Major League Baseball’s postseason kicked off Friday with the brand-new Wild Card Series. MLB is using a 12-team playoff format for the first time in 2022, and eight teams are participating in the best-of-three Wild Card Series. The Guardians, Phillies, Mariners and Padres all took 1-0 series leads in the wild-card round on Friday. The Rays, Cardinals, Blue Jays and Mets will try to keep their seasons alive on Saturday.
The top two teams in each league (the Astros and Yankees in the American League and the Dodgers and Braves in the National League) receive byes and will start their postseason journeys in the LDS round next week. Once teams clear the Wild Card Series, the playoffs will resemble their traditional selves: a best-of-five Division Series and then best-of-seven League Championship Series before the best-of-seven World Series.
Below you’ll find the schedule and results for every round of the postseason.
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Wild Card Series schedule (best-of-three)
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Friday, Oct. 7 |
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 |
SEA 4, TOR 0 |
ESPN |
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Game 1: Mets vs. Padres |
SD 7, NYM 1 |
ESPN |
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Saturday, Oct. 8 |
Game 2: Guardians vs. Rays |
12:07 p.m. ET |
ESPN2 |
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Game 2: Blue Jays vs. Mariners |
4:07 p.m. ET |
ESPN |
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Game 2: Mets vs. Padres |
7:37 p.m. ET |
ESPN |
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Game 2: Cardinals vs. Phillies |
8:37 p.m. ET |
ESPN2 |
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Sunday, Oct. 9 |
Game 3: Blue Jays vs. Mariners (if nec.) |
2:07 p.m. ET |
ABC |
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Game 3: Guardians vs. Rays (if nec.) |
4:07 p.m. ET |
ESPN |
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Game 3: Mets vs. Padres (if nec.) |
7:37 p.m. ET |
ESPN |
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Game 3: Cardinals vs. Phillies (if nec.) |
8:37 p.m. ET |
ESPN2 |
League Division Series
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Tuesday, Oct. 11 |
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, Oct. 13 |
Game 2: Yankees vs. TBD |
TBS |
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Game 2: Astros vs. TBD |
TBS |
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Friday, Oct. 14 |
Game 3: Braves vs. TBD |
FS1 |
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Game 3: Dodgers vs. TBD |
FS1 |
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Saturday, Oct. 15 |
Game 4: Braves vs. TBD (if nec.) |
FS1 |
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Game 4: Dodgers vs. TBD (if nec.) |
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, Oct. 16 |
Game 4: Yankees vs. TBD (if nec.) |
TBS |
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Game 4: Astros vs. TBD 4 (if nec.) |
TBS |
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Game 5: Braves vs. TBD (if nec.) |
FS1 |
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Game 5: Dodgers vs. TBD (if nec.) |
FS1 |
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Monday, Oct. 17 |
Game 5: Yankees vs. TBD (if nec.) |
TBS |
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Game 5: Astros vs. TBD (if nec.) |
TBS |
League Championship Series
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Tuesday, Oct. 18 |
NLCS, Game 1 |
Fox or FS1 |
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Wednesday, Oct. 19 |
NLCS, Game 2 |
Fox or FS1 |
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ALCS, Game 1 |
TBS |
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Thursday, Oct. 20 |
ALCS, Game 2 |
TBS |
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Friday, Oct. 21 |
NLCS, Game 3 |
FS1 |
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Saturday, Oct. 22 |
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 nec.) |
FS1 |
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NLCS, Game 4 |
TBS |
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Monday, Oct. 24 |
NLCS, Game 6 (if nec.) |
FS1 |
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ALCS, Game 5 (if nec.) |
TBS |
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Tuesday, Oct. 25 |
NLCS, Game 7 (if nec.) |
Fox and FS1 |
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ALCS, Game 6 (if nec.) |
TBS |
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Wednesday, Oct. 26 |
ALCS, Game 7 (if nec.) |
TBS |
World Series
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Friday, Oct. 28 |
Game 1 |
Fox |
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Saturday, Oct. 29 |
Game 2 |
Fox |
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Sunday, Oct. 30 |
Travel Day |
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Monday, Oct. 31 |
Game 3 |
Fox |
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Tuesday., Nov. 1 |
Game 4 |
Fox |
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Wednesday, Nov. 2 |
Game 5 (if nec.) |
Fox |
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Thursday, Nov. 3 |
Travel Day |
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Friday, Nov. 4 |
Game 6 (if nec.) |
Fox |
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Saturday, Nov. 5 |
Game 7 (if nec.) |
Fox |
