Although the past couple of weeks have undoubtedly gone poorly for the Chicago Cubs overall, the 80-win North Siders still find themselves in a playoff spot with just eight games remaining in the regular season.

Here's what happened in Mets Land on Friday, in case you missed it...

The Arizona Diamondbacks are on their final road trip of the 2023 MLB regular season.

After failing to come through for the Mets on Thursday, Brett Baty tied the game in the ninth inning against the Phillies on Friday night in Philadelphia.

The Yankees game against the Arizona Diamondbacks scheduled for Saturday has been postponed due to the forecast of sustained inclement weather, the team announced. No makeup date has been determined.

With 8 games left, last place in the American League East is a very real possibility for the third time in the last four years.

Giants ride three-home-run night to a win over the Dodgers. Tyler Fitzgerald smacked his first career home run in just his second game. San Francisco hits multiple home runs in a game for the first time since September 10th.Giants keep playoff hopes alive with crucial win over Dodgers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

The pitcher who recorded the final three outs to get the Brewers to a 2023 postseason berth? None other than first baseman Rowdy Tellez.

Gabe Alvarez needs to be mentioned among the all-time greats in SeaWolves history.

Tylor Megill's third time through opposing lineups has been a concern. But Megill and Buck Showalter see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Shea Langeliers hit what ended up being the game-winning home run against the Tigers. He joined Brodie Brazil and Shooty Babitt on "A's Postgame Live" to talk about his pinch-hit moment.Langeliers discusses go-ahead pinch-hit homer vs. Tigers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

From Rollie Fingers and Ben Oglivie to CC Sabathia and Ryan Braun, these are the playoff-clinching moments in Milwaukee Brewers history.

Shea Langeliers' three-run blast gives the A's a 5-2 lead over the Tigers. Langeliers lasers three-run shot to give A's lead vs. Tigers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Brent Rooker's 29th home run of the season tied the game in the sixth inning vs. the Tigers. Rooker's 29th homer ties game in sixth vs. Tigers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

The Detroit Tigers will face the Oakland Athletics on Saturday, with rookie Joe Boyle on the mound after an impressive first outing.

White Sox' Touki Toussaint gave up one run on five hits with two strikeouts and two walks over 6 1/3 innings vs. the Red Sox on FridayTouki Toussaint builds resume for next season with outing vs. Red Sox originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago

Cubs' Jameson Taillon (8-10) allowed four hits, walked four and struck out seven to end a streak of seven winless startsJameson Taillon delivers 6 runless innings in 6-0 win vs. Rockies originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago

Machado, Waldron fuel Padres' 4-2 win over Cardinals

Yastrzemski, Manaea fuel Giants' 5-1 win over Dodgers

Farmer, Kirilloff lead Twins to 8-6 win over Angels

Shea Laneliers hit a pinch-hit three-run home run and Ken Waldichuk struck out seven to lead the Athletics' 8-2 win over the Tigers

Realmuto, Bohm lead Phillies to 5-4 win over Mets

The Phillies offense was held quiet all night by Tyler Megill, until a LOUD, go-ahead homer from J.T. Realmuto in the sixth!REALMUTO WAKES UP THE FANS IN CBP WITH A 3-RUN, GO-AHEAD HOMER! originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

Brewers clinch postseason berth behind 12-run 2nd

Sean Manaea pitched seven strong innings and the Giants got a couple of clutch home runs in a necessary win over the Dodgers.

Freddie Freeman records his 200th hit of the season, but it's not enough to overcome the Dodgers' pitching struggles in a 5-1 loss to the Giants.

Aaron Judge's historic night propels Yankees' win

Carter, Seager and Garver fuel Rangers' 8-5 win

Kyle Isbel ripped a two-run single in a three-run 6th inning for Kansas City to lead the Royals to a 7-5 win over the Astros

Ronald Acuña Jr., Marcell Ozuna and Austin Riley all homered, and Acuña Jr. joined the 40-40 club in the Braves' 9-6 win over the Nationals

The former Phillies third baseman talks about his time as a Phillie and why he's thankful to be apart of a historic group of players in the Phillies Wall of Fame.Scott Rolen ‘thankful' to be inducted into Phillies Wall of Fame originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

Rookie Sawyer Gipson-Long held the Oakland A's to one run over five innings, but his Detroit Tigers teammates were rocked for 7 runs in an 8-2 loss.

Varsho, Bassitt lead Blue Jays' 6-2 win over Rays

Four players ripped solo homers to lead the Pirates to a 7-5 win over the Reds

The Twins haven't played a postseason game since the day Alex Kirilloff made his major league debut, back in the 2020 wild-card round. On Friday night, Kirilloff qualified the Twins for another playoff appearance. The Twins first baseman hooked an inside fastball 10 rows deep into the right-field seats in the sixth inning, breaking a tie and helping the Twins earn the 2023 American League ...

Joe Ryan and the Twins celebrated in the clubhouse Friday night after beating the Angels to clinch the AL Central title.

ST. PETERSBURG — Tyler Glasnow could not stretch it out. The Rays right-hander was cruising through the first five innings Friday night at Tropicana Field, but he lost his command and control of the game in the sixth. After allowing a single to George Springer and an RBI base hit to Bo Bichette, Glasnow walked Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Cavan Biggio and Alejandro Kirk in succession, forcing in ...

Sep. 22—Former Webb City Cardinal and Missouri Southern pitcher Logan VanWey has shown the Houston Astros' front office enough to climb from Double-A to Triple-A. In his final three performances with the Corpus Christi Hooks, he also hit season-highs with his fastball's velocity. That and his consistency in general landed him a promotion to the Sugar Land Space Cowboys. In those relief ...

The Phillies blew a late lead for the sixth time in their last 13 games but held on to win again, walking off over the Mets with Alec Bohm's 10th-inning single.

Sep. 22—Orion Kerkerling completed his rapid rise through the Philadelphia system when the right-handed reliever had his contract selected by the Phillies Friday. Kerkering, 22, began the season at low Single-A Clearwater before making stops at high Single-A Jersey Shore, Double-A Reading and Triple-A Lehigh Valley. He replaces right-hander Yunior Marte, who was optioned to the IronPigs, on ...

BOSTON (AP) — Masataka Yoshida hit a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning after Adam Duvall’s sacrifice fly, and the Boston Red Sox rallied for a 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night. Playing their first game after being eliminated from postseason contention, the Red Sox (76-78) won for just the second time in eight games....

David Fry delivered a two-run double in the ninth inning as the Cleveland Guardians rallied to beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-8 on Friday night.

Yoshida hits go-ahead single in 3-2 win vs. White Sox

Byron Buxton stood in front of his locker in a nearly empty clubhouse in Fort Myers, Fla., on a day in March, dreaming of new jewelry. “I want a ring,” Buxton, one of the longest-tenured members of the team, said that day. “I want something that got them diamonds (in) the end.” This, he said, was one of the best Twins teams he could recall. The talk in spring training was that as Buxton and ...

CLEVELAND — An Orioles bullpen that was a strength for much of the season is showing the effects of two straight weeks of games. Baltimore lost to the Cleveland Guardians, 9-8, on Friday night, the team’s third consecutive defeat that landed on a reliever. A short start from right-hander Dean Kremer tasked the bullpen with covering five innings in the team’s 15th of 17 straight games. After ...

Minnesota went from back-to-back AL Central titles in 2019 and 2020 to a last-place finish in 2021. Now they're back on top.

Carson Kelly cranks a two-run home run to left field, giving the Tigers a 2-1 lead in the top of the 5th inning

The Brewers are headed back to the playoffs, and their magic number to clinch the National League's Central Division title dropped to one.

Acuña became the fifth player in major league history to have at least 40 homers and 40 steals in the same year.

The five-time All-Star hit 62 home runs last season, breaking the previous American League record of 61 set by former Yankees slugger Roger Maris in 1961.

The Twins opened this season with four victories and gained first place in the American League Central. They surrendered the lead to Cleveland by a half-game twice, then took over first place on April 11 and held it until June 28, a period of 71 games. Second place lasted only one game, but then the Twins went to Baltimore before the All-Star Game, were swept in three games (the last being ...