Barring rainouts, the World Series will end in October for just the second time since 2020
The Series will start on Oct. 23 and Game 7 would be on Oct. 31, Major League Baseball announced Monday. AL Division Series will have an extra scheduled off day between Games 1 and 2, a format that allows a team to have the same pitchers start Games 1 and 4, and Games 2 and 5 on normal four days’ rest. Last year, NL Division Series had the extra off day.
Barring rainouts, the World Series will conclude in October for just the second occasion since 2020, Major League Baseball announced on Monday. The Series is set to begin on October 23, with Game 7 scheduled for October 31, according to the announcement. Since 2001, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, and 2023, the World Series has ended in November, with the 2022 edition lasting up to November 5.
The American League Division Series will now incorporate an additional scheduled off day between Games 1 and 2, a format that enables a team to have the same pitchers start Games 1 and 4, as well as Games 2 and 5, while receiving normal four days of rest in between. The National League Division Series had the extra off day in the previous year.
Four best-of-three Wild Card Series are scheduled to take place from September 29 to October 1 at the venue of the higher seed. Under the playoff format introduced in 2022, the top two teams in each league automatically advance, while the third-seeded team faces the sixth-seeded team, and the fourth-seeded team meets the fifth-seeded team.
The higher seed hosts each best-of-three series. In the best-of-five Division Series, the top seed plays the winner of the 4-vs.-5 match, and the second seed faces the winner of the 3-vs.-6 showdown. The Division Series will follow the conventional format of the higher seed hosting Games 1 and 2, and potentially Game 5. Both the American League and National League Division Series are set to begin on October 3, with the National League Championship Series kicking off on October 11 and the American League Championship Series the following day. Both the NLCS and ALCS will be best-of-seven contests.
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