Post-Friday play-off scenarios

Well, we're down to 2 days, 4 games, to determine 2 play-off spots from among 3 teams. With Boston's 5-3 win over New York and Cleveland's 3-2 loss to Chicago, this is where we stand:

Standings

	W	L
Boston	94	66
New York	94	66
Cleveland	93	67

9 possible combinations left:

Play-off Scenarios

Red Sox	Indians	Result
2-0	2-0	Boston wins East, Cleveland wins WC
	1-1	Boston wins East, Cleveland/NY play 1-game play-off for WC
	0-2	Boston wins East, NY wins WC
1-1	2-0	Boston/NY play-off for the East, Cleveland plays loser (NY@CLE or CLE@BOS) for WC
	1-1, 0-2	NY wins East, Boston wins WC
0-2	2-0	New York wins East, Cleveland wins WC
	1-1	New York wins East, Boston/Cleveland play 1-game play-off for WC
	0-2	New York wins East, Boston wins WC

The Indians are in the worst shape. They need to go 2-0 or hope that the remaining 2 games of the Red Sox/Yankee series are swept to still be playing next week. The Red Sox and Yankees need only split to guarantee that they, at the least, get to a play-in game or two.

Boston's win tonight also guarantees that Sunday's game at Fenway is a meaningful game - no one can clinch the east tomorrow. So the AL East will come down to the final day (and maybe beyond...)

OOPsdate:
Where that said "no one can clinch the east tomorrow" was wrong. What it should have said was "neither team can guarantee finishing with a better record tomorrow."