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NL wild-card breakdown

By Buster Olney
ESPN The Magazine

Thursday, September 9, 2004

The St. Louis Cardinals probably will clinch their division by early next week, and Los Angeles and Atlanta would have to completely collapse to miss the playoffs. So there is one spot open, the wild-card berth, with five teams packed together, separated by only two games. Houston Astros Why they could win the wild card: The Houston offense is piling up runs by the dozens. During the Astros' current 12-game winning streak, they've scored eight runs or more in nine games. Carlos Beltran has nine ...

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