The mighty Astros, who have been pacing themselves all season, erupted last night for a 28-9 thumping of the Twins to break into the win column just in time for their playoff matchup with the Mets, who ended their season with a whimper by dropping a 7-5 decision to the Yankees in the evening's opener.  The Astros will look to duplicate last year's feat of taking down the #1 seed, which they did to the tune of a 26-3 whuppin' of the #1 Yankees. 

With just 2 games to go there are still no other seeds set in stone. Here is the unofficial quick summary of the possibilites (hopefully simple enough for 2K Kucharski to understand):

                                                Winners

Seed      Brewers/Expos   Brewers/Pirates        A's/Expos     A's/Pirates

2                   Expos                 Brewers                Expos         Pirates

3                  Brewers               Pirates                 Brewers       Expos

4                  Pirates                 Expos                   Pirates        Brewers

5                 Yankees               Yankees                   A's               A's

6                 Twins                     Twins                 Yankees       Yankees   

7                   A's                         A's                       Twins          Twins

Bottom line is that anyone from top half can end up playing anyone from bottom half. The matchups are the same if the Pirates win, regarrdless of the outcome of the first game, but the seeding would be different.