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NL playoffs standings: Cardinals gain on Braves, Pirates go ahead of Reds

Cardinals, Pirates and Dodgers win, Braves loss means their magic number is still 1 as Nationals/Marlins game is postponed until today

By Craig Minami
A sight Dodger fans want to see in October, Kershaw wins and Puig home runs
A sight Dodger fans want to see in October, Kershaw wins and Puig home runs
Denis Poroy

The Braves saw their lead dwindle to a mere half game to the Cardinals for best record, the Pirates got a win over the Reds and the Dodgers saw a Clayton Kershaw win combined with Yasiel Puig home run sighting at San Diego

Here are quick recaps of Saturday's relevant action.

Dodgers 4, Padres 0: Clayton Kershaw lowered in MLB leading ERA plus he scored on long home run by Yasiel Puig that gave the Dodgers their third and fourth runs.

National League standings
Div Team W-L Pct GB Elim. #
NLE Atlanta 91-63 .591 --- ---
NLC
 St. Louis 91-64 .587 0.5 ---
NLW Dodgers 89-66 .574 2.5 ---
WC1 Pittsburgh 89-66 .574 2.5 ---
WC2 Cincinnati 88-67 .571 3.5 ---

Washington 83-71 .539 8 4

Cardinals 7, Brewers 2: A 5 run 8th inning scoring binge for the Cardinals broke open a tight 2-1 game.

Pirates 4, Reds 2: A.J. Burnett won the game as the Pirates and Reds even up their series

Cubs 3, Braves 1: Dioner Navarro drove in the tying run as part of 3-run Cubs rally

Nationals, Marlins: Postponed due to weather, double header scheduled for today.

Here is a look at relevant games on Sunday:

  • 10:35 a.m. - Cincinnati (Bronson Arroyo) at Pittsburgh (Jeff Locke)
  • 10:35 a.m. - Miami (Tom Koehler) at Washington (Dan Haren)
  • 11:20 a.m. - Atlanta (Julio Teheran) at Chicago (Edwin Jackson)
  • 1:10 p.m. - Los Angeles (Zack Greinke) at San Diego (Andrew Cashner )
  • 4:05 p.m. - Miami (Brian Flynn) at Washington (Stephen Strasburg)
  • 5:00 p.m. - St. Louis (Joe Kelly) at Milwaukee (Wily Peralta)

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