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Monday's NL Wild Card Update

Sept 16, 2012; Milwaukee, WI, USA;  New York Mets manager Terry Collins notices I've left his (10.5 games out) team out of this post again today.
Sept 16, 2012; Milwaukee, WI, USA; New York Mets manager Terry Collins notices I've left his (10.5 games out) team out of this post again today.
Sunday's Results:
Cardinals: Beat Dodgers 5-2 in 12 innings - box
Dodgers: Lost 5-2 to Cardinals in 12 innings - box
Pirates: Lost 13-9 to Cubs - box
Brewers: Beat Mets 3-0 - box
Phillies: Lost 7-6 to Astros - box
Diamondbacks: Beat Giants 10-2 - box
Padres: Beat Rockies 12-11 - box

Today's Standings:

Team W L GB
Cardinals 77 70 --
Dodgers 76 71 1
Brewers 74 72 2.5
Pirates 73 72 3
Phillies 73 74 4
Diamondbacks 72 74 4.5
Padres 71 76 6
The Brewers are ahead of the Pirates for the first time since May 4, when they were 12-14 and Pittsburgh was 11-15.

The Rockies, by the way, were eliminated from postseason contention this weekend. The Marlins are now next up, and their elimination number is four.
Today's Games:
Pirates (Kevin Correia) at Cubs (Travis Wood), 8:05 pm
Phillies (Cliff Lee) at Mets (R.A. Dickey), 7:10 pm
Cardinals, Dodgers, Brewers, Diamondbacks and Padres idle.

CoolStandings has the Brewer playoff odds at 9.1%, which is their highest point since coming in at 9.4% on July 19.
Date Odds
Today 9.1%
Yesterday 7.3%
One Week Ago 1%
Two Weeks Ago 0.9%
One Month Ago 0.1%