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2024 MLB playoffs: Schedule, postseason bracket, standings

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Dodgers clinch first NLCS berth since 2021 (0:37)

Blake Treinen nails down a Game 5 win over the Padres to send the Dodgers to the NLCS. (0:37)

The 2024 MLB playoffs are finally here!

For the third year, the 12-team postseason kicked off with an action-packed wild-card round, featuring eight teams battling for four spots to advance to the eight-team division series. The Astros, Orioles and Braves were all swept by their wild-card opponents, sending the Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres on to the division series. In this year's only Game 3, Pete Alonso and the New York Mets stunned the Milwaukee Brewers with a ninth-inning go-ahead homer to move on.

The Phillies became the first team knocked out of the divisional round when the Mets closed out Game 4 at Citi Field to upset Philadelphia. The Mets will face the Dodgers, who defeated the Padres in a decisive Game 5, in the NLCS. Meanwhile, in the American League, the Yankees have advanced to the ALCS, where they will face either the Guardians or Tigers.

From the first pitch of the wild-card games to the last out of the World Series, we've got you covered with the postseason bracket, schedules, results and how to watch every game this October.

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American League Division Series

Best-of-five series

All times Eastern

Cleveland Guardians vs. Detroit Tigers

Series tied 2-2


New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals

New York wins series 3-1

National League Division Series

Best-of-five series

Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Mets

New York wins series 3-1


Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Diego Padres

Los Angeles wins series 3-2

American League Championship Series

Best-of-seven series

New York Yankees vs. TBD

  • Game 1: Guardians/Tigers at Yankees, Monday, Oct. 14 (TBS)

  • Game 2: Guardians/Tigers at Yankees, Tuesday, Oct. 15 (TBS)

  • Game 3: Yankees at Guardians/Tigers, Thursday, Oct. 17 (TBS)

  • Game 4: Yankees at Guardians/Tigers, Friday, Oct. 18 (TBS)

  • Game 5*: Yankees at Guardians/Tigers, Saturday, Oct. 19 (TBS)

  • Game 6*: Guardians/Tigers at Yankees, Monday, Oct. 21 (TBS)

  • Game 7*: Guardians/Tigers at Yankees, Tuesday, Oct. 22 (TBS)

*if necessary

National League Championship Series

Best-of-seven series

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Mets

  • Game 1: Mets at Dodgers, Sunday, Oct. 13 (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 2: Mets at Dodgers, Monday, Oct. 14 (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 3: Dodgers at Mets, Wednesday, Oct. 16 (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 4: Dodgers at Mets, Thursday, Oct. 17 (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 5*: Dodgers at Mets, Friday, Oct. 18 (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 6*: Mets at Dodgers, Sunday, Oct. 20 (FOX/FS1)

  • Game 7*: Mets at Dodgers, Monday, Oct. 21 (FOX/FS1)

*if necessary

World Series

Best-of-seven series

  • Game 1: Friday, Oct. 25 (FOX)

  • Game 2: Saturday, Oct. 26 (FOX)

  • Game 3: Monday, Oct. 28 (FOX)

  • Game 4: Tuesday, Oct. 29 (FOX)

  • Game 5*: Wednesday, Oct. 30 (FOX)

  • Game 6*: Friday, Nov. 1 (FOX)

  • Game 7*: Saturday, Nov. 2 (FOX)

*if necessary

Note: If both league championship series end by Oct. 19 -- meaning neither series lasts longer than five games -- the World Series will begin on Tuesday, Oct. 22

Completed rounds

American League Wild Card Series

Detroit Tigers at Houston Astros

Detroit wins series 2-0


Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles

Kansas City wins series 2-0

National League Wild Card Series

Best-of-three series

New York Mets at Milwaukee Brewers

Mets win series 2-1


Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres

San Diego wins series 2-0