Dodgers dominate division again
Dodgers celebrate 12th division win in 13 years as elite pitching fuels their confidence heading into October.
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The 2025 Major League Baseball postseason gets underway on Tuesday, Sept. 30 with 12 teams battling to end up the World Series champion about a month from now.
The playoffs begin with the best-of-three wild card series, with games scheduled for Sept. 30, Oct. 1 and Oct. 2. The winner-take-all Game 3s will be played on Thursday if the series get that far.
The winners of the wild card series advance to the best-of-five Division Series, where they will meet the division winners in each league who earned a bye. The LDS is scheduled to begin on Saturday, Oct. 4 before the best-of-seven League Championship Series start up on Sunday, Oct. 12.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the reigning World Series champions and the 2025 Fall Classic begins on Saturday, Oct. 24.
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MLB playoffs schedule 2025MLB wild card series scheduleTuesday, Sept. 30AL wild card tbd Game 1: 1:08 p.m. ET, ESPNPadres at Cubs – Game 1: 3:08 p.m. ET, ABCAL wild card tbd Game 1, 6:08 p.m. ET, ESPNMets/Reds at Dodgers, Game 1: 9:08 p.m. ET, ESPNWednesday, Oct. 1AL wild card Game 2: 1:08 p.m. ET, ESPNPadres at Cubs – Game 2: 3:08 p.m. ET, ABCAL wild card Game 2: 6:08 p.m. ET, ESPNMets/Reds at Dodgers – Game 2: 9:08 p.m. ET, ESPNThursday, Oct. 2Schedule will be announced SundayDivision Series schedule
(Best-of-five)
Saturday, Oct. 4
NLDS1 Game 1NLDS2 Game 1ALDS1 Game 1ALDS 2 Game 1
Sunday, Oct. 5
Monday, Oct. 6
Tuesday, Oct. 7
Wednesday, Oct. 8
ALDS1 Game 4 *if necessaryALDS2 Game 4 *if necessaryNLDS1 Game 3NLDS2 Game 3
Thursday, Oct. 9
NLDS1 Game 4 *if necessaryNLDS2 Game 4 *if necessary
Friday, Oct. 10
ALDS1 Game 5 *if necessaryALDS2 Game 5 *if necessary
Saturday, Oct. 11
NLDS1 Game 5 *if necessaryNLDS2 Game 5 *if necessaryLeague Championship Series schedule
(Best-of-seven)
Oct. 12
Oct. 13
Oct. 14
Oct. 15
Oct. 16
Oct. 17
NLCS Game 4ALCS Game 5 *if necessary
Oct. 18
NLCS Game 5 *if necessary
Oct. 19
ALCS Game 6 *if necessary
Oct. 20
NLCS Game 6 *if necessaryALCS Game 7 *if necessary
Oct. 21
NLCS Game 7 *if necessaryWorld Series schedule 2025Friday, Oct. 24: Game 1Saturday, Oct. 25: Game 2Monday, Oct. 27: Game 3Tuesday, Oct. 28: Game 4Wednesday, Oct. 29: Game 5 *if necessaryFriday, Oct. 31: Game 6 *if necessarySaturday, Nov. 1: Game 7 *if necessary