Standings through 9/5

And then there were fourteen...

Team	W	L	GB
Houston	42	95	0
Chicago Cubs	51	85	-9.5
Minnesota	56	81	-14
Colorado	56	79	-15
Cleveland	58	79	-16
Miami	60	77	-18
Toronto	61	75	-19.5
Kansas City	61	75	-19.5
Boston	63	75	-20.5
San Diego	64	74	-21.5
NY Mets	65	72	-23
Philadelphia	66	71	-24
Seattle	67	71	-24.5
Milwaukee	67	69	-25.5

Houston's magic number: 17

Eliminated from contention:

1. Washington, 8/23/12
2. Cincinnati, 8/25/12
3. Texas, 8/26/12
4. Atlanta, 8/28/12
   NY Yankees, 8/28/12
5. San Francisco, 8/29/12
6. Baltimore, 8/30/12
   Chicago Sox, 8/30/12
   Oakland, 8/30/12
7. Tampa Bay, 8/31/12
   St. Louis, 8/31/12
8. LA Dodgers, 9/1/12
   LA Angels, 9/1/12
   Detroit, 9/1/12
9. Pittsburgh, 9/2/12 
10. Arizona, 9/5/12

Today's key games:

• ChN at Was
• Col at Atl 
• Mil at Mia (Milwaukee is eliminated with a win)