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The 2022 National League Wild Card Series were two best-of-three playoff series in Major League Baseball (MLB) to determine the participating teams of the 2022 National League Division Series. Both Wild Card Series began on October 7, with Game 2s scheduled for October 8 and Game 3s, if necessary, scheduled for October 9.
The final two teams are the winners of the National League Wild Card Series, played between the league's third to sixth-seeded teams. The Los Angeles Dodgers (111–51) became the first team to clinch a playoff berth on September 13, their tenth straight postseason appearance, which is the third longest streak in MLB history. [ 1 ]
The San Diego Padres qualified for the postseason as the fifth seed wild card entrant.In the Wild Card Series, they defeated the New York Mets in three games. In the Division Series, they defeated the National League West division winner Los Angeles Dodgers, who held the best regular season record of 111–51 at the time of the postseason, in four games.
Free Press sports writers Ryan Ford and Evan Petzold have thoughts about MLB's six division champs, who’ll win it all and who’ll take home the awards. MLB predictions 2022: Here's your ...
Free Press sports writers predict orders of finish for each of baseball's divisions, postseason award winners and the 2021 World Series.
This was the first edition of the postseason since 2012 to have a new format, as it has been expanded to include six teams per league. The top two division winners of the American and National leagues receive first-round byes into the Division Series, and the worst-division winner is the third seed in their respective league. The three Wild ...
The NLDS is a best-of-five series where the divisional winner with the best winning percentage in the regular season hosts the winner of the Wild Card Series between the top two wild card teams in one matchup, and the divisional winner with the second best winning percentage hosts the winner of the other Wild Card Series between the lowest-seeded divisional winner and the lowest-seeded wild ...
The Phillies returned home for Game 3 of the National League Division Series. It was the first postseason game held at Citizens Bank Park since Game 5 of the National League Division Series in 2011. [39] The Phillies sent Aaron Nola to the mound and he was dominant pitching six innings without giving up an earned run. [39]