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
San Francisco 巨大（な）s 経営者／支配人 Gabe Kapler 演説（する）／住所s the fans and his team after they 敗北・負かすd the San Diego Padres in a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. The 巨大（な）s won the 国家の League West 肩書を与える. (AP Photo/John Hefti)
Los Angeles ペテン師 経営者／支配人 Dave Roberts (30) salutes the fans after the ペテン師 敗北・負かす the Milwaukee Brewers in a baseball game in Los Angeles, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
