Today's Updates, 9/12/2018

Today's UPDATES

The Boston Red Sox are the first MLB team to clinched the very first spot in the 2018 MLB Postseason next month in October. Here's a Max Sports rundown on how they got their, now Red Sox second basemen Brock Holt put it out best when he made this statement after the Red Sox's game with the Toronto Blue Jays: "Any time you make the playoffs and give yourself a chance to be that last team, it's a pretty special thing, we're excited by that, but we've got more work to do." Holt is the very reason why the Red Sox won last night by pinch hitting in the seventh inning and hitting a go-ahead, three-run home run as part of a 7-2 win over the Blue Jays. Boston is guaranteed no worse than a wild card berth, but they are very likely to clinch the entire American League East Division title, they lead in that division by nine games with a record of 99-46, and with two and a half weeks left in the season, there's no more time for the New York Yankees. with the second best record in the majors 90-55, to catch up with their arch rivals, especially since they lost to the Minnesota Twins last night 10-5. While the Yankees are busy focusing on the American League Wild Card, the Red Sox can be proud of the fact this is the third straight year that they will make the postseason, previous Red Sox teams have made the postseason three times from 2003-2005 and again from 2007-2009, so so that's twice in one decade that Boston was apart of October baseball in the span of three years. As we wait to see who the next team to clinch the postseason will be, see what else went down last night in MLB action and a look ahead at today and tomorrow.

MLB

Yesterday

Nationals 3, Phillies 1

Astros 5, Tigers 4

Reds 3, Dodgers 1

Athletics 3, Orioles 2

Nationals 7, Phillies 6

Red Sox 7, Blue Jays 2

Marlins 5, Mets 3

Indians 2, Rays 0

Twins 10, Yankees 5

Cubs 3, Brewers 0

Royals 6, White Sox 3

Cardinals 11, Pirates 5

Diamondbacks 6, Rockies 3

Angels 1, Rangers 0

Padres 2, Mariners 1

Braves 4, Giants 1

Today

Dodgers vs Reds at 12:35PM
Astros vs Tigers at 1:10PM
Indians vs Rays at 1:10PM
Pirates vs Cardinals at 1:15PM
Braves vs Giants at 3:45PM
Marlins vs Mets at 4:10PM

Padres vs Mariners at 6:10PM

Nationals vs Phillies at 7PM on ESPN+

Athletics vs Orioles at 7:05PM

Blue Jays vs Red Sox at 7:10PM

Marlins vs Mets at 7:10PM
Brewers vs Cubs at 8PM on ESPN

Yankees vs Twins at 8:10PM

White Sox vs Royals at 8:15PM

Diamondbacks vs Rockies at 8:40PM

Rangers vs Angels at 10:07PM
Tomorrow
Diamondbacks vs Rockies at 3:10PM
Cubs vs Nationals at 4:05PM
Blue Jays vs Red Sox at 7PM on ESPN+
Athletics vs Orioles at 7:05PM
Marlins vs Mets at 7:10PM
Dodgers vs Cardinals at 7:15PM
Twins vs Royals at 8:15PM
Mariners vs Angels at 10:07PM

MLB Playoff Picture

AL Division Leaders 

East: Red Sox, 99-46, Clinched Playoff Berth

West: Astors, 91-54

Central: Indians, 82-63

AL Wild Card

1. Yankees, 90-55 + 2 GA

2. Athletics, 89-57 -

3. Mariners, 79-65 8.5 GB

4. Rays, 79-65 8.5 GB

NL Division Leaders

Central: Cubs, 84-60
East: Braves, 81-64
West: Rockies, 79-65

NL Wild Card

1. Brewers, 83-62 + 1.5 GA

2. Cardinals, 79-64 -

3. Dodgers, 78-67 3 GB

4. Diamondbacks 77-68 4 GB

5. Phillies, 74-70 6.5 GB

6. Nationals, 73-72 8 GB

WWE

SmackDown LIVE results

- Jeff Hardy defeated Shinsuke Nakamura by disqualification
- Charlotte defeated Sonya Deville
- Rusev Day defeated The Bar in a No. 1 contender’s match for the Smackdown Tag Team Championship
- Andrade Cien Almas defeated R-Truth
- Brie Bella defeated Maryse
205 Live results
- Buddy Murphy defeated Gran Metalik
- Mustafa Ali defeated Michael Thompson
- Drew Gulak & Gentleman Jack Gallagher defeated Cedric Alexander and Gentleman Jack Gallagher

Hell in a Cell match card

- Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella vs The Miz and Maryse in a Mixed tag team match

- AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe for the WWE Championship
- The New Day vs Rusev Day for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
- Roman Reigns vs Braun Strowman in a Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Universal Championship with Mick Foley as the special guest referee. This is Strowman's Money in the Bank cash-in match.
- Ronda Rousey vs Alexa Bliss for the WWE Raw Women's Championship
- Jeff Hardy vs Randy Orton in a Hell in a Cell match
- Charlotte Flair vs Becky Lynch for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship
- Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre vs Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins for the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship

2018 Mae Young Classic (Round 1)

- Tegan Nox defeated Zatara 
- Rhea Ripley defeated MJ Jenkins 
- Lacey Lane defeated Vanessa Kraven 
- Meiko Satomura defeated Killer Kelly 

- Ashely Rayne vs Mercedes Martinez 

- Taynara Conti vs Jessie Eleban 

- Toni Storm vs Jinny 

- Rachel Evers vs Hiroyo Matsumoto 

- Mia Yim vs Allysin Kay 

- Kaitlyn vs Kavita Devi 

- Isla Dawn vs Nicole Matthews

- Kacy Catanzaro vs Reina Gonzalez

- Io Shirai vs Xia Brookside 

- Zeuxis vs Aerial Monroe

- Deonna Purrazzo vs Priscilla Kelly 

- Karen Q vs Xia Li

NFL

Week 2 Schedule

Thursday

Baltimore Ravens vs Cincinnati Bengals at 8:20PM on NFL Network

Sunday

Carolina Panthers vs Atlanta Falcons at 1PM on FOX
Los Angeles Chargers vs Buffalo Bills at 1PM on CBS
Minnesota Vikings vs Green Bay Packers at 1PM on FOX
Houston Texans vs Tennessee Titans at 1PM on CBS
Cleveland Browns vs New Orleans Saints at 1PM on FOX
Miami Dolphins vs New York Jets at 1PM on CBS
Kansas City Chiefs vs Pittsburgh Steelers at 1PM on CBS
Philadelphia Eagles vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 1PM on FOX

Indianapolis Colts vs Washington Redskins at 1PM on CBS

Arizona Cardinals vs Los Angeles Rams at 4:05PM on FOX
Detroit Lions vs San Francisco 49ers at 4:05PM on FOX
Oakland Raiders vs Denver Broncos at 4:25PM on CBS
New England Patriots vs Jacksonville Jaguars at 4:25PM on CBS

New York Giants vs Dallas Cowboys at 8:20PM

Monday

Seattle Seahawks vs Chicago Bears at 8:15PM on ESPN

Last Monday on WWE Raw, it was announced that Hardcore Legend Mick Foley will be the special guest referee for the Hell in a Cell match between Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Money in the Bank winner. It's going to real interesting to see what kind a part Mick Foley will play in this hellish match, because again, he was involved with the Hell in a Cell match from 20 Years Ago with The Undertaker. It was a match that would change the history of wrestling forever and give new life and attitude into the WWE, but it's 2018 now and things have indeed changed, so how can Mick Foley spark up that same magic he had from two decades ago into this newest matchup inside the evil structure? Well, today's #TwitterTrend features people's reactions to this piece of news and with four days left before this Sunday's pay-per-view at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.

WWE @WWE
THIS SUNDAY: @RealMickFoley will officiate as @BraunStrowman challenges @WWERomanReigns for the #UniversalTitle inside #HellInACell! #RAW #HIAC

WWE 4 Life  🤼 @WWENews_Account
Never forget when Taker threw Mick Foley off the Hell In A Cell 🔥 #Raw

Dexter @WhatsNxt4Dex

Mick Foley returning to “Hell In A Cell” is brave. No way I could return to that structure in any capacity after the long term body damage it did. #RAW #HIAC

JD @JDfromNY206

So, what we learned... 

Mick Foley can still cut a hell of a promo, better than any active WWE #Raw Superstar 

Nobody cares for Reigns vs Strowman, so they are piggy backing off the ONE MATCH that the #HIAC is synonymous with, with the one dude you think of every year you see it?

Mick Foley @RealMickFoley

I am so thankful for so much support, for so many years.

Blue Albatross @bluealbatross

Mick Foley always show up when it's like a week away from Hell in a Cell didn't he? It's like an annual thing

yung terracotta @TeeHaitchGee

i really hoped i’d never have to hear or see the words “mick foley” and “hell in a cell” in the same sentence ever again but boy was I wrong and naïve

Tim Fiorvanti @tim00

It was good to see Mick Foley moving around as well as he was coming down that ramp. That Hell in a Cell match is going to require a heck of a lot of physicality, but this is an interesting wrinkle to the story.

Mick Foley @RealMickFoley

Hey it’s good to be back home again - sometimes @WWE feels like a long lost friend!

See you Sunday at #HellInACell

Finally, the final batch of superstars to make the Roster for WWE 2K19 were revealed yesterday, and these are all mostly legends who have paved the way for the WWE superstars of today. But if some of you have notice that two important names from NXT are in this year's installment of the WWE 2K series, and they are Tommaso Ciampa and Ricochet, well there's always next year for these two, but moving back to the roster reveal from yesterday. The last superstars are: Alundra Blayze, Andre the Giant, Bam Bam Bigelow, Batista, Beth Phoenix, Big Boss Man, Booker T, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, British Bulldog, Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, Chris Jericho, Christian, Diamond Dallas Page, Diesel, Eddie Guerrero, Edge, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, Ivory, Jaqueline, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, Kevin Nash, Kurt Angle, Lex Luger, Lita, Macho Man Randy Savage, Mr. McMahon, Mr. Perfect, Papa Shango, Ravishing Rick Rude, Razor Ramon, Rey Mysterio, Ric Flair, Rick "The Model" Martel, Ricky Morton, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, Rikishi, Robert Gibson, Roddy Piper, Scott Hall, Shawn Michaels, Stephanie McMahon, Sting, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Sycho Sid, Tatanka, Ted DiBiase, The Godfather, The Rock, Trish Stratus, Ultimate Warrior, Undertaker, Undertaker's 2002 Version, and Vader. Here's a Web Choice collection of vids and pics featuring the third and final part of the WWE 2K19 roster reveal series and see more superstars as the yare in the game with a couple of neat photos.

WWE 2K19 Roster Reveal Part 3

WWE 2K19 Daniel Bryan Showcase Gameplay

WWE 2K19 Ruby Riott Entrance

Lince Dorado, Sonya Deville, Shayna Baszler, Harper & Rowan standing in the spotlight.

CELEBRITY of the DAY

Mitski
Born: September 27, 1990
A Japanese-American singer-songwriter
Latest album "Be the Cowboy" was released last month

That's your Celebrity of the Day, Let's GO Hunting!