{"id":485046,"date":"2025-09-30T11:51:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-each-of-the-four-wild-card-series-starting-this-tuesday\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:51:33","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-each-of-the-four-wild-card-series-starting-this-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-each-of-the-four-wild-card-series-starting-this-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything you need to know about each of the four Wild Card Series starting this Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/p>\n\n\nSanto Domingo. \u2013 The Major League Baseball postseason begins this Tuesday, September 30, with the start of the Wild Card Series<\/strong>, four win-two-of-three-game matchups that promise intensity and drama from the first pitch.\n\n\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong> A classic, a rematch and a champion put to the test in the Major League postseason<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nIn the American League, the Guardians host the Tigers<\/strong> and the Yankees clash with their eternal rivals, the Red Sox<\/strong>. In the National League, the Dodgers will face the Reds<\/strong> and the Cubs will measure forces with the Padres<\/strong>.\n\nHere’s everything you need to know about each crossing.\n\n\n

American League<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

(5) Red Sox vs. (4) Yankees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Schedules<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Game 1: Tuesday, 6 p.m. ET (ESPN)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Game 2: Wednesday, 6 p.m. ET (ESPN)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Game 3 (if necessary): Thursday, 6 p.m. ET (ESPN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nSeries in the season<\/strong>: Boston dominated 9-4, with a 5-2 record at Yankee Stadium.\n\nPlayoff History<\/strong>: Sixth series between the two. The Red Sox won the last matchup, in the 2021 Wild Card Game.\n\nKeys<\/strong>: Boston started the season strong against New York (eight wins in nine games), but the Yankees recovered in the last matchups thanks to Max Fried and Carlos Rod\u00f3n, who will be protagonists again.\n\nPlayer to watch<\/strong>: Garrett Crochet<\/em>, Boston’s ace, recorded absolute dominance against New York: four starts, four wins, 39 strikeouts and a WHIP of 0.88.\n\n\n

    (6) Tigers vs. (3) Guardians<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Schedules<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Game 1: Tuesday, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Game 2: Wednesday, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Game 3 (if necessary): Thursday, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nSeries in the season<\/strong>: Cleveland won 8 of 13. In the historical record, both teams have 1,166 wins each and 12 draws.\n\nPlayoff History<\/strong>: They faced each other in the 2024 Divisional Series, with the Guardians winning in five games.\n\nKeys<\/strong>: The duel of aces will be unmissable: Tarik Skubal<\/em> (Detroit), candidate to repeat the Cy Young, against Gavin Williams<\/em> (Cleveland), who signed a 1.96 ERA since August.\n\nPlayer to watch<\/strong>: Kerry Carpenter<\/em>, key hitter against right-handed pitchers, with 23 of his 26 home runs against right-handers in 2025.\n\n\n

      National League<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      (5) Padres vs. (4) Cubs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Schedules<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Game 1: Tuesday, 3 p.m. ET (ABC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Game 2: Wednesday, 3 p.m. ET (ABC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Game 3 (if necessary): Thursday, 3 p.m. ET (ABC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nSeries in the season<\/strong>: Tied (3-3), with 25 runs scored by each team.\n\nPlayoff History<\/strong>: They faced each other in the 1984 NLCS, where San Diego advanced with a historic home run by Steve Garvey.\n\nKeys<\/strong>: The Padres arrive without Ram\u00f3n Laureano, out due to a fracture, while the Cubs recover Kyle Tucker<\/em>. Chicago could gain an advantage with an arsenal of left-handed starters (Matthew Boyd and Shota Imanaga).\n\nPlayer to watch<\/strong>: Fernando Tatis Jr.<\/em>, always explosive, comes from opening games with power from the first inning.\n\n\n
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        (6) Reds vs. (3) Dodgers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

        Schedules<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Game 1: Tuesday, 9 p.m. ET (TBS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Game 2: Wednesday, 9 p.m. ET (TBS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Game 3 (if necessary): Thursday, 9 p.m. ET (TBS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nSeries in the season<\/strong>: The Dodgers dominated with a 5-1 record.\n\nPlayoff History<\/strong>: This will be the first time they face each other at this stage.\n\nKeys<\/strong>: Cincinnati relies on the dynamism of Elly de la Cruz<\/em> and the arm of Hunter Greene<\/em> to challenge the reigning champion. The Dodgers, without Clayton Kershaw, still have a fearsome trio in the rotation: Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell<\/em> and Shohei Ohtani<\/em>, in addition to the offensive support of Mookie Betts<\/em> and Freddie Freeman<\/em>.\n\n\n

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          Santo Domingo. \u2013 The Major League Baseball postseason begins this Tuesday, September 30, with the start of the Wild Card Series, four win-two-of-three-game matchups that promise intensity and drama from the first pitch. You may be interested in: A classic, a rematch and a champion put to the test in the Major League postseason In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":485047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,39774,13766,40853],"class_list":["post-485046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-22bk","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/gvgtii6jp5aa8qj5yedq.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yamell Rossi","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-7a176880-76f8-4b0c-9527-4e34feef45e4-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/gvgtii6jp5aa8qj5yedq.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/972"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}