Overview

• Detroit beat Cleveland 6-3 in Game 3, fueled by Dillon Dingler’s homer and a four-run seventh, to secure an ALDS matchup with the Mariners.
• Los Angeles completed a 2-0 sweep of Cincinnati behind Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s big outs and Mookie Betts’ four-hit, three‑RBI performance, earning a date with Philadelphia.
• San Diego and Chicago face a decisive Game 3 at Wrigley Field with Yu Darvish and Jameson Taillon starting, as both teams lean on taxed bullpens after heavy early-series workloads and Mason Miller’s record strikeout streak.
• Yankees–Red Sox closes the slate at Yankee Stadium with rookies Cam Schlittler and Connelly Early on the mound after New York stayed alive on Game 2 plays by Jazz Chisholm Jr., Austin Wells and Ben Rice.
• It is only the second time MLB has scheduled three winner-take-all playoff games on the same day, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.