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Major League Baseball’s postseason kicked off on Friday with the new Wild Card Series. MLB is using a 12-team playoff format for the first time in 2022, with eight teams participating in the best-of-three Wild Card series. The Rangers, Phillies, Mariners and Padres took 1-0 series leads into 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 — get a bye and begin their postseason journeys in the LDS round next week. Once teams get past 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 you will find the schedule and results for each round of the postseason.
2022 MLB Playoff Bracket
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Wild Card Series Schedule (Best of Three)
Friday, October 7
Game 1: Guardians vs. Rays
CLE 2, TB 1
ESPN
Game 1: Cardinals vs. Phillies
PHI 6, STL 3
ABC
Game 1: Blue Jays vs. Mariners
BE 4, TURN 0
ESPN
Game 1: Mets vs. Padres
SD 7, NYM 1
ESPN
Saturday, October 8
Game 2: Guardians vs. Rays
12:07 pm ET
ESPN2
Game 2: Blue Jays vs. Mariners
4:07 p.m. ET
ESPN
Game 2: Mets vs. Padres
19:37 ET
ESPN
Game 2: Cardinals vs. Phillies
8:37 p.m. ET
ESPN2
Sunday, October 9
Game 3: Blue Jays vs. Sailors (if required)
2:07 p.m. ET
ABC
Game 3: Guardians vs. Rays (if needed)
4:07 p.m. ET
ESPN
Game 3: Mets vs. Parents (if necessary)
19:37 ET
ESPN
Game 3: Cardinals vs. Phillies (if necessary)
8:37 p.m. ET
ESPN2
League Division Series
Tuesday, October 11
Game 1: Braves vs. TBD
Fox or FS1
Game 1: Dodgers vs. TBD
Fox or FS1
Game 1: Yankees vs. TBD
TBS
Game 1: Astros vs. TBD
TBS
Wednesday, October 12
Game 2: Braves vs. TBD
Fox or FS1
Game 2: Dodgers vs. TBD
Fox or FS1
Thursday, October 13
Game 2: Yankees vs. TBD
TBS
Game 2: Astros vs. TBD
TBS
Friday, October 14
Game 3: Braves vs. TBD
FS1
Game 3: Dodgers vs. TBD
FS1
Saturday, October 15
Game 4: Braves vs. TBD (if needed)
FS1
Game 4: Dodgers vs. TBD (if needed)
FS1
Game 3: Yankees vs. TBD
TBS
Game 3: Astros vs. TBD
TBS
Sunday, October 16
Game 4: Yankees vs. TBD (if needed)
TBS
Game 4: Astros vs. TBD 4 (if needed)
TBS
Game 5: Braves vs. TBD (if needed)
FS1
Game 5: Dodgers vs. TBD (if needed)
FS1
Monday, October 17
Game 5: Yankees vs. TBD (if needed)
TBS
Game 5: Astros vs. TBD (if needed)
TBS
League Championship Series
Tuesday, October 18
NLCS, Game 1
Fox or FS1
Wednesday, October 19
NLCS, Game 2
Fox or FS1
ALCS, Game 1
TBS
Thursday, October 20
ALCS, Game 2
TBS
Friday, October 21
NLCS, Game 3
FS1
Saturday, October 22
NLCS, Game 4
Fox or FS1
ALCS, Game 3
TBS
Sunday, October 23
NLCS Game 5 (if necessary)
FS1
NLCS, Game 4
TBS
Monday, October 24
NLCS Game 6 (if necessary)
FS1
ALCS, Game 5 (if necessary)
TBS
Tuesday, October 25
NLCS Game 7 (if necessary)
Fox and FS1
ALCS Game 6 (if any)
TBS
Wednesday, October 26
ALCS, Game 7 (if necessary)
TBS
World Series
Friday, October 28
Game 1
fox
Saturday, October 29
game 2
fox
Sunday, October 30
travel day
Monday, October 31
Game 3
fox
Tuesday, November 1
Game 4
fox
Wednesday, November 2
Game 5 (if necessary)
fox
Thursday, November 3
travel day
Friday, November 4
Game 6 (if necessary)
fox
Saturday, November 5
Game 7 (if necessary)
fox