The Mets won in dramatic fashion on Tuesday night to start a three-game set with the Cubs in Chicago to regain a wild-card spot. Meanwhile, the Reds lost at home to the lowly Pirates to slide out of ...

The Phillies face the Mets at 7:15 p.m., on Sept. 11. Left-hander Jesus Luzardo (13-6, 4.01 ERA) will pitch for the Phillies. Left-hander David Peterson (9-5, 3.72 ERA) will pitch for the Mets. The ...

September baseball means expanded rosters, playoff races and math for teams in postseason contention. The Philadelphia Phillies are in the postseason and are National League East champions, but ...

The MLB season is long, winding and grueling. It requires a team to jell together in the clubhouse and perform well on the diamond. It often means that a team will have to rally around an injured ...

With the formula below, a magic number determines how close a given team is to clinching its given goal.

A team's magic number represents the combination of wins needed by that team and losses by its closest competitor to clinch a given goal. Every time a team wins, its magic number decreases by one.