Final Friday

8:00pm

If anyone is sitting up charting MLB games tonight... (GAL)

I've posted the projected starting pitchers in the Game 30 boxscore on the website. So far Joe, who's trying to sneak in the back door of the playoffs, has 14 out of Cliff Lee. Pettite (Bill) is just underway in New York after a rain delay. Zambrano (Gerry) is getting kicked around by the Marlins - 5 runs in the first 5 innings. Webb (Jake) has given up an early run. Maddux (John) and Parra (Tief) play later tonight.

On offense, Tom's new pickup Melvin Mora, DeRosa (Jake) and Cantu (Joe) have homered.

8:30pm

Good news for Dale. Toronto and Boston have been postponed, pushing Josh Beckett back to Sunday. That means Dale's starter will be Francisco Liriano who is pitching tonight and has given up 2 unearned runs on only 1 hit through 4 innings.

9:00pm

Cliff Lee goes the distance for Joe - 27 by my count. But Liriano is pitching a good game for Dale - one of the teams Joe must catch to sneak into the wild card spot. Brandon Webb is also throwing a very good game for Jake. It looks like Joe will need a lot of help despite Lee's gem.

Cubs won a game they should have lost. Cards win too.

10:10

Dale and Jake's pitchers have more or less matched Joe's. Jake got 25 out of Brandon Webb and Dale got 23 out of Liriano. It would seem that both Jake and Dale have solidified their spot in the playoffs, leaving Connor and Tom to battle for the final spot.

10:30

I just did a quick hand count of hitter's points and Dale and Joe are very close. That's not good for Joe as he needs to beat Dale by 3 games. They each still have a couple of players to get. Jake has a pretty nice pile of offense including 2 home runs. It would appear that he has enough to beat Dale and therefore win his division.

Done for tonight - I'll post prelims tomorrow morning. Watch here for further updates.