Blue Jays
Season over · playoffs continueThe Blue Jays' season is over, but October baseball rolls on. Toronto were eliminated from playoff contention with a 4–2 loss to the Orioles on 23 September, as reported by CP24 and MLB.com.
In the National League Championship Series, Milwaukee lead the two-time reigning champion Dodgers 1–0 after a 2–1 win in Game 1 on Sunday; Game 2 is today at 5pm ET. In the American League, Tampa Bay host Cleveland in Game 1 tonight at 8pm ET, the Rays' first ALCS since 2020. The World Series opens on Friday 23 October.
- NLCS: Milwaukee lead Dodgers 1–0 (Game 1, 2–1, on 11 Oct)
- ALCS: Tampa Bay v Cleveland, Game 1 tonight 8pm ET
- World Series Game 1: Fri 23 Oct
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Baseball is played between two teams of nine across nine innings. In each innings one team bats and the other fields, and a half-innings ends after three outs. The pitcher throws to the batter, who tries to hit the ball and run round four bases to score.
Major League Baseball has 30 teams in two leagues. Twelve teams make the postseason. After the wild-card round come the division series, the league championship series and the World Series.
The regular season is 162 games, so single results matter less than in football and the best teams still lose about 60 games.
The postseason has 12 teams: three division winners and three wild cards from each league. The Wild Card round is best-of-three, the Division Series best-of-five, and the League Championship Series and World Series best-of-seven.