As the season winds down, there are some important intra-division matchups that will help determine some division races. From coast to coast, familiar foes are going head-to-head today with what will surely be some important results.

David Wright delivered the go-ahead hit in what became a 4-3 win over the Marlins on Monday night, propelling the Mets another step forward on their march toward a National League East crown. Yet it was more than that, too; the latest piece of evidence that Wright, even while nursing his spinal stenosis condition, is resembling his former self more and more each day.

As Mike Trout surged through the Minor Leagues with a rare combination of speed, hitting aptitude and fielding prowess, many wondered when the power would come. It was inevitable, really. The hands were too quick, the frame too imposing.

It’s not too early to start envisioning the pitch-by-pitch drama of the National League Wild Card Game, with two of the nastiest, most stubbornly intense pitchers in the game on the mound. Gerrit Cole and Jake Arrieta have shown all season that they’re capable of producing masterpieces, so why not oppose each other in a win-or-go-home game?

The losing stretch is eight out of 10 for the Royals after they dropped an 8-3 decision to the Indians on Monday night in the opener of a four-game set.

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It was late August in the visitors’ clubhouse at Marlins Park, and Jung Ho Kang was sitting alone, in the middle of a row of three leather chairs, playing a game on his smartphone. Pirates manager Clint Hurdle eased into the seat to Kang’s left, put his arm around the 28-year-old South Korean and chatted with him for five minutes, just making conversation.

Virtually every time he visits his local supermarket, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle gets to take the temperature of the Bucs’ fan base. Over the weekend, a fan informed Hurdle about the Cubs gaining ground Friday by winning two games in one day.

As we enter the stretch run of the weekly MLB Power Rankings, the division-race landscape is shifting just a bit.

Vito Chiappetta, a 20-year-old from Bethpage, N.Y., reached BTS Club 42 on Saturday behind the bats of Buster Posey and Prince Fielder.

Jonathan Schoop smacked two homers and the Orioles pounded reeling Royals ace Johnny Cueto for four homers in a 8-2 triumph on Sunday night.

From a pair of homers to a fleet-footed triple to one of the strangest plays of the season, the Astros provided plenty of material during their remarkable comeback for Statcast™ to break down.

Here’s a look at how the day’s games shifted the October baseball landscape.

Here are a few other matchups and games to look forward to today.

Not many predicted that the likely winner of the AL West would be the team with the best Texas two-step. But here we are in the third week of September, and this is exactly what we’ve got. The week ahead gives us a four-game series between the two clubs that could go a long way toward determining the division.

When Jed Lowrie came off the bench in the ninth inning Sunday afternoon to deliver the Astros’ biggest hit of the season, a three-run shot down the right-field line, a team that looked dead offensively for three games had come alive in magical, dramatic fashion.

On Sunday night, Indians right fielder Lonnie Chisenhall dropped plenty of jaws at Progressive Field with an all-out diving catch to rob Detroit’s Rajai Davis of what looked like a sure extra-base hit.