2013 MLB Postseason Schedule and Matchups

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Tiebreaker: Rays at Rangers, Monday, 8:07 p.m. ET, TBS

Wild Card: Rays or Rangers at Indians

Division Series: Wild Card at Red Sox | Tigers at A's

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Wild Card: Reds at Pirates

Division Series: Wild Card at Cardinals | Dodgers at Braves

2013 MLB POSTSEASON SCHEDULE

NL WILD CARD GAME

Reds at Pirates, Tuesday, 8:07 p.m. ET, TBS



AL WILD CARD GAME

Rays or Rangers at Indians, Wednesday, 8:07 p.m. ET, TBS


NL DIVISION SERIES A

Game 1: Reds/Pirates at Cardinals, Thursday, TBS

Game 2: Reds/Pirates at Cardinals, Friday, TBS or MLBN***

Game 3: Cardinals at Reds/Pirates, Oct. 6, TBS

*Game 4: Cardinals at Reds/Pirates, Oct. 7, TBS or MLBN***

*Game 5: Reds/Pirates at Cardinals, Oct. 9, TBS


NL DIVISION SERIES B

Game 1: Dodgers at Braves, Thursday, TBS

Game 2: Dodgers at Braves, Friday, TBS or MLBN***

Game 3: Braves at Dodgers, Oct. 6, TBS

*Game 4: Braves at Dodgers, Oct. 7, TBS or MLBN***

*Game 5: Dodgers at Braves, Oct. 9, TBS



AL DIVISION SERIES A

Game 1: AL Wild Card at Red Sox, Friday, TBS or MLBN***

Game 2: AL Wild Card at Red Sox, Oct. 5, TBS

Game 3: Red Sox at AL Wild Card, Oct. 7, TBS or MLBN***

*Game 4: Red Sox at AL Wild Card, Oct. 8, TBS

*Game 5: AL Wild Card at Red Sox, Oct. 10, TBS


AL DIVISION SERIES B

Game 1: Tigers at Athletics, Friday, TBS or MLBN***

Game 2: Tigers at Athletics, Oct. 5, TBS

Game 3: Athletics at Tigers, Oct. 7, TBS or MLBN***

*Game 4: Athletics at Tigers, Oct. 8, TBS

*Game 5: Tigers at Athletics, Oct. 10, TBS

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<A,N>LCS & WS schedules at link above

Pulse: Tribe in as Rays, Rangers head to tiebreaker
Indians await winner for AL Wild Card Game on Wednesday in Cleveland

Once again, more than 2,400 games over the course of six months weren't quite enough to decide who gets to play the games every team really wants to play in October. The Pulse of the Postseason ticks on for another day.

After finishing Sunday's action tied for the second American League Wild Card spot, the Rays and Rangers will square off in a tiebreaker Monday night at the Ballpark in Arlington, airing at 8:07 p.m. ET on TBS, each club vying to be the final piece of the playoff puzzle. Tune into Postseason.TV for companion coverage, starting with the tiebreaker and lasting through the Division Series and NLCS.

The final scheduled day of the 2013 regular season began with the possibility of an unprecedented three-team tie for two spots to finalize the postseason field. Instead, Cleveland clinched the top Wild Card position, and now Tampa Bay and Texas are left to settle things on the field.

The winner heads to Progressive Field for Wednesday's AL Wild Card Game, airing on TBS at 8:07 p.m. ET, and a shot at the Red Sox in the AL Division Series. The loser goes home for the winter.

Amid that uncertainty, here's one thing we know for sure: The Indians are in. They claimed the first Wild Card spot Sunday afternoon by beating the Twins, 5-1. Cleveland won 10 straight and 15 of its final 17 games to storm into the postseason for the first time since 2007.

But who will they play? Will it be the Rangers? They beat the Angels, 6-2, on Sunday, scoring four runs from the sixth through the eighth to break a 2-2 tie in what turned out to be a win-or-go-home affair in Texas.

"It was a must-win for us, and we know that the Angels come to play baseball," Rangers catcher Geovany Soto said in a postgame television interview. "It feels great. We're looking forward to Tampa, and hopefully we can press on."

Or will the Indians wind up facing the Rays, no strangers to late-season drama themselves? They wanted to take the most direct path to extending their season Sunday: beating the Blue Jays. Having dropped two in a row to begin this series, Tampa Bay jumped all over Toronto in a six-run first inning but nearly let it all slip away.

In the end, however, the Rays prevailed, 7-6. Tampa Bay has adopted "One More Game" as a motto down the stretch this year, and the Rays earned at least that on Sunday.

The final scheduled day of the 2013 regular season began with the possibility of an unprecedented three-team tie for two spots to finalize the postseason field. Instead, Cleveland clinched the top Wild Card position, and now Tampa Bay and Texas are left to settle things on the field.

The winner heads to Progressive Field for Wednesday's AL Wild Card Game, airing on TBS at 8:07 p.m. ET, and a shot at the Red Sox in the AL Division Series. The loser goes home for the winter.

Amid that uncertainty, here's one thing we know for sure: The Indians are in. They claimed the first Wild Card spot Sunday afternoon by beating the Twins, 5-1. Cleveland won 10 straight and 15 of its final 17 games to storm into the postseason for the first time since 2007.

But who will they play? Will it be the Rangers? They beat the Angels, 6-2, on Sunday, scoring four runs from the sixth through the eighth to break a 2-2 tie in what turned out to be a win-or-go-home affair in Texas.

"It was a must-win for us, and we know that the Angels come to play baseball," Rangers catcher Geovany Soto said in a postgame television interview. "It feels great. We're looking forward to Tampa, and hopefully we can press on."

Or will the Indians wind up facing the Rays, no strangers to late-season drama themselves? They wanted to take the most direct path to extending their season Sunday: beating the Blue Jays. Having dropped two in a row to begin this series, Tampa Bay jumped all over Toronto in a six-run first inning but nearly let it all slip away.

In the end, however, the Rays prevailed, 7-6. Tampa Bay has adopted "One More Game" as a motto down the stretch this year, and the Rays earned at least that on Sunday.

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Thanks for the thread, FP !!
I find all this postseason stuff very confusing !!
Fingers crossed the Tampa Bay Rays STAY ALIVE .........

Had that possible three-way tie for the AL WC occurred, that would have been something to see play out!!

As it stands now, we just have to pull for the Rays to get their chance to bounce out Cleveland and hope the Pirates push the Reds aside. (Just because @se_ohio_conservative kicked @ss in Pick'em this week, he can't have everything that he wants!!!)

Step One complete, Rays over Texas 5-2, CG for Price!! Heading to face the Tribe on Wednesday evening!

The only negative for Pittsburgh is that they can't start Liriano tomorrow. LOL. He was incredible. The Reds are banged up. Latos hurt his elbow and couldnt make the start last night. I think it was obvious that Cueto wasnt healthy. And the guys that were healthy couldn't come up with clutch hits. They were just out of gas, I knew it over the weekend. Pittsburgh and the Reds were evenly matched through most of the summer, and then when you got into September, the battle of attrition went in the Pirates and Cards favor. I hope the Pirates keep rolling on the NL side of the bracket.

This is a lot of fun. Go Indians now ! :)

Yes, Cueto has still not recovered (but I think he gave it his best last night). Another great season for the Reds all in all; Dusty Baker continues to surprise me at the results he attains!!

Step two complete, Pirates to deal with Cardinals now, once and for all (for this season at least!!)


So now it is up to the Rays to complete Step three (of this playoff "preseason" tonight)!!!

No, its up to cheif Wahoo's Tribe to take care of business tonight :)

Step three completed! Rays head to Beantown!!

It is "getting late early" for them!! Down 0-3 bottom 5th, they better stop the Sox and get some runs, SOON!!!

Pirates lost the chance to take their series at home this afternoon, 2-1, tough loss....

Awesome 3 run homer by Longoria to tie it up, 3-3!!!

Rays live to play another day!! Bottom 9th walk off by Lobaton!!!!

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_10_07_bosmlb_tbamlb_1

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Rays live to play another day!! Bottom 9th walk off by Lobaton!!!!

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_10_07_bosmlb_tbamlb_1

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