Sale duels Verlander on MLB.TV

Today’s full schedule of Major League games includes six matinees, each of which features teams locked in tight postseason races.

The fun gets started when Justin Verlander takes the mound for the Tigers opposite White Sox ace Chris Sale in today’s first game. Detroit is one game behind Baltimore for the second American League Wild Card.

The Red Sox, who lead the O’s by one game for the first AL Wild Card, are also in action this afternoon, as are AL Wild Card contenders Houston and Seattle.

In the National League, the race for the NL West continues this afternoon with the Dodgers and Giants both in action. The first-place Dodgers have a doubleheader against the Rockies.

And the best place to catch all the action is on MLB.TV.

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Here’s what to watch for today in the Majors (all times ET):

Sale, Verlander duel: CWS@DET, 1:10 p.m. The Tigers can potentially move into a tie with the O’s for the second Wild Card as they go for a three-game sweep behind Verlander, who is 7-1 with a 2.00 ERA since the beginning of July.

Meanwhile, Sale is 2-5 with a 3.76 ERA since winning 13 of 16 starts to begin the season. The left-hander has tossed two complete games in August, though his team lost both games. He struck out 14 in his last outing.

It’s the first Verlander-Sale matchup since Sept. 24, 2014. In that meeting, Verlander fired eight innings of one-run ball to outduel Sale, who gave up one run in six innings.

Stat that matters: Tigers outfielder Justin Upton is hitting .342 with five home runs and 13 RBIs in his …

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