レイズとエンゼルスが3連勝、アスレティックスが3連敗なら、3チームが同じ成績になり、2つ目のワールドカード争いとなる。
http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/29389/three-days-left-sorting-out-scenarios
レイズが、オリオールズに3連勝 → 91勝71敗 2つ目のワイルドカードをかけて、3チームでプレーオフ
エンゼルスが、マリナーズに3連勝 → 91勝71敗 〃
アスレティックスが、レンジャーズに3連敗 → 91勝71敗 〃
1. A's, Angels and Rays tie for second wild card. This can only happen if the Oakland A's lose all three to the Texas Rangers and the Los Angeles Angels (Mariners) and Tampa Bay Rays (Orioles) sweep their series. The three teams would be assigned A, B and C designations based on a series of tiebreakers. Team A hosts Team B on Thursday and the winner hosts Team C on Friday. The team that wins the tiebreaker gets to choose its designation: Do you want to play at home or would you rather play one game on the road?
The A's won the season series from both the Angels (10 to 9) and Rays (5 to 4), so they'd get to pick first. The Rays went 9-1 (!) against the Angels, so they get second choice. Which means you'd likely get this scenario: Angels at Rays on Thursday, A's at Angels/Rays on Friday, wild-card game on Saturday. The Angels could end up with this schedule of four games in four days: At Tampa, versus Oakland at home, at Baltimore/New York, back in Anaheim for the Rangers.
エンゼルスが勝ち進んだ場合。
木 タンパ、レイズと対戦 〇
金 オークランド、アスレティックスと対戦 〇 → 2番目のワイルドカードでプレーオフ進出決定
土 ボルチモア又はニューヨーク、オリオールズ又はヤンキースと対戦 〇 → ワイルドカード同士の対戦で勝って、地区シリーズ進出決定
日 アナハイム、レンジャーズ 地区シリーズ5番勝負の第1戦
ついでに
ヤンキースが、レッドソックスに3連敗 → 92勝70敗 東地区1位 東地区優勝をかけてプレーオフ
(オリオールズは、レイズに3連敗) → 92勝70敗 東地区1位 〃
2. Orioles, Yankees and A's finish with the same record (meaning a tie for the AL East and a tie for the two wild-card spots). The A's are one win behind so this could happen under various scenarios. This one is pretty straightforward, actually. The Orioles and Yankees would play for the AL East title on Thursday. That game would be played at Baltimore (the Orioles and Yankees tied their season series but the Orioles had a better division record). The loser of that game and the A's would be the two wild-cards. The A's hold the home-field tiebreaker over the Orioles and Yankees.
(レンジャーズは、アスレティックスに3連勝) → 96勝66敗 西地区優勝