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The 2025 MLB playoffs started Tuesday, with eight teams taking the field to get things started. Here’s the recap of what has occurred to date.
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Through 4 innings, San Diego’s bats had been energetic, whereas Padres starter Nick Pivetta was protecting the Cubs’ bats at bay.
That all modified in the fifth. Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly tagged Pivetta for back-to-back solo residence runs to offer the Cubs a 2-1 lead. And Chicago’s bullpen did the work from there in a 3-1 win.
Cubs supervisor Craig Counsell pulled starter Matthew Boyd in the fifth inning after simply 58 pitches and entrusted the remainder of the sport to his bullpen. The Chicago relievers delivered, as Daniel Palencia, Drew Pomeranz, Andrew Kittredge and Brad Keller mixed to throw 4 2/3 no-hit innings to safe the victory and a 1-0 sequence lead.
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The Padres had a number of probabilities early to construct on a 1-0 lead. But they left Xander Bogaerts stranded after he reached third base with no outs in the second. In the fourth, they put runners on the corners with one out and did not rating a run. A pleasant play in shallow middle area by Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson robbed Ryan O’Hearn of a possible hit and held Manny Machado at third with two outs.
The Padres by no means threatened once more, as Chicago’s bullpen shut them down for the ultimate 4 2/3 innings of the sport.
— Jason Owens
As the primary recreation of the day proved, when Tarik Skubal is on the mound, the Detroit Tigers don’t want a lot else. Skubal dazzled Tuesday, putting out 14 in a dominant efficiency towards the Cleveland Guardians.
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But the win wasn’t snug till the ultimate out. For a lot of the contest, Skubal and Gavin Williams had been locked in a pitchers’ duel. At the top of the sixth inning, the rating sat at 1-1, and Skubal and Williams had every notched not less than eight strikeouts.
Williams ran out of steam in the seventh, permitting two baserunners earlier than he was pulled. The Tigers then scratched throughout one other run, and that proved to be the distinction. Skubal struck out the facet in the seventh and managed two outs in the underside of the eighth earlier than he left the competition.
Although the Guardians threatened in the underside of the ninth, Tigers nearer Will Vest bought the job executed, stopping Jose Ramirez from scoring from third with no outs and securing a 2-1 Tigers victory.
— Chris Cwik
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MLB playoff bracket, wild-card schedule and outcomes for Game 1
No. 6 Detroit Tigers 2, No. 3 Cleveland Guardians 1
No. 4 Chicago Cubs 3, No. 5 San Diego Padres 1
No. 5 Boston Red Sox vs. No. 4 New York Yankees, 6:08 p.m. ET on ESPN
No. 6 Cincinnati Reds vs. No. 3 Los Angeles Dodgers, 9:08 p.m. ET on ESPN
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