Wild Card Day 1 | Herbstreit's McVay Clause + CFB Week 5 Top 5 — Coach and Company Wednesday 9/30/26
The Wild Card round opened with two road teams and two home teams winning. In Atlanta, Austin Riley's three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth turned a 3-2 deficit into a 5-3 Braves win over the Phillies (Boston Globe). The White Sox jumped out early and held on to beat the Astros 6-3 in Houston (KPRC). In the Bronx, Cam Schlittler threw 6⅓ scoreless innings on 117 pitches, and Ben Rice capped a 9-0 rout of the Red Sox with a two-out grand slam in the eighth (MLB.com). In San Diego, Michael King took a no-hit bid into the seventh as the Padres blanked the Cubs 8-0 (Times of San Diego)…
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