But plenty more certainty was gained as a slate of nearly synchronized games played out. Nobody was eliminated. But a handful of traveling secretaries could hit “book” on hotel rooms and tell their pilots exactly where they should punch it in the team plane.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. In the National League, the Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves and New York Mets are fighting for the final two MLB postseason spots.

While the six division races are all decided, along with the American League wild-card field, the National League wild-card race is still jumbled.