2021 MLB playoffs schedule: Postseason march to World Series starts Oct. 5
After a grueling 162 games and six months, Major League Baseball's postseason is upon us.
The postseason began on Oct. 5 with the American League wild-card game between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, followed by the National League wild-card game a day later between the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.
The World Series begins on Oct. 26 with a potential Game 7 scheduled for Nov. 3, its latest since 2009.
The latest a World Series game has been played is Nov. 4, in 2001 and again in 2009. The Series has not gone past October since 2017, when the Houston Astros won Game 7 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Nov. 1.
The team with the better record will have home-field advantage in the World Series, played in a 2-3-2 format.
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World Series
Best-of-seven
Game 1: Braves 6, Astros 2
Game 2: Astros 7, Braves 2
Game 3: Braves 2, Astros 0
Game 4: Braves 3, Astros 2
Game 5: Astros 9, Braves 5
Game 6: Braves 7, Astros 0 (Braves win series 4-2)
AL Championship Series
Best-of-seven
Game 1: Astros 5, Red Sox 4
Game 2: Red Sox 9, Astros 5
Game 3: Red Sox 12, Astros 3
Game 4: Astros 9, Red Sox 2
Game 5: Astros 9, Red Sox 1
Game 6: Astros 5, Red Sox 0 (Astros win series 4-2)
NL Championship Series
Game 1: Braves 3, Dodgers 2
Game 2: Braves 5, Dodgers 4
Game 3: Dodgers 6, Braves 5
Game 4: Braves 9, Dodgers 2
Game 5: Dodgers 11, Braves 2
Game 6: Braves 4, Dodgers 2 (Braves win the series 4-2)
American League Division Series
Chicago White Sox vs. Houston Astros
Game 1: Astros 6, White Sox 1
Game 2: Astros 9, White Sox 4
Game 3: White Sox 12, Astros 6
Game 4: Astros 10, White Sox 1 (Astros win series 3-1)
Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Sox
Game 1: Rays 5, Red Sox 0
Game 2: Red Sox 14, Rays 6
Game 3: Red Sox 6, Rays 4 (13 innings)
Game 4: Red Sox 6 Rays 5 (Red Sox win series 3-1)
National League Division Series
San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Game 1: Giants 4, Dodgers 0
Game 2: Dodgers 9, Giants 2
Game 3: Giants 1, Dodgers 0
Game 4: Dodgers 7, Giants 2
Game 5: Dodgers 2, Giants 1 (Dodgers win series 3-2)
Milwaukee Brewers vs. Atlanta Braves
Game 1: Brewers 2, Braves 1
Game 2: Braves 3, Brewers 0
Game 3: Braves 3, Brewers 0
Game 4: Braves 5, Brewers 4 (Braves win series 3-1)
Wild-card games
AL wild-card game: Red Sox 6, Yankees 2
NL wild-card game: Dodgers 3, Cardinals 1
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: MLB playoffs 2021 schedule: Full baseball postseason info
