2021 MLB playoffs schedule: Dates, times for postseason baseball as Rays, Astros take ALDS leads
The 2021 MLB postseason has arrived. The Red Sox eliminated the Yankees within the AL Wild Card Sport to kick off the playoffs at Fenway Park on Tuesday. The Dodgers, despite 106 wins, needed a Chris Taylor walk-off home run to knock off the Cardinals within the NL Wild Card Sport on Wednesday. The Rays, Astros, White Sox, Giants, Brewers and Braves spherical out the playoff discipline.
MLB used a 16-team postseason format through the pandemic-shortened 60-game season a yr in the past. This season they are going again to the same old 10-team format, which suggests the return of the winner-take-all Wild Card Sport. As a reminder, the three division winners in every league advance on to the League Division Sequence. The non-division winners with the 2 greatest data meet within the Wild Card Sport, with the winner advancing to face the crew with the league’s greatest document within the LDS. The LDS is a best-of-five, then the League Championship Sequence and World Sequence are each best-of-sevens.
Under is the entire 2021 MLB postseason schedule. All video games on the ESPN networks, Fox, FS1 and MLB Community may be streamed by way of fuboTV (Attempt without cost).
Wild Card Video games (single elimination)
League Division Sequence (best-of-five)
| Thurs., Oct. 7 | ALDS Sport 1 | Astros vs. White Sox | FS1 | |
| ALDS Sport 1 | Pink Sox vs. Rays | FS1 | ||
| Fri., Oct. 8 | ALDS Sport 2 | Astros vs. White Sox | 2:07 p.m. | MLB Community |
| NLDS Sport 1 | Brewers vs. Braves | 4:37 p.m. | TBS | |
| ALDS Sport 2 | Rays vs. Pink Sox | 7:02 p.m. | FS1 | |
| NLDS Sport 1 | Giants vs. Dodgers | 9:37 p.m. | TBS | |
| Sat., Oct. 9 | NLDS Sport 2 | Brewers vs. Braves | 5:07 p.m. | TBS |
| NLDS Sport 2 | Giants vs. Brewers | 9:07 p.m. | TBS | |
| Solar., Oct. 10 | ALDS Sport 3 | Pink Sox vs. Rays | 4:07 p.m. | MLB Community |
| ALDS Sport 3 | White Sox vs. Astros | 8:07 p.m. | FS1 | |
| Mon., Oct. 11 | NLDS Sport 3 | Braves vs. Brewers | 1:07 p.m. | TBS |
| ALDS Sport 4 (if nec.) | White Sox vs. Astros | 3:37 p.m. | FS1 | |
| ALDS Sport 4 (if nec.) | Pink Sox vs. Rays | 7:07 p.m. | FS1 | |
| NLDS Sport 3 | Dodgers vs. Giants | 9:37 p.m. | TBS | |
| Tues., Oct. 12 | NLDS Sport 4 (if nec.) | Braves vs. Brewers | 5:07 p.m. | TBS |
| NLDS Sport 4 (if nec.) | Dodgers vs. Giants | 9:07 p.m. | TBS | |
| Weds., Oct. 13 | ALDS Sport 5 (if nec.) | Rays vs. Pink Sox | 5:07 p.m. | FS1 |
| ALDS Sport 5 (if nec.) | Astros vs. White Sox | 9:07 p.m. | FS1 | |
| Thurs., Oct 14 | NLDS Sport 5 (if nec.) | Brewers vs. Braves | 5:07 p.m. | TBS |
| NLDS Sport 5 (if nec.) | Giants vs. Dodgers | 9:07 p.m. | TBS |
League Championship Sequence (best-of-seven)
| Fri., Oct. 15 | ALCS Sport 1 | TBD | TBA | Fox |
| Sat., Oct. 16 | ALCS Sport 2 | TBD | TBA | Fox or FS1 |
| NLCS Sport 1 | TBD | TBA | TBS | |
| Solar., Oct. 17 | NLCS Sport 2 | TBD | TBA | TBS |
| Mon., Oct. 18 | ALCS Sport 3 | TBD | TBA | FS1 |
| Tues., Oct. 19 | ALCS Sport 4 | TBD | TBA | FS1 |
| NLCS Sport 3 | TBD | TBA | TBS | |
| Weds., Oct. 20 | ALCS Sport 5 (if nec.) | TBD | TBA | FS1 |
| NLCS Sport 4 | TBD | TBA | TBS | |
| Thurs., Oct. 21 | NLCS Sport 5 (if nec.) | TBD | TBA | TBS |
| Fri., Oct. 22 | ALCS Sport 6 (if nec.) | TBD | TBA | TBS |
| Sat., Oct. 23 | ALCS Sport 7 (if nec.) | TBD | TBA | Fox or FS1 |
| NLCS Sport 6 (if nec.) | TBD | TBA | TBS | |
| Solar., Oct. 24 | NLCS Sport 7 (if nec.) | TBD | TBA | TBS |
World Sequence (best-of-seven)
| Tues., Oct. 26 | Sport 1 | TBD | TBA | Fox |
| Weds., Oct. 27 | Sport 2 | TBD | TBA | Fox |
| Fri., Oct. 29 | Sport 3 | TBD | TBA | Fox |
| Sat., Oct. 30 | Sport 4 | TBD | TBA | Fox |
| Solar., Oct. 31 | Sport 5 (if nec.) | TBD | TBA | Fox |
| Tues., Nov. 2 | Sport 6 (if nec.) | TBD | TBA | Fox |
| Weds., Nov. 3 | Sport 7 (if nec.) | TBD | TBA | Fox |
2021 MLB postseason gear now out there
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