National League East

And the Braves lead in the East is back up to five and a half.

Their magic number drops to just five now to win the NL East.

The Braves have a chance to lower that even more tonight when they try to win the series in the finale against the Cubs.

J.R. Ritchie makes his return to the bigs after about six weeks back in AAA Gwinnett.

No, no, the

NL East.

I didn't follow the AL ever.

The NL East features the Atlanta Braves, who have a five-and-a-half game lead over the Philadelphia Phillies.

Your Mets are in dead last.

Really? They're that bad? How many games have they

And that'll be about how many will be there when we play the match tomorrow night and Tuesday night and then again on Wednesday afternoon.

But what if everything goes the way it's going right now will be for the lead in the Eastern Division.

Cardinals beat the Phillies 5-4.

Pitch to J.C. Martin, batting at 149.

In winning six in a row, the Bucs are four over 500 now.

They've won 39 and lost 35.

They've won more games in the Eastern Division than any other team.

The 1-1 pitch.

That started the action today.

Three and a half games back of Chicago in the Eastern Division.

And the first pitch to Tom Seaver.

A small curveball for ball one.

Bill Necro and Ken Holtzman, the opposing pitchers, went and got a free run home run for Chicago.

It was the 15th that came in the fifth.

That started the action three and a half games back of The leg leading, Eastern Division Chicago Cubs.

Now Seaver is set.

Last weekend in Cincinnati, the three-game series here drew over 150,000, and here it's going to be over 150,000, probably close to 160,000.

Well, we'll check the scoreboard, and the first report in the National League East is that Pittsburgh has come up with a run in the top half of the ninth inning, and it's tied Montreal 2-2.

St. Louis is tied with Philadelphia 3-3. take a 2-2 also, and they're playing in the bottom of the 12th inning.

Chicago now has taken the lead over New York in the second game, 3-2.

Bottom of

the first inning, a stormy beginning as the Reds argued in vain, thinking that Garvey had come off the bag.

A final score in the National League East, and that's going to get wilder by the day.

The Expos just knocked off the Pirates 3-2.

It was relief pitching.

It almost put the Expos on top in the Eastern Division of the National League.

Here we go.

Here we go.

The Baltimore Orioles are in the AL East.

You're in the NL East.

It's a whole other league.

And you're already eliminated from the playoffs.

Let me pull out the standings.

I know exactly where they are in the American League, in the National League East.

Yes, sitting 19 and a half games out.

I'm going to be lectured by you at 19 and a half games out.

And the Braves lead in the East is back up to five and a half.

Their magic number drops to just five now to win the NL East.

The Braves have a chance to lower that even more tonight when they try to win the series in the finale against the Cubs.

J.R. Ritchie makes his return to the bigs after about six weeks back in AAA Gwinnett.