Major League Baseball’s postseason kicked off Friday and will count 12 teams for the first time in league history, a product of the new collective bargaining agreement where the owners and players agreed to an additional “Wild Card Series.” In this series, the superior team will host a best-of-three series. The top two seeds in each league, meanwhile, receive byes. The Guardians and Phillies both took a 1-0 lead in the wildcard series, and Friday’s slate will round out with Blue Jays-Mariners and Mets-Padres.
Once teams have won the Wild Card Series, the playoffs will resemble their traditional selves: a best-of-five Division Series and then the best-of-seven League Championship Series before the best-of-seven World Series.
Below you will find the schedule and results for each round of the postseason.
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Wild Card Series schedule (best-of-three)
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Friday 7 Oct. |
Game 1: Guardians vs. Rays |
CLE 2, TB 1 |
ESPN |
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Game 1: Cardinals vs. Phillies |
PHI 6, STL 3 |
ABC |
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Game 1: Blue Jays vs. Mariners |
16:07 ET |
ESPN |
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Game 1: Mets vs. Padres |
20:07 ET |
ESPN |
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Saturday Oct 8 |
Game 2: Guardians vs. Rays |
12:07 ET |
ESPN2 |
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Game 2: Blue Jays vs. Mariners |
16:07 ET |
ESPN |
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Game 2: Mets vs. Padres |
19:37 ET |
ESPN |
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Game 2: Cardinals vs. Phillies |
20:37 ET |
ESPN2 |
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sunday 9 oct |
Game 3: Blue Jays vs. Mariners (if needed) |
14:07 ET |
ABC |
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Game 3: Guardians vs. Rays (if needed) |
16:07 ET |
ESPN |
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Game 3: Mets vs. Padres (if needed) |
19:37 ET |
ESPN |
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Game 3: Cardinals vs. Phillies (if needed) |
20:37 ET |
ESPN2 |
League Division Series
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tuesday 11 oct |
Game 1: Braves vs. TBD |
Fox or FS1 |
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Game 1: Dodgers vs. TBD |
Fox or FS1 |
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Game 1: Yankees vs. TBD |
TBS |
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Game 1: Astros vs. TBD |
TBS |
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Wednesday, Oct. 12 |
Game 2: Braves vs. TBD |
Fox or FS1 |
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Game 2: Dodgers vs. TBD |
Fox or FS1 |
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Thursday 13 Oct. |
Game 2: Yankees vs. TBD |
TBS |
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Game 2: Astros vs. TBD |
TBS |
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Friday 14 Oct. |
Game 3: Braves vs. TBD |
FS1 |
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Game 3: Dodgers vs. TBD |
FS1 |
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saturday 15 oct |
Game 4: Braves vs. TBD (if needed) |
FS1 |
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Game 4: Dodgers vs. TBD (if needed) |
FS1 |
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Game 3: Yankees vs. TBD |
TBS |
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Game 3: Astros vs. TBD |
TBS |
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sunday 16 oct. |
Game 4: Yankees vs. TBD (if needed) |
TBS |
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Game 4: Astros vs. TBD 4 (if needed) |
TBS |
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Game 5: Braves vs. TBD (if needed) |
FS1 |
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Game 5: Dodgers vs. TBD (if needed) |
FS1 |
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Monday 17 October |
Game 5: Yankees vs. TBD (if needed) |
TBS |
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Game 5: Astros vs. TBD (if needed) |
TBS |
League Championship Series
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tuesday 18 oct |
NLCS, game 1 |
Fox or FS1 |
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wednesday 19 october |
NLCS, game 2 |
Fox or FS1 |
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ALCS, game 1 |
TBS |
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Thursday 20 Oct |
ALCS, game 2 |
TBS |
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Friday 21 Oct. |
NLCS, game 3 |
FS1 |
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Saturday 22 Oct. |
NLCS, game 4 |
Fox or FS1 |
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ALCS, game 3 |
TBS |
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Sunday Oct 23 |
NLCS, Game 5 (if needed) |
FS1 |
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NLCS, game 4 |
TBS |
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Monday Oct 24 |
NLCS, Game 6 (if needed) |
FS1 |
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ALCS, Game 5 (if needed) |
TBS |
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tuesday 25 oct |
NLCS, Game 7 (if needed) |
Fox and FS1 |
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ALCS, Game 6 (if needed) |
TBS |
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Wednesday October 26 |
ALCS, Game 7 (if needed) |
TBS |
World series
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Friday 28 Oct. |
Game 1 |
Fox |
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Saturday 29 Oct. |
Game 2 |
Fox |
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Sunday 30 Oct. |
travel day |
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Monday Oct 31 |
Game 3 |
Fox |
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tuesday 1 nov |
Game 4 |
Fox |
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Wednesday Nov 2 |
Game 5 (if needed) |
Fox |
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Thursday 3 November |
travel day |
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Friday 4 November |
Game 6 (if necessary) |
Fox |
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Saturday 5 Nov |
Game 7 (if necessary) |
Fox |
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