FT Leadoff

It’s home stretch time, and teams are separating themselves in division races.

The Mariners entered the weekend four games back of the Astros before dropping their series to the Angels. Houston now holds a six-game cushion in the AL West after sweeping the Royals.

Over in the NL East, the Phillies are seven games up on the Braves after snatching their series against Atlanta over the weekend. The Braves are still one game up in the third Wild Card spot.

The Dodgers are five games up in the NL West over the Padres and Diamondbacks, who hold identical positions as the top two Wild Cards.

For more on the Phillies, Braves and Dodgers, check out The Phillies Show, Hammer Territory, and Dodgers Territory.

Did you know that the Cubs are currently the hottest team in the league?

The Cubbies have won nine of ten games (with double-digit run outputs in five of them) and their six-game win streak is the longest active surge in baseball.

The North Siders are just three games out of the third Wild Card spot, but they’ve got a tough road soon. They’ll face the Yankees then Dodgers after a three-game set with Colorado.

Listen - For more on the Cubs, check out North Side Territory with Patrick Mooney and Sahadev Sharma of The Athletic.

• View - Mets sweep White Sox, sit 1.0 GB of third Wild Card spot.

• View - Yankees drop two of three to Cardinals, Orioles just 0.5 GB.

• View - Red Sox drop series against Tigers, now 4.5 GB in Wild Card race.

• View - Royals drop fifth straight, now tied with Twins for second in AL Central at 3.5 GB.

• View - Tigers now 5.0 GB after winning series at home.

Watch - FT Senior Insider Ken Rosenthal illustrates how Francisco Lindor has evolved as a leader, the Braves possess a potentially lethal playoff rotation and Mark Cuban’s knock on Pirates ownership.

Watch - FT player hosts also react to Cuban’s Pirates callout.

Watch - The FT Crew weighs in on Stephen A. Smith’s fallacious comment about Aaron Judge and Juan Soto.

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No Foul Territory live show today in observance of Labor Day, but we’ll be back Tuesday with our regularly scheduled programming!

Check out North Side Territory, Hammer Territory, The Phillies Show, Pinstripe Territory and Dodgers Territory for the latest on the Cubs, Braves, Phillies, Yankees and Dodgers!

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