[Wednesday’s MLB schedule | Live blog | Mariners-Tigers | Brewers-Cubs]

For the final time in 2025, MLB fans got four games of playoff baseball in a single day. Wednesday featured all eight remaining teams in action as the division series approaches its conclusion.

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The Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers can advance to the championship series with wins Wednesday night.

The Detroit Tigers, in kicking off the day’s games, won at home to force a Game 5 on Friday in Seattle. Then the Chicago Cubs also stayed alive at home, forcing Game 4 against the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday at Wrigley Field.

Follow along with Wednesday’s action below.

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The location changed for Game 3 of the NLDS between the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs, but the scoring cadence didn’t. There were first-inning fireworks in the Friendly Confines, too.

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In an NL Central division showdown that produced 13 first-inning runs in the first two games, the Cubs put up a four-spot in the opening frame Wednesday, igniting the Wrigley Field fans desperate for more playoff baseball.

They’re getting it. The Cubs maintained that lead the rest of the way, even as the Brewers chipped away, and staved off elimination with a 4-3 victory. Milwaukee’s series lead is down to 2-1, and Game 4 is Thursday at Wrigley.

In Game 3, the Brewers took a 1-0 lead after loading the bases in the top of the first inning, but the Cubs immediately countered in the bottom of the frame. Michael Busch blasted a leadoff homer for the second time this series, and then Pete Crow-Armstrong smacked a two-out, two-RBI single with the bases loaded. That chased Brewers starter Quinn Priester early, forcing Brewers manager Pat Murphy into a bullpen game.

After one more first-inning run, the Cubs didn’t score again, and the Brewers chipped away at the three-run deficit throughout the night. Jake Bauers delivered an RBI single to center in the top of the fourth, and in the seventh, he teed off on reliever Andrew Kittredge’s first pitch, sending a solo shot over the left-center wall and cutting the Cubs’ lead to 4-3.

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Milwaukee threatened to break hearts in the eighth, loading the bases with two outs, and Bauers came up again with the tying run 90 feet away. Fortunately for Chicago, Brad Keller blew by Bauers with a 97-mph, four-seam fastball up in the zone for a clutch strikeout. With that, Keller secured the four-out save in the ninth and extended the Cubs’ playoff run at least one more day. — Andy Backstrom

Through four innings Wednesday, the Tigers looked dead in the water. But then they rallied back to force Game 5 with an explosive, 9-3 victory in Game 4.

Seattle took a 3-0 lead through four innings, with a chance to close the series out. And a lifeless Detroit home crowd was nowhere to be found.

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Everything changed in the fifth. The Tigers chased Mariners starter Bryce Miller with a Dillon Dingler RBI double to plate their first run. They finished the frame with four hits and three runs to tie the game 3-3 and spark life back into the home crowd.

Then they opened things up in the sixth. Riley Greene led off the inning with a home run for a 4-3 advantage and Detroit’s first lead since Game 1 of the ALDS. Zach McKinstry added an RBI single. Then Javy Báez blew the game open with a two-run home run for a 7-3 Tigers lead.

The Mariners never recovered. Detroit’s bullpen shut down Seattle’s offense for the rest of the game, and the Tigers tied the series 2-2 to force a decisive Game 5 on Friday (4:40 p.m. ET, FS1). The series will shift back to Seattle, and the winner will claim a berth in the ALCS. — Jason Owens

MLB playoff bracket, division series schedule for Wednesday

Detroit Tigers 9, Seattle Mariners 3 (series tied 2-2)
Chicago Cubs 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3 (Milwaukee leads 2-1)
Toronto Blue Jays vs. New York Yankees (Toronto leads 2-1): live on FS1
Philadelphia Phillies vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (L.A. leads 2-0): 9:08 p.m. ET on TBS/truTV/Max

MLB division series live blog

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