The Baltimore Orioles believe they’re in the race for an American League wild card spot, and can prove it with a good showing this weekend. The Orioles will try to make up some ground Friday when they host the Los Angeles Angels in the opener of a three-game series.

The Seattle Mariners will spend the rest of the month on a four-city, 12-game road trip that begins with the first of three Friday against the Tampa Bay Rays in a battle of two American League wild card hopefuls. Seattle is 1½ games out of the AL’s second wild card after taking the final two contests of a homestand that started with five consecutive losses.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are on pace to tie the record for most regular-season wins and are showing no sign of slowing down with 50 wins in the last 59 games. The Dodgers will try to take their momentum on the road when they begin a seven-game trip by visiting the Detroit Tigers on Friday.

The Milwaukee Brewers are right on the heels of the first-place Chicago Cubs in the National League Central, but will explore another avenue to the postseason when they visit the Colorado Rockies for a three-game series beginning Friday. Milwaukee trails Chicago by one game in the Central as it tries to carve into a 4 1/2-game deficit behind Colorado in the NL wild card race.