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"This is pretty absurd."

The game was at stake in the 10th inning.

Spencer Strider’s hottest baseball take did not sit well with MLB fans.

The Phillies and Brewers punched their tickets to October.

All Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill wanted to do in blowout win was celebrate.

This was a heartbreaking way to lose a game.

Notes: Closer Adbert Alzolay and corner infielder Jeimer Candelario are nearing returns.

The Braves took the lead on Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki’s two-out error in the eighth inning. The Cubs dropped a game behind the Diamondbacks in the battle for the second wild-card spot and saw their lead over the Marlins for the third and final spot cut to a half-game.

The innocent romances of pre-2016 playoff years are relics, but if we can find our inner rubes — they’ve got to be in there somewhere — it might be a lot of fun.