Major League Baseball’s playoffs kicked off Friday and, for the first time in league history, features 12 teams, a product of the new collective bargaining agreement that saw owners and players agree to a “Wild Card Series” additional. This series will see the top team put on a best-of-three series. The top two seeds in each league, meanwhile, receive byes.
Once teams complete the Wild Card Series, the playoffs will look like themselves: a best-of-five Division Series, then a best-of-seven League Championship Series before the best-of-seven World Series. .
Below is the schedule and results for each round of the playoffs.
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Wild Card Series Schedule (Best of Three)
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Friday, October 7 |
Game 1: Guardians vs. Rays |
KEY 2, TB 1 |
ESPN |
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Game 1: Cardinals vs. Phillies |
2:07 p.m. ET |
ABC |
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Game 1: Blue Jays vs. Mariners |
4:07 p.m. ET |
ESPN |
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Game 1: Mets vs. Padres |
8:07 p.m. ET |
ESPN |
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Saturday October 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 October 9 |
Game 3: Blue Jays vs. Mariners (if necessary) |
2:07 p.m. ET |
ABC |
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Game 3: Guardians vs. Beams (if needed) |
4:07 p.m. ET |
ESPN |
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Game 3: Mets vs. Padres (if necessary) |
7:37 p.m. ET |
ESPN |
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Game 3: Cardinals vs. Phillies (if necessary) |
8:37 p.m. ET |
ESPN2 |
League Division Series
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Tuesday, October 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 12 Oct. |
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 October 13 |
Game 2: Yankees vs. TBD |
TBS |
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Game 2: Astros vs. TBD |
TBS |
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Friday October 14 |
Game 3: Braves vs. TBD |
FS1 |
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Game 3: Dodgers vs. TBD |
FS1 |
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Saturday October 15 |
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 October 16 |
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, October 17 |
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, October 18 |
NLCS, Game 1 |
Fox or FS1 |
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Wednesday, October 19 |
NLCS, Game 2 |
Fox or FS1 |
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ALCS, Game 1 |
TBS |
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Thursday, October 20 |
ALCS, Game 2 |
TBS |
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Friday October 21 |
NLCS, Game 3 |
FS1 |
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Saturday October 22 |
NLCS Game 4 |
Fox or FS1 |
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ALCS, Game 3 |
TBS |
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Sunday October 23 |
NLCS, Game 5 (if needed) |
FS1 |
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NLCS Game 4 |
TBS |
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Monday October 24 |
NLCS, Game 6 (if needed) |
FS1 |
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ALCS, Game 5 (if needed) |
TBS |
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Tuesday, October 25 |
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 events
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Friday, October 28 |
Game 1 |
Fox |
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Saturday October 29 |
Game 2 |
Fox |
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Sunday October 30 |
travel day |
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Monday October 31 |
Game 3 |
Fox |
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Tuesday, November 1 |
Game 4 |
Fox |
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Wednesday November 2 |
Game 5 (if needed) |
Fox |
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Thursday, November 3 |
travel day |
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Friday, November 4 |
Game 6 (if needed) |
Fox |
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Saturday November 5 |
Game 7 (if needed) |
Fox |