On what might be the penultimate day of the regular season, the Mets send Johan Santana to the mound needing a win. A loss puts the Mets out of the NL East race and gives the Brewers a chance to clinch the NL Wild Card later in the afternoon. Johan takes on Ricky Nolasco and the Florida Marlins. Santana hasn't lost a game since June (he was 1-4 that month despite a stellar ERA). His 2.26 ERA since the start of June is third best in the majors. Nolasco holds an identical 15-7 record. His strikeout and walk rate remains excellent, and his only weakness is a tendency to give up the long ball.

Milwaukee, Minnesota and Philadlephia all have 3:55 starts on Fox, but I'm sure I'm going to see the Yankees-Red Sox here. It would be nice on a day like this for Fox to use their cable networks to make all four of these games available.

Gil Meche and Glen Perkins face off in Minnesota. A win by the Twins means the worst that can happen is they force the White Sox to play a makeup game Monday. Meche is having his best year in terms of home runs allowed, giving up longballs at a rate of 18.6 per 200 innings. Perkins holds a 12-4 record despite a 4.50 ERA. The Twins scored seven or more runs in nine of his 25 starts.

A Phillies win gives them the division no matter what happens in the Mets game, and Jamie Moyer host John Lannan in an effort to secure the playoff berth. The two hold similar ERAs by very different records. Lannan is 9-14, but 5-5 on the road with a 3.08 ERA. Moyer is 2-0 against the Nationals this year with a 2.82 ERA.

Ben Sheets returns to the mound for the Brewers, who can clinch at least a tie for the wild card with a win. The righty last pitched 10 day ago, lasting just two innings. He'll face Ted Lilly of the Cubs. The Brewers knocked Ted around a bit this year, hitting three home runs in 10 2/3 innings.

The White Sox continue their series with Cleveland, needing a win to at least keep pace with the Indians. A loss, couple with a Minnesota win puts them 1 1/2 game back in the AL Central and forces them to need help to make the playoffs. Zach Jackson faces Javier Vazquez. Jackson doesn't walk many, but his low strikeout rate leads to lots of hits and runs. Vazquez hasn't repeated his fine August, posting a 4.94 ERA in September.

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