Sunday settles everything

Mon., Sept. 29, 2014

Sonny Gray pitched Oakland into baseball’s last playoff spot, Detroit and St. Louis clinched division crowns and Jordan Zimmermann threw a no-hitter in a final-day drama made even more memorable by Derek Jeter’s farewell.

Going into Sunday, no postseason matchup was certain. David Price, who pitched Detroit to the A.L. Central crown, and some pals across the majors quickly settled all of them.

Gray shut out Texas 4-0, helping the Athletics hold off Seattle for the second A.L. wild-card slot. The A’s will open this year’s postseason at Kansas City on Tuesday night, with Jon Lester facing the Royals’ James Shields.

On Wednesday night, Madison Bumgarner and San Francisco visit Edinson Volquez and Pittsburgh in the N.L. wild-card game.

The best-of-five A.L. division series puts the wild-card winner at the Los Angeles Angels and the Tigers at Baltimore. The N.L. wild-card winner plays at Washington and the Cardinals are at the L.A. Dodgers.

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