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Major League Baseball’s postseason kicked off Friday and will count 12 teams for the first time in league history, a product of the new collective bargaining agreement where the owners and players agreed to an additional “Wild Card Series.” The top two seeds in each league, meanwhile, receive byes. The Guardians, Phillies, Mariners and Padres all took 1-0 series leads in the wildcard round on Friday. The Rays, Cardinals, Blue Jays and Mets will try to keep their season alive on Saturday.
Once teams have won the Wild Card Series, the playoffs will resemble their traditional selves: a best-of-five Division Series and then the 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 CBS Sports Wild Card Series schedule (best-of-three)
Friday 7 Oct.
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
SEA 4, TOR 0
ESPN
Game 1: Mets vs. Padres
SD 7, NYM 1
ESPN
Saturday Oct 8
Game 2: Guardians vs. Rays
12:07 ET
ESPN2
Game 2: Blue Jays vs. Mariners
16:07 ET
ESPN
Game 2: Mets vs. Padres
19:37 ET
ESPN
Game 2: Cardinals vs. Phillies
20:37 ET
ESPN2
sunday 9 oct
Game 3: Blue Jays vs. Mariners (if needed)
14:07 ET
ABC
Game 3: Guardians vs. Rays (if needed)
16:07 ET
ESPN
Game 3: Mets vs. Padres (if needed)
19:37 ET
ESPN
Game 3: Cardinals vs. Phillies (if needed)
20:37 ET
ESPN2
League Division Series
tuesday 11 oct
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, Oct. 12
Game 2: Braves vs. TBD
Fox or FS1
Game 2: Dodgers vs. TBD
Fox or FS1
Thursday 13 Oct.
Game 2: Yankees vs. TBD
TBS
Game 2: Astros vs. TBD
TBS
Friday 14 Oct.
Game 3: Braves vs. TBD
FS1
Game 3: Dodgers vs. TBD
FS1
saturday 15 oct
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 16 oct.
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 17 October
Game 5: Yankees vs. TBD (if needed)
TBS
Game 5: Astros vs. TBD (if needed)
TBS
League Championship Series
tuesday 18 oct
NLCS, game 1
Fox or FS1
wednesday 19 october
NLCS, game 2
Fox or FS1
ALCS, game 1
TBS
Thursday 20 Oct
ALCS, game 2
TBS
Friday 21 Oct.
NLCS, game 3
FS1
Saturday 22 Oct.
NLCS, game 4
Fox or FS1
ALCS, game 3
TBS
Sunday Oct 23
NLCS, Game 5 (if needed)
FS1
NLCS, game 4
TBS
Monday Oct 24
NLCS, Game 6 (if needed)
FS1
ALCS, Game 5 (if needed)
TBS
tuesday 25 oct
NLCS, Game 7 (if needed)
Fox and FS1
ALCS, Game 6 (if needed)
TBS
Wednesday October 26
ALCS, Game 7 (if needed)
TBS
World series
Friday 28 Oct.
Game 1
Fox
Saturday 29 Oct.
Game 2
Fox
Sunday 30 Oct.
travel day
Monday Oct 31
Game 3
Fox
tuesday 1 nov
Game 4
Fox
Wednesday Nov 2
Game 5 (if needed)
Fox
Thursday 3 November
travel day
Friday 4 November
Game 6 (if necessary)
Fox
Saturday 5 Nov
Game 7 (if needed)
Fox