Major League Baseball’s postseason kicked off Friday with a brand new wild card series. MLB will use a 12-team playoff format for the first time in 2022, with eight teams participating in a best-of-three wild-card series. The Guardians, Phillies, Mariners and Padres went into Friday’s wild card round with a 1-0 series lead. 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) receive the byes and begin their postseason journeys in the LDS round next week. Once the teams clear the Wild Card Series, the playoffs resemble their traditional games: a best-of-five division series and a best-of-seven league championship series before the best-of-seven World Series.
The schedule and results for each round of the postseason can be found below.
2022 MLB Playoff Bracket
CBS Sports
Wildcard Series Schedule (Best of Three)
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Friday, October 7 |
Game 1: Guardians vs. Rays |
CLE 2, TB 1 |
ESPN |
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Game 1: Cardinals vs. Phillies |
PHI 6, STL 3 |
ABC |
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Game 1: Blue Jays vs. Mariners |
SEA 4, TOR 0 |
ESPN |
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Game 1: Mets vs. Padres |
SD 7, NYM 1 |
ESPN |
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Saturday, October 8 |
Game 2: Guardians vs. Rays |
12:07 pm ET |
ESPN2 |
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Game 2: Blue Jays vs. Mariners |
4:07 pm ET |
ESPN |
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Game 2: Mets vs. Padres |
7:37 pm ET |
ESPN |
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Game 2: Cardinals vs. Phillies |
8:37 pm ET |
ESPN2 |
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Sunday, October 9 |
Game 3: Blue Jays vs. Mariners (If) |
2:07 pm ET |
ABC |
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Game 3: Guardians vs. Rays (If) |
4:07 pm ET |
ESPN |
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Game 3: Mets vs. Padres (If) |
7:37 pm ET |
ESPN |
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Game 3: Cardinals vs. Phillies (If) |
8:37 pm ET |
ESPN2 |
League Division Series
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Tuesday, October 11 |
Game 1: TBD vs. Braves |
Fox or FS1 |
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Game 1: TBD vs. Dodgers |
Fox or FS1 |
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Game 1: TBD vs. Yankees |
TBS |
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Game 1: Astros vs. TBD |
TBS |
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Wed., Oct. 12 |
Game 2: TBD vs. Braves |
Fox or FS1 |
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Game 2: TBD vs. Dodgers |
Fox or FS1 |
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Thursday, October 13 |
Game 2: TBD vs. Yankees |
TBS |
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Game 2: Astros vs. TBD |
TBS |
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Friday, October 14 |
Game 3: TBD vs. Braves |
FS1 |
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Game 3: TBD vs. Dodgers |
FS1 |
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Saturday, October 15 |
Game 4: Braves vs. TBD (if) |
FS1 |
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Game 4: Dodgers vs. TBD (if) |
FS1 |
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Game 3: TBD vs. Yankees |
TBS |
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Game 3: Astros vs. TBD |
TBS |
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Sunday, October 16 |
Game 4: TBD (if) vs. Yankees |
TBS |
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Game 4: Astros vs. TBD 4 (if) |
TBS |
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Game 5: Braves vs. TBD (if) |
FS1 |
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Game 5: Dodgers vs. TBD (if) |
FS1 |
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Monday, October 17 |
Game 5: TBD (if) vs. Yankees |
TBS |
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Game 5: Astros vs. TBD (if) |
TBS |
League Championship Series
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Tuesday, October 18 |
NLCS, Game 1 |
Fox or FS1 |
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Wednesday, October 19 |
NLCS, Game 2 |
Fox or FS1 |
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ALCS, Game 1 |
TBS |
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Thursday, October 20 |
ALCS, Game 2 |
TBS |
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Friday, October 21 |
NLCS, Game 3 |
FS1 |
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Saturday, October 22 |
NLCS, Game 4 |
Fox or FS1 |
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ALCS, Game 3 |
TBS |
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Sunday, October 23 |
NLCS, Game 5 (If.) |
FS1 |
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NLCS, Game 4 |
TBS |
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Monday, October 24 |
NLCS, Game 6 (If.) |
FS1 |
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ALCS, Game 5 (if.) |
TBS |
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Tuesday, October 25 |
NLCS, Game 7 (If.) |
Fox and FS1 |
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ALCS, Game 6 (if.) |
TBS |
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Wednesday, October 26 |
ALCS, Game 7 (if.) |
TBS |
World Series
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Friday, October 28 |
Game 1 |
Fox |
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Saturday, October 29 |
Game 2 |
Fox |
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Sunday, October 30 |
travel day |
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Monday, October 31 |
Game 3 |
Fox |
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Tuesday, Nov. 1 |
Game 4 |
Fox |
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Wednesday, November 2 |
Game 5 (If.) |
Fox |
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Thursday, November 3 |
travel day |
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Friday, November 4 |
Game 6 (If.) |
Fox |
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Saturday, November 5 |
Game 7 (If.) |
Fox |
