That improves the Astros magic number to four over both Oakland and Seattle. 21 - Houston beat the Angels 10-5 and the A’s lost 5-2 to the Mariners. Wednesday, Sept 22 - The Astros beat the Angels 9-5 while the Mariners beat the A’s 4-1. Chicago’s magic number is four entering this week, so it feels like the White Sox should clinch the division pretty easily. There’s a double-header Thursday before three more games over the weekend. Detroit before playing five games against the Indians. We could see the White Sox crowned division champs by mid-week. The Cleveland losses improve Chicago’s magic number to two heading into Tuesday. 20 - The Indians lost two games to the Royals while the ChiSox lost to the Tigers. That leaves Chicago’s magic number at two. 21 - The White Sox lost 5-3 to the Tigers while the Indians beat the Royals 4-1.

Wednesday, Sept 22 - Chicago and Cleveland both had their games postponed. The Rays magic number is at six entering Monday. The Boston Red Sox face the Mets and Yankees this week. The Jays have 1.5 games on the New York Yankees. The first is a big one against the Toronto Blue Jays, who currently hold the second wild card into the playoffs in the American League. The Yankees are also only 0.5 game out of the second WC behind Toronto. So the Rays magic number improved to five after tonight. 20 - The Rays beat the Jays 6-4 while the Yanks inched past the Rangers 4-3. The Rays are six games up on Boston and their magic number remains five. 21 - The Rays lost to the Jays 4-2 while the Red Sox beat the Mets 6-3. Tampa’s magic number is now four, and they did clinch a playoff spot with today’s win. Wednesday, Sept 22 - The Rays beat the Blue Jays 7-1, and Boston won 12-5 over the Mets. The Astros have a bit more work to do to secure the AL West ahead of the Oakland Athletics.

As for those other three teams, if everything goes well for the Rays and ChiSox, they could clinch their divisions. The Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies are in a tight race to see who wins the NL East, but that division likely won’t be decided until the final week of the regular season. The other three teams who will have a chance to cut into their magic number or clinch the division include the Tampa Bay Rays, Houston Astros and Chicago White Sox. The Brewers are the closest team to clinching a division title and will have a shot to do so this week. The Giants and Dodgers are in a tight race to see who will win the NL West division. So far we’ve had three teams lock up playoff berths with the Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers. We’ve got two more weeks left in the 2021 MLB regular season and we’re still waiting for the first team to clinch a division crown.

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