THE AL EAST AND NL EAST TITLE COMES TO 95N & 95S

  What an AWESOME night on September 16, 2014 for the Baltimore Orioles. The O's were one win away from clinching the AL east title and bringing it back to Baltimore since their last time winning the championship 17 years ago.  The Orioles had a up and down season last year finishing the season 85 and 77 with a .525 winning percentage. The Orioles were win away last year from sealing up the last AL east wild card spot but the same Blue Jays that they defeated on Tuesday to clinch the 2014 title beat them 3-2 to put them out of the playoff race. Despite Chris Davis being suspended a few days ago the O's were able to keep their surge and WIN! The Orioles had some great series wins this season to past opponents that would dominant them. Since the beginning of the season up to this point the Orioles have played the Yankees fifteen times and out of fifteen games the Orioles won eleven of them. The Yankees was the O's speed bump in 2012 in the first round of the playoffs and this was a perfect revenge season for the birds. The question now is will the birds continue with their momentum into the playoffs?

   Let's take a ride down 95 south where the 2012 NL east champions reside and NOW!!! 2014 NL east champions reside. The Nationals took their show on the road to Atlanta to play for their second championship in three years. The Nationals proved that they could beat the Braves convincingly and in their back yard with a shut out score of 3-0. The Nationals can thank Pitcher Tanner Roak, closers Tyler Clippard, Drew Storen and short stop Ian Desmond with closing the game strong and sealing the victory for the Nationals. Roak pitched seven scoreless innings, allowed only five hits, no walks and struck out four batters. Roak threw 89 pitches and finished with an era of 2.85 showing the Nationals why he deserves to be on the team by winning big in a pivotal game for the Nationals. Tyler Clippard came in to relieve Roak and closed out the eighth inning retiring the Braves batters handing the game over to Drew Storen to close it out. Despite the Nationals past problems with their closers, Storen came in and pitched right at the braves batters only needing seven pitches to take the air out of Braves stadium. All three batters for the Braves grounded out and that's right the celebration began and the NL East title was in DC again. Ian Desmond gave the Nationals a 2-0 lead in the sixth inning with a 443 foot home run after Jayson Werth drew a walk from Aaron Harang. Ian Desmond gave the Nationals an insurance run to start off the ninth inning after doubling by scoring on a wild pitch by the Braves David Carpenter. The Nationals victory came minutes before the Orioles won the AL East title. Now the Nationals must finish their regular season and come with the same drive that they had to win the NL East title into MLB playoffs.