NEW YORK — The World Series may finish in November for the third straight time, and it’ll begin on a Friday for the second yr in a row.
Major League Baseball mentioned Tuesday the Series will begin on Oct. 27, placing a doable seventh sport on Nov. 4. The Series went into November for the primary time in 2001, when the 9/11 terrorist assaults induced the common season to finish every week later than initially scheduled. The newest a Series sport has been performed was Nov. 5, when Houston beat Philadelphia in Game 6 final yr.
Before final yr, the World Series had not began on a Friday since 1915.
All 4 best-of-three Wild Card Series are scheduled for consecutive days from Oct. 3-5.
The new format that began final yr has 12 groups making the playoffs, up from the ten in place from 2012-21, besides the 16 used within the 2020 playoffs that adopted a regular-season shortened to 60 video games due to the coronavirus pandemic. The prime two groups in every league get first-round byes, whereas the No. 3 seed faces No. 6 and No. 4 performs No. 5. The increased seed might be dwelling in every best-of-three sequence.
In the best-of-five Division Series, the highest seed performs the 3-vs.-6 winner and the No. 2 seed performs the 4-vs.-5 winner. The Division Series could have the acquainted format of the upper seed dwelling for Games 1 and a pair of, and, if mandatory, Game 5.
AL Division Series begin on Oct. 7-8, then have a break day earlier than switching to the opposite cities on Oct. 10-11. Game 5s could be performed Oct. 13 after one other break day.
NL Division Series additionally will begin Oct. 7 however could have an additional off day between Game 1 and Game 2s, which might be performed Oct. 9. After a journey day, the sequence swap to the opposite websites for video games on Oct. 11-12. Game 5s could be Oct. 14.
The AL Championship Series begins Oct. 15 and the NL Championship Series the next day, with off days after Game 2s and Game 5s.
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