It will be Gutierrez, Martinez and Belliard in the bottom of the 13th for the Indians.
Update: Jenks is on to get the save. Jeff Liefer pinch hits for Gutierrez.
Update: Liefer runs the count full but strikes out swinging on a pitch down and in.
Update: Victor Martinez strikes out swinging. One out to go.
Update: Ron Belliard homers to left to bring the Indians within one. Is it too little too late?
Update: Broussard pops the first pitch up for the final out of the game.
The Indians were given this game on a platter. They had plenty of opportunities to score, but were 0 for 9 with men in scoring position. They’re 0 for 23 on the home stand, according to the Cleveland telecast. If they don’t homer, they don’t score. Belliard’s was the 51st of the month for the Tribe.
The White Sox win home field, and the Indians are one game behind the Yankees and Red Sox in the Wild Card chase.

Willie Harris triples off the right field wall with one out in the top of the 13th. Podsednik tries to squeeze him home, but the Indians get Harris in a run down. Podsednik ends up at second, and Konerko is pinch hitting.
Update: They issue the intentional walk to Konerko, and a pinch runner takes his place. Seems a waste of Paul’s talents.
Update: Gload doubles to center to drive in two. The White Sox lead 3-1.
Update: The Indians get the last out of the inning. The White Sox are three outs away from home field throughout the playoffs.

Peralta grounds into a force out at second. The play was very close. Wedge came out to argue, but the play was extremely close. It easily could have gone either way.
The Cleveland fans are certainly getting their money’s worth tonight.

The Houston are down to their last out in the 9th. They have a man on third and Orlando Palmeiro is pinch-hitting for Taveras.
Update: Palmeiro flies out to right to end the game. The Phillies are now just one game behind Houston with two to play. We could end up with a tie in the NL as well.

Gutierrez, hitting in Hafner’s spot, walks with one out to put the winning run on base.
Update: Victor Martinez gets his third hit of the night to move Gutierrez to second with one out.
Update: Belliard walks to load the bases with 1 out. A long fly wins the game. Broussard is up.
Update: Broussard strikes out looking. It’s up to Boone. Again.
Update: Boone grounds out and the game goes to the 12th inning.

Patterson grounds to Berkman, who throws out Burnitz at the plate. Cubs have men on 1st and 2nd with 1 out.
Update: Todd Walker limps to the plate but singles to right to put the Cubs up 4-3. He leaves for a pinch runner.
Update: The Astros get out of the inning down one run. Ausmus is scheduled to lead off the bottom of the ninth. He’s the number 8 hitter.

Billy Wagner breaks Nick Johnson’s bat and catches the resulting pop up to preserve the victory for the Phillies. Meanwhile, Brad Lidge blows the save as the Cubs tie the score at 3 in the top of the 9th. Chicago has men on 2nd and 3rd with no outs.

Lance Berkman hits a two run homer in the bottom of the 8th to put the Astros back in front 3-2. Washington just scored in the bottom of the ninth to cut the Phillies lead ot 4-3.

The Yankees end up with the bottom of the order up in the ninth. Sierra starts the inning with a strikeout against Timlin.
Update: Timlin strikes out Bernie with a high pitch.
Update: Cano singles to keep the Yankees alive. Timlin is going for a four out save here.
Update: Jeter grounds out to short. The Red Sox win 5-3. There will be two more meaningful games between these teams as they are tied at the top of the AL East.

Nomar Garciaparra is now the Phillies favorite player. He drives in Perez to give the Cubs a 2-1 lead in the middle of the 8th. Derrek Lee tried to score from first on a bobble by the left fielder but was thrown out at the plate.
Nomar is back to his normal hitting. With his 1 for 4 tonight he’s hitting .322 since returning from his injury.

The Indians get out of a jam in the top of the ninth, getting Timo Perez to ground into a double play to keep the score at 1-0.
Update: It’s Hafner vs. Marte to start the inning.
Update: Hafner singles to left to start the ninth.
Update: Franklin Gutierrez runs for Hafner, and Martinez doubles to send him to third.
Update: Boone grounds into a double play, although a poor running play by Broussard caused the 2nd out. They go to extra innings in Cleveland.
Update: Hermanson is on to try to save the game. This is a real save situation.
Update: Belliard grounds out to short, driving in Gutierrez. The Indians have life.
Update: Broussard is walked to put men on first and second so Hermanson can pitch to Boone.

Ugeth Urbina comes into the Phillies game with men on 1st and 3rd and 2 out and walks Wilkerson to load the bases for Carroll.
Update: Urbina gets a ground ball to Utley to end the inning. Phillies and Nationals go the the 8th with the score still 4-2 Philadelphia.

Derrek Lee drives in his 107th run of the year with a sacrifice fly to even the score with the Astros at one. The Phillies are leading 4-2 in the seventh in Washington.

Cano singles to left and Jeter homers into the right field bullpen to cut the lead in half. It’s 5-3 in the top of the 7th as Wells approaches 100 pitches.
Update: Jeter’s hit was the first by a righty off Wells tonight.
Update: A-Rod strikes out looking. This umpire takes his time making the hand signal, which drives me crazy.
Update: Giambi grounds out to first to end the inning. Wells is over 100 pitches.

Two singles and a walk and the bases are loaded with Red Sox for Trot Nixon in the 6th.
Update: No one’s up in the Yankees’ bullpen. It’s Wang’s game here.
Update: Wang walks Nixon to drive in Damon. Boston leads 3-1, the bases are still loaded with one out. Two relievers are now up in the NY pen.
Update: Giambi makes a bad throw to Posada on a slow grounder to allow Ortiz to score. The error leaves the bases loaded for Olerud and makes the score 4-1.
Update: Olerud hits a sacrifice fly to center field. Williams has no shot at Manny. The Yankees defense cost them two runs so far this inning.
Update: Giambi makes a nice pick on a hard shot by Mueller to end the inning. The defense does the damage, however, and the Red Sox are up 5-1 after six.

Mark Buehrle throws 88 pitches over 5 2/3 innings and comes out of the game. If Vizcaino can get out of the inning, Buehrle will be in line to get his 17th win. I assume he’ll start game two of the ALDS.

Hideki Matsui gets his third hit off David Wells, a double that puts runners on second and third. Actually, I think Giambi could have scored from first on the hit, but he was held.
The righties against Wells are not timing his pitches well. They’re hitting deep fly balls, but they’re not connecting. Hideki has Wells’ curve timed perfectly.
Posada ground hard to third, leaving the runners on base for Sierra.
Update: Sierra is just off as he hits a fly ball to straight away center for the third out. Maybe the switch hitters should bat lefty against Wells. All four hits off Wells have come off the bats of Giambi and Matsui.

Mike Lamb homers off Zambrano for the first hit and run of the game. He has 12 home runs this year, five in September.

Andy Pettitte retires the side on 13 pitches in the first, striking out one.

Jason Varitek homers on the first pitch of the 2nd inning, a blast to dead center. The Red Sox lead 2-1.

Ryan Howard hits his 21st home run of the season to tie the Phillies-Nationals game at one. A big weekend from the big first baseman could win him the Jackie Robinson Award.

Brad Wilkerson doubles and works his way around to score on a ground out as Washington jumps out to a 1-0 lead on Cory Lidle in a game the Phillies need to win.

It looks like the White Sox are taking it easy tonight. They lineup they’re putting on the field isn’t the top of the line. Maybe tomorrow they’ll challenge Cleveland, but tonight they’ll try to take home field with the backups.