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Six American League teams fight for the final three playoff spots

The hunt for October is on as six American League teams fight for the final three playoff spots. As we enter the last week of the regular season only two teams have secured playoff spots in the American League leaving three spots still up for grabs. The Baltimore Orioles have secured the American League East while the Los Angeles Angels have won the American League West title. The Angels currently lead the Orioles by three games for home field advantage throughout the American League playoffs.In The Latest Sports News the reporter said that the only division awaiting a champion in the American League is in the Central division as the Detroit Tigers hold a 1.5 game lead over the Kansas City Royals. Each team has at least seven games to play over the next week. As far as the American League Wild Card spots the Oakland A’s and Kansas City Royals hold a 1.5 game lead over the Seattle Mariners. If the season would end today the A’s would play the Royals in a one game playoff to determine who would play the Angels.

The rest of the American League Wild Card picture includes the Cleveland Indians who are 3.5 games back and the New York Yankees who are 4.5 games back. Here is a look at the remaining schedules for each team still fighting for a spot in the American League playoff.Detroit Tigers: Chicago White Sox for three games, Minnesota Twins for four games.Kansas City Royals:@Cleveland Indians for three games,@Chicago White Sox for four games&Oakland A’s: Los Angeles Angels for three games,@Texas Rangers for four games & Seattle Mariners:@Toronto Blue Jays for four games, Los Angeles Angels for three games.

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Stephan Gallacher, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood have been named as the three European wildcards by captain Paul McGinley.The former world no.1 Luke Donald and the Italian Francesco Molinari are the unlucky players who will miss out on this year’s highly-anticipated showdown at Gleneagles.Gallacher is the only Scot in the European Ryder Cup squad and he narrowly missed out on an automatic selection by one shot at the recent Italian Open.On his three Ryder Cup selections, McGinley said: “I think we have three Sports players that will add a lot to the nine already qualified and make the European team as strong as it needs to be to take on the might of America.”McGinley admitted Gallacher’s sterling performance in Italy was a telling factor in selecting the Scottish rookie.

 

 

It’s very proud for him being Scottish. Again I’m lucky, having played a Ryder Cup in my home country I know what it’s going to be like for Stevie, how proud he will be and his family as well too.Poulter may not have enjoyed the best of seasons, however the 12-time European Tour winner has been part of three Ryder Cup winning teams and boasts the highest win percentage (80%) of any player who has played at least 15 matches in the tournament.

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South African Tim Clark produced the goods on Sunday to steal the RBC Canadian Open title from under the nose of two-time winner Jim Furyk. For his part, Furyk played inspired golf for much of the weekend, but fell short to Clark who was on point in the final 18.Clark finished seventeen-under with a final round of 65, hitting 5 birdies on the back nine to edge out Furyk who shot a disappointing 69 on the day, one shot behind Clark. Graham Delaet was the top Canadian, sitting -10 after a final round of 68, while fellow Canadian Brad Fritsch who shot a final round of 64 to end at nine-under.We provide a Latest Sports News as well as world,entertainment, fashion and health related news. 

 

A very unromantic ending to the Tour de France saw Vincenzo Nibalo clinch the Tour de France in a very ceremonial trip down the Champs Elysées, becoming the first Italian to win the tour since Marco Pantani in 1998. He finished clear ahead of second place, enjoying the usual cigars, champagne and selfies with other riders in the final leg of a grueling Tour that started in England. For a second straight year, Marcel Kittel snatched the final spring – an easy enough affair without dominant sprinter Mark Cavendish in the running.