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The 2025 MLB playoffs continued Thursday, and the wild-card round concluded with wins by the Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees in a trio of winner-take-all video games.
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Here’s the way it all went down.
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In a conflict between historic rivals, in a winner-take-all sport, it was a 24-year-old rookie who etched his name in Yankees lore.
Cam Schlittler grew to become the primary pitcher — not rookie, pitcher — in the historical past of the postseason to submit 12 strikeouts, zero walks and eight scoreless innings in an utter domination of the Red Sox. Pumping triple-digit warmth firstly of the sport and nonetheless hitting excessive 90s in his ultimate inning of labor, Schlittler managed to remain in via the eighth inning with a pitch depend of 107.
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Pretty good for a pitcher who started the season in Double-A and made his MLB debut in July.
Without a lot to fret about from the Boston offense, the Yankees acquired all of the runs they wanted in a four-run rally in the fourth inning, beginning with a Cody Bellinger double. New York will next face the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALDS. The Red Sox’s season is over.
A low-power Padres offense went darkish in opposition to a powerful Cubs protection as Chicago superior to the NLDS, where the division rival Milwaukee Brewers await.
Jameson Taillon, Caleb Thielbar, Danny Palencia, Drew Pomeranz, Brad Keller and Andrew Kittredge mixed to carry the Padres to a single run, with loads of assist from among the finest defenses in MLB. Gold Glovers Dansby Swanson and Nico Hoerner in notably made some enormous performs.
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The Cubs may’ve scored much more runs, however the harm was restricted in rallies in the second and seventh innings. Still, (*3*) in opposition to a gassed Padres pitching employees. Yu Darvish lasted just one inning and left the bases loaded with no outs and two runs scored in the second. It’s an accomplishment that the vaunted San Diego bullpen allowed just one extra run, however that’s small consolation for the Padres.
The ending was removed from snug for the house crew, although. Keller allowed a homer to Jackson Merrill to guide off the ninth, then hit back-to-back batters to place the tying run on base. Even so, the underside of the Padres’ order could not shut the hole.
The Guardians spent most of September chasing down the Tigers and beat them on the ultimate day of the common season for the most important comeback in the standings in MLB historical past. Fate conspired to pit the 2 groups in opposition to one another in the wild-card collection, which naturally went to a winner-take-all Game 3.
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And as a result of that is baseball, the crew that spent the previous month in an embarrassing free fall acquired the final snigger. The Tigers advanced with a 6-3 win, establishing an ALDS matchup with the Seattle Mariners.
A aggressive sport became a rout in the seventh inning, when the Tigers batted round to take a five-run lead. Dillon Dingler offered the go-ahead run one inning earlier with a solo homer, the wind-up of a intestine punch for the Progressive Field crowd.
The loss ends what had been a magical run for the Guardians until Thursday, extending their MLB-longest World Series drought to 76 years.
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