The MLB Central crew chats on the updated NL Wild Card race, where the Braves trail the D-Backs and the Mets by two games
No more is that single-elimination wild card game used from 2012-19 and again in 2021. Now, wild card teams get a best-of-three series. When and where are wild card series played? The higher seed of the wild card series matchups will host all three (if necessary) games. In 2023, e...
But the Phils also own the tiebreaker over the Padres so the second wild-card spot is attainable. All they have to do to move past the Padres is finish a game better over the final three to tie them in the standings. The Padres host the Giants Monday through Wedne...
There is much more drama with the wild card play-in games. That is one positive that has been seen through the first two years. Three out of four visiting teams have won the wild card game, with the Pittsburgh Pirates being the lone home victor. The home crowds have been some of the ...
Each Wild Card Series is played at the home ballpark of the higher seed. The teams will not alternate home-field advantage, and the games will be scheduled in a three-day window. Are teams reseeded after the Wild Card? No. The seeds remain the same across the playoffs. What is the Fo...
The Dodgers head to St. Louis for four games in a series with big implications on two divisions and the wild card. St. Louis swept three games at L.A. in August.Kenley Jansengave up the winning runs in two of those three games, but he has pitched much better since then. The Cardina...
Northwestern football returns to historic Wrigley Field for two football games this fall when the Wildcats take on Ohio State on Saturday, Nov. 16, and Illinois on Saturday, Nov. 30. Get tickets Taillon takes on Rox at Coors On MLB.TV:Jameson Taillon, who has allowed only one earned run...
MLB games today: October 14 There are two MLB games today. Monday’s MLB postseason schedule opens with Game 2 of the National League Championship Series between the New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers. Game 2 of the NLCS is at 4:08 PM EDT on FOX. ...
Why are both wild-card games on the same day? Let's start at the beginning. As we've chronicled for months, the schedule wizards were assigned basically an impossible job -- trying to jam these games into a calendar that wasn't designed for an extra round of October madness. So … ...
The 2023 MLB Postseason is here. All four Wild Card Series will start on Tuesday, with the Rangers and Rays kicking off the action at 3:08 p.m. ET at Tropicana Field. Later that afternoon, the Twins will host the Blue Jays while the D-backs play the Brew