Overview

• Los Angeles completed a 2-0 Wild-Card sweep of Cincinnati with an 8-4 win as Yoshinobu Yamamoto stifled the Reds and Mookie Betts logged four hits, setting up an NLDS against Philadelphia.
• Detroit beat Cleveland 6-3 in a winner-take-all Game 3, fueled by Dillon Dingler’s homer and a four-run seventh, to earn an ALDS meeting with Seattle.
• The Yankees–Red Sox decider at Yankee Stadium features rookie starters Cam Schlittler and Connelly Early, with New York knocking Early out during a four-run fourth inning, per in-game reports.
• San Diego and Chicago are playing their Game 3 at Wrigley Field with Yu Darvish facing Jameson Taillon after the Padres forced the decider behind Manny Machado’s Game 2 homer and Mason Miller’s strikeout streak.
• It is only the second time MLB has staged three winner-take-all playoff games in a single day, heightening bullpen strain and tactical decisions across the Wild-Card round.