Boy, are National League teams glad that interleague play has ended!
Once again, the American League dominated the NL, 137-114, in the 251 interleague games this season.
Just look what interleague did for some teams:
The Anaheim Angels, with an interleague-best record of 14-4, moved 2 ½ games ahead of the Texas Rangers (9-9 in interleague) in the AL West.
The Tampa Bay Rays were 13-5 in interleague, jumping back into the AL East race.
Toronto was only 7-11, thus falling one game behind Tampa Bay in the East.
The only other AL teams with losing records – Cleveland and Oakland (5-13 each) and Kansas City (8-10) – are virtually out of the pennant races.
In the NL, the Colorado Rockies were an interleague-high of 11-4, getting back into the NL West (and wild card) races.
The Los Angeles Dodgers only went 9-9, but they’re so far out front in the West that nobody’s going to catch them.
Florida (10-8) and San Francisco and St. Louis (both 9-6) were the lone other NL teams with winning records.
On the other end, it’s no surprise that the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks were each 5-10 … but a bigger surprise that Milwaukee and the New York Mets were also 5-10.
All in all, it’s just nice that teams will be playing within their own leagues from now on.
Once again, the American League dominated the NL, 137-114, in the 251 interleague games this season.
Just look what interleague did for some teams:
The Anaheim Angels, with an interleague-best record of 14-4, moved 2 ½ games ahead of the Texas Rangers (9-9 in interleague) in the AL West.
The Tampa Bay Rays were 13-5 in interleague, jumping back into the AL East race.
Toronto was only 7-11, thus falling one game behind Tampa Bay in the East.
The only other AL teams with losing records – Cleveland and Oakland (5-13 each) and Kansas City (8-10) – are virtually out of the pennant races.
In the NL, the Colorado Rockies were an interleague-high of 11-4, getting back into the NL West (and wild card) races.
The Los Angeles Dodgers only went 9-9, but they’re so far out front in the West that nobody’s going to catch them.
Florida (10-8) and San Francisco and St. Louis (both 9-6) were the lone other NL teams with winning records.
On the other end, it’s no surprise that the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks were each 5-10 … but a bigger surprise that Milwaukee and the New York Mets were also 5-10.
All in all, it’s just nice that teams will be playing within their own leagues from now on.
2 comments:
It sure seems like the American League always comes out ahead in these interleague contests. It would also be interesting to break down the interleague play by games won by the American League at National League sites. This would shows us how much if any effect the DH is having in these contests.
Guess it doesn't matter whether it's interleague or the National League. The Padres can't beat anybody. Two hits last night against Houston. Bad!!
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