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
Game 1: Guardians 7, Tigers 0
Game 2: Tigers 3, Guardians 0
Game 3: Tigers 3, Guardians 0
Game 4: Guardians 5, Tigers 4
Game 5: Tigers at Guardians, 1:08 p.m., Sat., Oct. 12 (TBS)
New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals
New York wins series 3-1
Game 1: Yankees 6, Royals 5
Game 2: Royals 4, Yankees 2
Game 3: Yankees 3, Royals 2
Game 4: Yankees 3, Royals 1
National League Division Series
Best-of-five series
Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Mets
New York wins series 3-1
Game 1: Mets 6, Phillies 1
Game 2: Phillies 7, Mets 6
Game 3: Mets 7, Phillies 2
Game 4: Mets 4, Phillies 1
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Diego Padres
Los Angeles wins series 3-2
Game 1: Dodgers 7, Padres 5
Game 2: Padres 10, Dodgers 2
Game 3: Padres 6, Dodgers 5
Game 4: Dodgers 8, Padres 0
Game 5: Dodgers 2, Padres 0
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
Game 1: Tigers 3, Astros 1
Game 2: Tigers 5, Astros 2
Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles
Kansas City wins series 2-0
Game 1: Royals 1, Orioles 0
Game 2: Royals 2, Orioles 1
National League Wild Card Series
Best-of-three series
New York Mets at Milwaukee Brewers
Mets win series 2-1
Game 1: Mets 8, Brewers 4
Game 2: Brewers 5, Mets 3
Game 3: Mets 4, Brewers 2
Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres
San Diego wins series 2-0
Game 1: Padres 4, Braves 0
Game 2: Padres 5, Braves 4