mlb playoffs schedule
Max Scherzer pitched seven innings of no-hit baseball before the Detroit Tigers' bullpen gave up a 5-1 lead to the Boston Red Sox before designated hitter David Ortiz saved the day for the Fenway Park faithful.
Rookie St. Louis Cardinal Michael Wacha, who threw a no-hitter through 7 and 1/3 innings in his playoff debut in the National League Division Series, goes up against Cy Young candidate Clayton Kershaw, who has 1-0 with an ERA of 0.69 in two starts, in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series Saturday afternoon.
The Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals kick off their National League Championship Series Friday night, with Los Angeles looking to advance to the World Series for the first time since 1988 and the Cardinals on a quest for their second title in three years.
Former MVP and Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers will have a rematch with Oakland A's rookie Sonny Gray, who out-dueled the veteran in Game 2, but now face off in a winner-take-all Game 5 American League Division Series Thursday night.
The Pittsburgh Pirates will send 23-year-old rookie Gerrit Cole in a must-win elimination game and will face Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals in Wednesday's Game 5 of the National League Division Series.
Michael Wacha kept the St. Louis Cardinals' season alive taking a no-hitter into the eighth inning in the Cardinals 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Pittsburgh Pirates will try to advance to the National League Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Monday at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Locked in a 1-1 series stalemate, the Detroit Tigers and Oakland Athletics are expected to go all out in perhaps the most pivotal game of the best-of-five American League Division Series on Monday at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan.
Both the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers are sending a pair of rookies, South Korean Hyun-Jin Ryu and Colombian Julio Teheran, as both team trying to a game lead with the National League Division Series tied 1-1.
The St, Louis Cardinals travel to Pittsburgh's raucous crowd to face Francisco Liriano and the Pirates in Game 3 of their National League Division Series.
The Boston Red Sox, coming off a sensational 12-2 win in Friday's series opener, will try to book a commanding 2-0 series lead against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday at Fenway Park.
Detroit Tigers will kick off its quest to become World Series champion on Friday as they visit the ever dangerous Oakland Athletics in Game 1 of the American League Division Series playoff at O.co Coliseum.
The Atlanta Braves will start Mike Minor at pitcher, looking not to go down 0-2 to the Los Angeles Dodgers after Thursday night's loss. The Dodgers send Zack Greinke - who is sporting a 1.58 ERA in 12 starts since late July.
The Tampa Bay Rays continue their arduous road trip that started Sunday in Toronto, as they head to Boston for their Game 1 match-up against the Red Sox in the American League Division Series. Matt Moore (17-4 with 3.29 ERA) will pitch for the Rays against the Red Sox Jon Lester (15-8 with a 3.75) in Friday afternoon's game.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, still riding the momentum from their raucous home crowd in the 6-2 National League Wild Card game victory over the Cincinnati Reds, head to St. Louis for the start of their National League Division Series against the Cardinals, who ended the season with three games ahead of Pittsburgh for the National League Central title and the best record in the National League
