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.
Milwaukee are two wins from the World Series. After a 2–1 win in Game 1 on Sunday, the Brewers took Game 2 on Monday 12 October by 7–4 at home, so the NLCS heads to Los Angeles on Wednesday with the Dodgers, the two-time reigning champions, in a hole.
In the American League, Cleveland stole Game 1 at Tampa Bay on Monday, 7–3. The Guardians trailed until Chase DeLauter tied it with a homer, Patrick Bailey hit a go-ahead 436-foot shot in the seventh and Nathaniel Lowe's two-run single in the eighth put them ahead for good. Game 2 is tonight at 8pm ET.
- NLCS: Milwaukee lead Dodgers 2–0 (Game 1, 2–1, 11 Oct; Game 2, 7–4, 12 Oct)
- ALCS: Cleveland lead Tampa Bay 1–0 (Game 1, 7–3, 12 Oct); Game 2 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.