2025 Statis-Pro Season Final and Playoff Schedule

Here's the regular season finale update.

The Philadelphia Phillies won a thrilling 1-game extra to break a tie with the Reds of the last playoff spot and finish 26-23, and the AL teams finished and equally close battle to the end to set up all 12 teams making the Statis-Pro playoffs while actual MLB is still down to wire. Details below the playoff bracket and final standings. 

Complete Toss Up:

This is the headline for the 2025 Statis-Pro regular season.

As we head into the playoffs there is absolutely no clear favorite.

The entire playoff field is separated by three games.

We needed three tiebreakers to sort out the playoff seedings. (head to head records settled it)

Houston could have run away with the best record, but a miserable bullpen brought them back to the pack.

They suffered through a 2-6 record in extra-inning games and posted a league high seven blown saves.

The Astros swept the last two games from the Guardians to steal the division and first round bye.

While the Orioles faded in the east, the Tigers won 8 of 9 and their last seven in a row, to move past the Yankees to take the division and first round bye.

The regular season awards go to:

MVP

Aaron Judge

He led the league in OPS, Slugging, Home Runs, RBI's, Runs Scored, Extra Base Hits, Total Bases, and Walks.

Cy Young

Tarik Skubal

12 starts, 8-2, 1.63 ERA, 0.85 WHIP, 108 K/76 IP, .205 Batting Average Against.

Spectacular Statis-Pro Finale: Dodgers & Brewers Clinch Byes

 The Dodgers simply needed to not lose by more than 4 runs to eliminate the Padres and claim the bye for the West Division (our Statis-Pro League has only an East and a West, no Central). You can play your own free Statis-Pro games by clicking here.

After six batters, that looked in doubt. Jacob Misiorowski struck out the first three Dodgers batters in the first. In the bottom of the inning, Christian Yelich singled. Then one of the only Hit & Run 2 (best rating) players left in the game, Caleb Durbin, executed the perfect hit and run with Yelich to put runners on the corners. Then rather than a 2-12 PB, a BD for clutch batting was drawn and Jackson Chourio went deep for a 3-run homer. It is rare a PB 2-9 will give up three runs in three batters since they control the action 83% of the time (on a PB 2-9 but not on a 10-12) but by using the Hit & Run and then drawing a clutch batting the PB 2-9 only impacted Yelich.

While the Dodgers only threw PB 2-8 and PB 2-9 pitchers the whole game (the best two pitcher ratings) the Brewers were on course for a 5-run win and keeping the Padres alive in the West.

However Misiorowski then fell apart, allowing 5 runs in 2.3 inning pitched (we score 1/3rd of an inning inning as 0.3 and 2/3rds as 0.7). In the 6th Mookie Betts hit is second homer of the game to mkae it 7-4 and the Brewers were on the verge of losing and falling to a wildcard and giving the Cubs the East title and bye.

However, Kirby Yates drew a PB9 and as a PB2-8, that gave Jackson Chourio the action on his own card with a 31-34 home run range, and the 32 random number was a homer. That started the game-winning rally. Rhys Hoskins walked and Isaac Collins came in as a pinch runner and stole second (going into the outfield and Jake Bauers moved to 1st base). Sal Frelick and Joey Ortiz hit back-to-back doubles, with Ortiz coming off ace reliever Tanner Scott off a PB11 that did not fall within his PB 2-9 range.

The Dodgers had their 8-7 lead after seven innings and eventually Trevor Megill had a 1-2-3 inning closing on two strikeouts for the Save.

The Dodgers improve to 26-16, and do not need to play their Arizona series since the 2nd place Padres are done at 26-22 so even if the Dodgers were swept twice by the Diamondbacks, since the Dodgers won the season series with the Padres 5 games to 1 so would have won a tie-breaker.

The Brewers finish 28-20, same as the Cubs, and the two tied there series 3 games each, but the next tie breaker is record at the end of divisional play, and the Brewers were 23-13 vs the Cubs 19-17 before interdivision started.

Both the Brewers and Dodgers therefore have our byes, and if the 8-7 Brewers win is a preview of our Statis-Pro NL championships it could be quite a Statis-Pro season.

As noted earlier the Phillies and Reds tied for the 6th and final spot at 25-23, so will play one more regular season game to determine who visits the 3-seed. The Cubs are the clear top wildcard seed and No. 3 overall seed with the 28-20 mark that only misses the division because of the Brewers tie-breaker.

The Padres 3-2 win over the Mets in Divisional play ends up being the tie-breaker as both finished 26-22, so all three games will be in San Diego.

Here is the line score and box score from the finale.

 

Team	1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		R	H	E
LAD	0	2	3		0	0	2		0	0	0		7	9	1
Mil	3	0	1		0	0	1		3	0	x		8	10	1

 

Pos	LAD	HR	SB	OPS	AB	R	H	BI	Notes
DH	Shohei Ohtani	23-31	AA	0.993	5	1	0	0
cf	Mookie Betts	27-32	B	0.885	5	2	2	3	HR, HR
1b	Freddie Freeman	33-34	D	0.847	5	0	0	0
C	Will Smith	31-33	D	0.913	4	2	2	0
RF	Teoscar Hernández	26-32	C	0.799	3	2	1	2	2b
2b	Hyeseong Kim	27-31	A	0.768	4	0	1	0
lf	Andy Pages	24-27	E	0.751	3	0	1	0
3b	Max Muncy	17-22	D	0.761	4	0	1	1
SS	Miguel Rojas	28-28	C	0.653	4	0	1	0	2b
	Dodgers Game Average				37	7	9	6
Pos	Mil 11'-43 = HR	HR	SB	OPS	AB	R	H	BI	Notes
LF	Christian Yelich	26-31	A	0.790	4	1	2	1	SF
2b	Caleb Durbin	18-22	B	0.727	4	2	1	0
DH	Jackson Chourio	31-34	A	0.759	5	2	2	4	HR, HR
C	William Contreras	27-32	C	0.796	4	0	2	1
1b	Rhys Hoskins	18-25	D	0.765	3	0	0	0
pr-lf	Isaac Collins	26-27	A	0.697	1	1	0	0	PR. Score
CF	Sal Frelick	34-34	B	0.719	4	1	1	1	2b
3b	Joey Ortiz	27-28	B	0.707	3	0	1	1	2b
ss	Brice Turang	31-32	A	0.681	4	1	2	0	SB, SB
lf-1b	Jake Bauers	18-24	A	0.715	3	0	1	0
	Brewers Game Average				35	8	12	8
PB	LAD Pitcher	K	MaxIP	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	W,K, Dec
2'-9	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	25-47	6	3.54	4	5	4	4	2,6
2'-8	Ben Casparius	25-41	3	2.90	1	0	0	0	0,1
2'-8	Blake Treinen	24-44	1	3.33	1	2	1	1	0,2
2'-8	Kirby Yates	22-44	1	3.46	0.3	2	3	3	1,0, loss
2'-8	Brock Stewart	25-41	2	3.23	0.7	2	0	0	0,0
2'-9	Tanner Scott	22-44	1	3.08	1	1	0	0	0,1
	Dodgers				8	12	8	8	3 walks,10 Ks
PB	MIL Pitcher	K	MaxIP	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	W,K, Dec
2'-8	Jacob Misiorowski	24-48	5	3.96	2.3	5	5	5	2,5
2'-7	Tobias Myers	25-42	6	4.02	1.7	1	0	0	0,0
2'-7	Nick Mears	23-44	2	3.80	1	0	0	0	0,0
2'-7	Jose Quintana	25-38	6	4.05	1	1	2	0	1,2
2'-8	Chad Patrick	26-42	6	4.38	1	0	0	0	0,2
2'-7	Abner Uribe	22-43	2	3.74	1	1	0	0	0,0 win
2'-9	Trevor Megill	24-45	1	3.37	1	0	0	0	0,2 save
	Brewers				9	8	7	5	3 walks,11 Ks

We will add the scoresheet here.

Dodgers Sweep Cubs, Play Brewers in Finale

 Mookie Betts beat a throw home from shortstop Francisco Lindor and then Teoscar Hernandez hit a 2-run homer to give the Dodgers and 8-2 win and sweep over the Mets.

The Mets will still be a wildcard, but now the math is simple on the NL East title. If Milwaukee beats the Dodgers in the finale, regardless of score, they win the East and get the bye. If the Dodgers win then the Cubs get the East title and the bye.

That would end the season and playoffs would be next with one possible exception - if the Dodgers lose by 5+ for a sweep then they would still not quite have the West clinched. In that case the Dodgers could play Arizona once or twice, and the only way the Padres take the West if the Dodgers were swept (loss by 5+) in all three games.

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Reds 7th Place in MLB & Statis-Pro - Same Top 7

 

If the actual MLB season and our Statis-Pro MLB season ended today, the Cincinnati Reds would have a 1-game series to determine the 6th and final team in the playoffs - making the top seven teams the same in our simulations and actual play.

However, they would not be in the same order. The Phillies struggled in Statis-Pro after their starting pitchers were injured so they would need to win the 1-game series against the Reds in Statis-Pro to advance, while in the MLB season the Phillies just kept winning and would have the bye to the NL semifinals. In the actual MLB season, the Mets would be the team that would have to play the Reds in a game to advance.

In our Statis-Pro season the LA Dodgers are very likely to be the NL West champ to get one bye. However they are involved in all of the remaining games.

The LA Dodgers remaining schedule is all we need to play out. That includes:

LAD Snell vs. Mets Peterson - if Mets sweep (win by 5+ runs) they win, if they go 2-1 (win by 5 or less) they win the division unless the Brewers go 3-0.

LAD Yamamoto vs. Brewers Misiorowski - The Brewers win the division if they do better than the Mets and go 2-1 or 3-0. 

If LAD beats both the Mets and Brewers, even if by 5 runs or less, then the Cubs win the Division.

If LAD wins both then they also win the West, but even if they lose the can play Arizona one or two more games to likely wrap up the NL West.

Play-by-Play Finale: Reds Need Sweep to Make Playoffs

To make the playoffs in their Statis-Pro regular season finale, the Cincinnati Reds needed to not only beat the Brewers, but win after leading by 5+ runs at the end of the 8th inning.

It was a thriller so we decided to reveal chronologically.

Top of 1st Inning - Brewers at bat vs. Reds All-Star and ace Andrew Abbott

Jackson Chourio singles and steal with 2 outs, but Brewers fail to score - 0-0.

Bottom of 1st Inning - Reds vs. Brewers No. 4 pitcher Aaron Ashby

Elly De La Cruz - singles a but stranded.

Top of 2nd and 3rd

Andrew Abbott retires 6 straight Brewers, 0-0.

Bottom of 3rd inning

Elly De La Cruz - singles and steals 2nd and 3rd base, then scores on single by Noelvi Marte, Reds lead 1-0 after 3 innings.

Top of 5th

Reds load bases, but fail to score. Rain delay in bottom of 5th and Brewers fail to score. Rain delay only 28 minutes to pitcher's do not lose PB ratings (more than 30 minutes the PB drops by 1 for pitchers).

Top of 6th

Jackson Chourio singles, William Contreras walks and with two outs both score on Joey Ortiz double. Brewers lead 2-1, meaning Reds would now need to get to a 7-2 lead by end of 8th inning to qualify for a sweep - otherwise their season would end.

Bottom of 6th inning

Austin Hays singles, TJ Friedl hit by pitch, Jose Trevino hit 3-run homer. Ashby out of Stamina so much leave the game with Reds now up 4-2.

Bottom of 8th 

Setup Man Chad Patrick gives the Brewers their first PB 2-8 pitcher of the game to start the 8th. Reds must score at least 3-runs in the 8th inning or their season ends after the game. 

With one out, TJ Friedl singles, then Jose Trevino singles to wrap up his 2-game finale with 7 hits in 9 at bats including 2 doubles, a homer, and 7 RBIs. 

Spencer Steer walks to load the bases, and Patrick is out of stamina so ace Trevor Megill - with the best rating of PB 2-9 - enters needing to get 2 outs before allowing three runs to score to extend the Reds season.

With Jake Fraley at the plate, the PB number drawn is not a 2-12, but rather a CD which means a chance for a clutch defensive play and the position drawn is left field meaning Christian Yelich has to try to make a tough running catch using his Clutch Defensive rating, which is the lowest rating - CD1. 

He fails to make the catch, which allows a base clearing double and amazingly the Reds have the 7-2 lead they need to claim the SWEEP and make the playoffs, as long as they hold only win the game (score at end of 8th inning dictates if it is a sweep, but if the team behind overcomes the 5-run deficit to win the game, then here is no win or sweep.

Top of 9th

Reds lack a reliever above PB2-7, and Yelich makes up some with a 2-run homer with two outs - however the Reds hold on for the 7-4 win and get sweep credit to catch the Phillies for the final playoff spot.

While the sweep put the Reds in a 1-game showdown with Philadelphia for the last playoff spot, it also dropped the Brewers to a tie with the Mets, and since they lost the season series to the Mets as of now the Mets would get the division win and the bye. Both teams still have to play the Dodgers to close the season - so the Brewers will have to do better than the Mets do in that series to take the division.

The Dodgers need to get credit for only a 4-8 record or better to pass the Padres and claim the Western Division and the bye since they beat the Padres 5 games to 1 in the season for the tie-breaker.

If the Dodgers fail to get to 4 wins against the Mets and Reds, then they can go back and play the Arizona Diamondbacks in one of both of the games we skipped in divisional play since they were so far ahead.

 

Pos	Cincy Batters	HR	SB	OPS
ss	Elly De La Cruz	31-34	AAA	0.844
1b	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	27-32	D	0.791
3B	Noelvi Marte	27-31	B	0.676
lf	Austin Hays	27-32	D	0.754
CF	TJ Friedl	26	B	0.717
C	Jose Trevino	27	E	0.644
DH	Spencer Steer	25-26	B	0.759
RF	Jake Fraley	27	A	0.702
2b	Matt McLain	25-27	B	0.799
Pos	MKE Batters	HR	SB	OPS
LF	Christian Yelich	26-31	A	0.79
2b	Caleb Durbin	18-22	B	0.727
DH	Jackson Chourio	31-34	A	0.759
C	William Contreras	27-32	C	0.796
1b	Rhys Hoskins	18-25	D	0.765
CF	Sal Frelick	34	B	0.719
3b	Joey Ortiz	27-28	B	0.707
ss	Brice Turang	31-32	A	0.681
LF	Jake Bauers	18-24	A	0.715
PB	Cincy Pitchers	K	MaxIP	ERA
2'-8	Andrew Abbott	26-46	6	4.67
2'-6	Brent Suter	27-42	2	4.43
2'-7	Nick Lodolo	25-41	5.3	3.8
4'-7	Graham Ashcraft	26-41	7	4.73
PB	MKE Pitchers	K	MaxIP	ERA
2'-7	Aaron Ashby	24-41	6	4.22
2'-7	Nick Mears	23-44	2	3.8
2'-7	Abner Uribe	22-43	2	3.74
4'-7	Quinn Priester	26-41	6	4.46
2'-8	Chad Patrick	26-42	6	4.38
4'-7	Jared Koenig	25-42	2	3.9
2'-9	Trevor Megill	24-45	1	3.37
2'-6	Craig Yoho	23-45	2	3.55
2'-5	Grant Anderson	24-43	2	4.56

Statis-pro Reds Stay Alive Barely, 6-5 Over Mets

 

Like the real MLB Reds, the Statis-pro version is still alive. Trevino had 4 of their 14 hit as they took a 5-1 lead into the bottom of the 7th with a chance at a sweep. 

However by only holding on for a 6-5 win they would now need a sweep in the season finale over the East leading Reds to finish 25-23 to stay alive.

If the Reds did pull that off then the Brewers and Mets would both be tied with both having one series left against the Dodgers. However the Meta do have the tiebreaker since they win the season series 4-2.

Braves Eliminated As Padres Rally Past Brewers after Losing to Cubs

See the scoresheets at the bottom of this blog.

The Padres were three innings from clinching the playoffs with a 3-2 lead in Wrigley Field until Pete Crow-Armstrong doubled then fellow All-Star Kyle Tucker homered to give the Cubs a 4-3 win and give the Braves hope. 

In the 8th innings against the Brewers they held a 4-3 lead, but this time they exploded in the 8th inning for 6-runs including Jake Cronenworth and Gavin Sheets 2-run homers for a 10-4 win over the Brewers. It was the first time all season a team claimed a SWEEP against the Brewers, meaning the Padres got credit for 3 wins and no losses for that game after getting 1 win and 2 loss credit for the loss against the Cubs to finish our regular season 26-22. 

They join the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago cubs, Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets in clinching a playoff spot.

The only variable left is the Cincinnati Reds in their last two games.

6-0 FINALE - If the Reds win both as SWEEPS, then they finish 26-22 and the Phillies join the Braves as being eliminated.

5-1 FINALE - If the Reds get a SWEEP and win the other game, they finished 25-23 and play the Phillies in one extra game to see who claims the 6th seed to play the 3-seed (right now the Mets).

4-2 or WORSE - Otherwise, the Reds join the Braves as the only two teams to make the inter division play but then be eliminated. In that case the Phillies will be the 6-seed.

In theory the Dodgers could go 2-10 in their final four games, but we are just considering that basically impossible. They were so fare ahead in the West that we have not played their two games against Arizona if needed to see if they win the division. 

Preview:

SD Must Go 3-3 vs. MKE and CHC To Clinch, Eliminate Braves

The San Diego Padres face a Midwest hurdle to clinch a playoff spots by passing the Braves final 24-24 mark. 

JP Sears will start for the Padres as the host the Milwaukee Brewers and and starter Brandon Woodruff. However, Sears is only in the rotation because we do not use the cards of players with a DL by them, meaning they are on disabled list for the rest of the year, which eliminates Michael King and Joe Musgrove to move Sears into the 4-man rotation. Sears is only an average PB 4-7 card while Woodruff is a third excellent PB 2-8 card for the Brewers.

Unfortunately for the Padres they will face another PB 2-8 in Wrigley Field in the Cubs Shota Imanaga, while the Padres have a bit better PB 2-7 Nick Pivetta for that game.

Dylan Cease started in the win against the Mets, and Yu Darvish in the win against the Phillies in the other two inter divisional games..

If the Padres go 3-3 or better they go to the playoffs and the Braves are eliminated. If they go 2-4 they play one extra game against the Braves, unless the Reds also finish strong to make it a 3-way tie we need to settle for one spot. The Reds would need to finish 4-2 to create a 3-way tie if the Padres join the Braves in a 24-24 finish, and 5-1 to guaranty they are at least in a play in game for the playoffs.

The Padres also vary line-up vs LHP and RHP as shown on the sheet. The regular line-up down the left column on their team further down is the line-up against Milwaukee since Woodruff is a righty. The order by the name will be sued against Imanaga and the Cubs since he is a lefty.

The following are the rosters and picture of the team sheets of cards. We note if the player card has a DL by it then it is not used, and if a batter has an add or subtract HR then we adjust the home run range, and thus the DEEP range and beginning of the OUT range but none of the other ranges are adjusted.

 

Pos	San Diego Padres Bats	Notes
CF	Fernando Tatis Jr.	All-Star
SS	Jackson Merrill
3b	Manny Machado	All-Star
LF	Ryan O'Hearn	All-Star
DH	Luis Arraez
1b	Jake Cronenworth
2b	Xander Bogaerts
RF	Gavin Sheets
C	Elias Díaz
SS	Mason McCoy
C	Martin Maldonado
ss	Jose Iglesias
C	Freddy Fermin
RF	Ramón Laureano	add HR
PB	San Diego Padres Pitch
2'-8	Michael King	DL
2'-8	Dylan Cease
2'-7	Joe Musgrove	DL
2'-7	Nick Pivetta
4'-7	JP Sears
2'-7	Yu Darvish
4'-7	Matt Waldron
2'-8	Mason Miller
2'-9	Jason Adam	All-Star
2'-8	Jeremiah Estrada
2'-6	Sean Reynolds	temp card
2'-6	David Morgan	temp card
2'-8	Robert Suarez	All-Star
2'-7	Adrian Morejon
2'-7	Yuki Matsui
4'-7	Randy Vásquez
4'-7	Kyle Hart
2'-6	Wandy Peralta
2'-6	Bradgley Rodriguez
2'-6	Ron Marinaccio
Pos	Chicago Cubs Bats
CF	Pete Crow-Armstrong	All-Star
RF	Kyle Tucker	All-Star
DH	Seiya Suzuki
LF	Ian Happ
3b	Michael Busch	add HR
SS	Dansby Swanson
2b	Nico Hoerner
C	Miguel Amaya	DL, add HR
CF	Willi Castro	add HR
ca	Reese McGuire	new card
1b	Jon Berti	minus HR
C	Carson Kelly	add 2 HR
3b	Justin Turner	minus HR
SS	Matt Shaw
PB	Chicago Cubs Pitch
2'-8	Justin Steele	DL
2'-8	Matthew Boyd	All-Star
2'-8	Shota Imanaga
2'-8	Cade Horton	temp card
2'-7	Jameson Taillon
4'-7	Javier Assad	DL
4'-7	Colin Rea
4'-7	Kyle Tyler
2'-8	Drew Pomeranz
2'-7	Ryan Brasier	temp card
4'-7	Daniel Palencia	temp card
2'-7	Caleb Thielbar
4'-7	Taylor Rogers
2'-7	Porter Hodge
4'-7	Luke Little
4'-7	Andrew Kittredge
4'-7	Brad Keller
2'-6	Tom Cosgrove
2'-5	Eli Morgan	DL
2'-5	Nate Pearson
Pos	Milwaukee Brewers Bats
LF	Christian Yelich
2b	Caleb Durbin
DH	Jackson Chourio
C	William Contreras	minus HR
1b	Rhys Hoskins
RF	Garrett Mitchell	DL
CF	Sal Frelick
3b	Joey Ortiz	minus 2 HR
ss	Brice Turang
DH	Oliver Dunn	minus HR
LF	Brandon Lockridge	minus HR
lf	Isaac Collins
LF	Jake Bauers
DH	Danny Jansen
1b	Andrew Vaughn	minus 2 HR
PB	Milwaukee Brewers Pitch
2'-8	Freddy Peralta	All-Star
2'-8	Jacob Misiorowski	All-Star
8-Feb	Brandon Woodruff	temp card
2'-7	Aaron Ashby
2'-7	Tobias Myers
2'-7	Jose Quintana
2'-9	Trevor Megill
2'-8	Chad Patrick
4'-7	Logan Henderson	temp card
2'-6	Rob Zastryzny	temp card
2'-7	Abner Uribe
2'-7	Nick Mears
4'-7	Quinn Priester
4'-7	Jared Koenig
2'-6	Craig Yoho
2'-5	Grant Anderson

Here are the team sheets of player cards.

Phils Realmuto 2 HRs Stun Dodgers 2-1, Likely Eliminates Braves

The Phillies face a tough match-up in the free Statis-Pro baseball game to make it into the playoffs. 

While leading the NL East in the actual MLB, the Phillies have struggles in Statis-Pro since Cy Young candidate Zack Wheeler was lost for the season. Jesús Luzardo has to start as the new No. 4 man in the rotation, in a trip to Los Angeles to face the Dodgers ace Tyler Glasnow.

If the Phillies can overcome those odds they are likely in our playoffs unless the Reds dominate the rest of their season, If they keep it within 5 runs in a loss then they likely have a 1-game playoff with the Braves. But if they are down by 5 runs at the end of the 8th in this game they are likely out of the playoffs.

Game Update: Phillies 2, Dodgers 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tyler Glasnow was dominant - 12 strikeouts, 0 walks and 4 hits allowed in 7 innings. However, it was not enough as two of those hits were solo home runs by J.T. Realmuto to give the Phillies a 2-1 win and likely send the Phillies to the playoffs and eliminate the Braves to give Statis-Pro the same six NL playoff teams that would make it if the real MLB season ended today.

At 34 years old, Realmuto's card is down to just a 27-28 home run range and the first two times up Glasnow left the pitch on his card, which only happens 1 in 6 times since Glasnow keeps it on his own card on PB 2-9 of the 2-12 possible results. The first time Realmuto hit it out on a 27, then on a 28. Realmuto was awarded as the best hitting catcher in baseball (Silver Bat) three of five years (from when he was 27 to 31 year old) but has had the normal trail off for a catcher in his 30s, to only about half the WAR of his incredible 6.5 as a 31 year old.

The real story is this shocker was holding the Dodgers to only 1 unearned run. While the Phillies knew they could go to a PB 2-8 or 2-9 for the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th, but the key was Jesús Luzardo as only an average PB 4-7 card getting through the five innings. He pitched five innings with only one unearned urn allowed, with some help from centerfielder Brandon Marsh, who made a clutch defensive catch in the 3rd to end the inning and prevent Freddie Freeman from scoring, and then in the 4th threw out Teoscar Hernández at the plate.

The relievers were great, but the shocker was MVP candidate Shohei Ohtani, who struck out four straight times leading off an inning, and then grounded into a game ending double play as pinchrunner Tommy Edman racing home from 3rd base with what would have been the game tying run.

The Phillies upset finishes them ahead of the only other team to finish all their games - Atlanta - meaning it is very likely the Phils are in the playoffs and Braves are eliminated.  The only chances of another scenario are if the Reds to 6-0 to eliminate both, or the Padres struggling in their last two to fall behind both teams.  

Here are the standings, grid of remaining games, then rosters for the just completed games.

 

Pos	Phillies Line-up
1b	Bryce Harper
DH	Kyle Schwarber	All-Star
SS	Trea Turner
LF	Max Kepler
CF/B	Nick Castellanos
B/CF	Brandon Marsh
C	JT Realmuto
3b	Edmundo Sosa
LF	Harrison Bader
2b	Bryson Stott
1b	Alec Bohm
C	Rafael Marchán
LF	Johan Rojas
OF	Weston Wilson
OF	Cal Stevenson
3b	Otto Kemp	temp card
PB	Pitching
2'-9	Zack Wheeler	DL, All-Star
2'-8	Ranger Suárez
2'-8	Cristopher Sánchez
2'-7	Walker Buehler
4'-7	Jesús Luzardo
2'-6	Aaron Nola	DL
2'-9	Jhoan Duran
2'-8	José Alvarado	restrticted
2'-8	Orion Kerkering
4'-7	David Robertson
2'-8	Matt Strahm
4'-7	Jordan Romano
4'-7	Tanner Banks
2'-5	Taijuan Walker
2'-5	Mick Abel	5
2'-5	Alan Rangel	3
2'-5	Max Lazar	2
Pos	Pitcher late add	pb
2'-5	Mick Abel
2'-5	Alan Rangel
2'-5	Max Lazar
Pos	LAD Deep 11'-35 = HR, Dodger Stadium LAD
DH	Shohei Ohtani	All-Star
cf	Mookie Betts	minus HR
1b	Freddie Freeman	All-Star
C	Will Smith	All-Star
RF	Teoscar Hernández
2b	Hyeseong Kim	new card
lf	Andy Pages
3b	Max Muncy
SS	Miguel Rojas	minus HR
IF	Kiké Hernández
C	Dalton Rushing	.551 - 3b on 25
CF	Alex Call
LF	Tommy Edman
RF	Michael Conforto	minus HR
PB	Los Angeles Dodgers / NL West
2'-9	Tyler Glasnow
2'-9	Blake Snell
2'-9	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	All-Star
2'-8	Clayton Kershaw	All-Star
2'-8	Roki Sasaki	DL
2'-8	Shohei Ohtani
2'-9	Tanner Scott
2'-8	Ben Casparius
2'-8	Brock Stewart	temp card
4'-7	Jack Dreyer	temp card
2'-8	Evan Phillips	DL
2'-8	Alex Vesia
2'-8	Blake Treinen
2'-8	Kirby Yates
2'-6	Alexis Díaz
2'-7	Brusdar Graterol	DL
2'-7	Gavin Stone	DL
2'-7	Bobby Miller
4'-7	Luis García
4'-7	Anthony Banda
4'-7	Landon Knack
4'-7	Justin Wrobleski
2'-6	Michael Kopech	DL
Pos	Pitcher late add	pb
2'-7	Emmet Sheehan