The final Wednesday of the 2017 regular season brings us a full slate of 15 MLB games. Time to dive into our recap of the day in baseball...

Wednesday's scores

Cubs clinch NL Central

With a win against the Cardinals, the Cubs ensured they are the National League Central champions. You can read more about that here. 

The Brewers, for their part, remain alive in the hunt for the second wild card.

Twins clinch AL wild card

The Twins are in the postseason thanks to the Angels knocking off the White Sox. You can read more here.

Rockies inch toward playoff berth

The Rockies haven't yet sewn up the NL's second wild card. They're getting closer, though.

The Rockies beat the Marlins on Wednesday. That victory, combined with the Brewers' loss to the Reds, means that Colorado holds a 2½-game lead with three games of their own to play. The Brewers have four games left, but their elimination number is down to two. Basically, the Rockies would have to suffer an unlikely collapse to miss the postseason.

For those wondering, the Rockies will play the Dodgers in a three-game set that begins on Friday. The Brewers, meanwhile, have a game left versus the Reds before they head to St. Louis to play three with the Cardinals. Best-case scenario for the Brewers:
They head into that final series two games back with three to play on both sides.

Stanton ends Coors series without a homer

Giancarlo Stanton entered the week and a three-game set against the Rockies at Coors Field with 57 home runs. We don't know how many home runs Stanton will have at week's end. We do know Stanton still has 57 home runs after the Rockies series.

That's right, Stanton went homerless at Coors. In all, he recorded only one hit:

Stanton leaving with 60-plus home runs seemed like a realistic possibility. Instead, he'll head back to Miami for the final series of the year -- a four-gamer against the Braves -- needing to average a homer a game to match Roger Maris' 61 mark.

Stanton entered Wednesday with 10 career home runs in 22 games at Coors and a  .295/.386/.739 slash line. 

Altuve reaches 200 hits for fourth consecutive year

Once again, Jose Altuve is a member of the 200-hit club. He recorded his 200th hit of the season Wednesday afternoon with a very Altuve-esque single to the opposite field on a hit-and-run. Here's the video:

Altuve is the fifth player since 1947 to record 200-plus hits in four consecutive seasons, joining Hall of Famers Wade Boggs and Kirby Puckett, future Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki, and Michael Young. It is inarguable that Altuve is the best pure hitter in baseball right now. No one racks up base hits like this guy.

Pretty ridiculous. And remember, Altuve is only 27 years old. He has a few prime years left, so his streak of 200-plus hit seasons might not stop at four.

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