The Rockies lose Trevor's history to wounds and N.L. West leads to Dodgers

Just two weeks into the regular season, 13 teams met Monday morning in all five of the 10 playoff games. Some, like the Boston Red Sox, will most likely win a division title in the coming days, and others, like the Philadelphia Phillies, need something less than a miracle to do.

Here's where the competitive competitive races after Monday night were:

Monday's scores

National League West

The Colorado Rockies topped the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first half by 0.5 and the Arizona Diamondbacks by 4.5.

There was a reshuffle at the top, with the Dodgers crushing the Rockies, 8-2, thanks to a dominant effort from Hyun-jin Ryu. But while the loss, which gave Los Angeles a half-game lead in the division, certainly stung, it was nothing compared to the fear instilled in the team when Trevor Story.

The details of Story's injury were rare, but the Rockies announced after the game that he was suffering from right elbow pain after a hard blow in the fourth inning and that he would be re-evaluated on Tuesday.

Losing a player as important as Story for a period of time would be a huge blow to Colorado's chances of following Los Angeles because it is a major factor for the offensive team, where it produced 33 homers, 26 stolen goals and a percentage of 0.893 on base-plus-slugging, as well as defense where he occupies the most important position in the field.

The injury overshadowed a tremendous performance by Ryu who launched seven bleached innings on five points and did not kill any. The Dodgers also had a big day from team leader Joc Pederson, who won 3-4 with two home runs and three straight wins.

Colorado will have a chance to regain the lead on Tuesday when Kyle Freeland will meet Clayton Kershaw.

Following the flip-flop at the top of the division, the Diamondbacks, who lost to the Chicago Cubs, moved from Colorado by 4.5 to third place in Los Angeles.

National League Central

The Chicago Cubs entered the Milwaukee Brewers' day in 2.5 games.

If you want to win a most valuable player prize, it helps to thrive when the pressure is high. That's exactly what Christian Yelich of the Brewers and Javier Baez of the Cubs did Monday helping their teams win easy wins. Central ranking unchanged for another day.

The first was Yelich, who beat the Reds again. He struck for the cycle and flew in four innings in Milwaukee's 8-0 win over Cincinnati. In doing so, he became the fifth player to hit the cycle twice in the same season and the first to have both games against the same opponent. The offensive blast, combined with a formidable pitch by Wade Miley and two other pitchers, helped the Brewers to temporarily win half a match in their fight against the Cubs for the NL. Central leader.

Not to be outdone, Baez hit a 32-point, two-point homer in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 5-1 win over the Cubs, who have regained their lead at 2.5 games. . Kris Bryant and Baez provided the bulk of the attack, and Kyle Hendricks cleared the Diamondbacks for eight innings of a shot in one go before going out with two outs in the ninth allowing a solo and a single. Justin Wilson finished Arizona with one shot while Paul Goldschmidt was caught stealing to end the game in a signal that was missed.

Wild card of the national league

The Brewers entered the day with a three-game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals and the Dodgers for the top Wild Card position. The Diamondbacks have played four games for second place and the Philadelphia Phillies have dropped five games.

The Brewers having won, the pressure was on the Cardinals to follow and they beat the N.L. Atlanta Braves, 11-6. It was a group effort for St. Louis, with three different players in three races each, including Harrison Bader, who went into defensive substitution at the bottom of the seventh inning, then hit a three-point homer in the upper half. from the eighth. The Cardinals had a shaky night in the facilities, with their four pitchers allowing four points (two wins), but the team's offensive output more than made up for their loss, allowing them to retain three games.

The Diamondbacks and Phillies, on the other hand, have both lost, dropping them to five and six games. Neither team was officially eliminated from the competition for second place, but Philadelphia's chances of being eliminated are now less than 2%.

Meanwhile, the Rockies, who lost their division lead, have at least temporarily taken the Dodgers' place in second-place tie.

West American League

The Houston Astros entered the Oakland Athletics first day with 4.5 games.

The Astros beat Athletics after four defeats against the Seattle Mariners, 4-1. The Astros were up 1-0 in the eighth inning when Hector Rondon imploded. The veteran right handed two singles and a walk, charging the goals of two outs before Daniel Vogelbach throws a big dive in the center right, which explains the entire Seattle score for the day. The most likely scenario is still that Houston wins the division and Oakland wins a wild card position, but the reigning champions of the World Series have yet to cross the door.

Wild Card from the American League

The Yankees lead Athletics by 1.5 for first place, with no other teams in five games of either.

Both teams were inactive Monday. The Yankees begin a three-game home streak against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday with J.A. Happ (3.75 E.R.A., 2.8 WAR) from Nathan Eovaldi (4.22, 0.8). The first game of Oakland's three games against the Los Angeles Angels will feature Liam Hendriks (.60, -0.1) against Tyler Skaggs (3.78, 1.5).