In the American League, the Astros and Red Sox will meet in the 2021 ALCS starting Friday
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The 2021 MLB postseason is in full swing, and we know three of our final four teams in this year’s postseason field. The Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves both advanced to the LCS round on Tuesday, knocking out the Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Brewers, respectively. The Astros will face the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS starting on Friday. The Braves? They’re waiting to find out. The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants, two NL West rivals, are still squaring off in their NLDS matchup. Game 5 is set for Thursday night in San Francisco after the Dodgers stayed alive Tuesday.
MLB used a 16-team postseason format during the pandemic-shortened 60-game season a year ago. This season they’re going back to the usual 10-team format. As a reminder, the three division winners in each league advance directly to the League Division Series. The non-division winners with the two best records meet in the Wild Card Game, with the winner advancing to face the team with the league’s best record in the LDS. The LDS is a best-of-five, then the League Championship Series and World Series are both best-of-sevens.
Below is the complete 2021 MLB postseason schedule. All games on ESPN, Fox, FS1 and MLB Network can be streamed via fuboTV (try for free).
Wild Card Games (single elimination)
League Division Series (best-of-five)
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Thurs., Oct. 7 |
ALDS Game 1 |
Astros vs. White Sox |
FS1 |
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ALDS Game 1 |
Red Sox vs. Rays |
FS1 |
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Fri., Oct. 8 |
ALDS Game 2 |
Astros vs. White Sox |
MLB Network |
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NLDS Game 1 |
Brewers vs. Braves |
TBS |
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ALDS Game 2 |
Rays vs. Red Sox |
FS1 |
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NLDS Game 1 |
Giants vs. Dodgers |
TBS |
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Sat., Oct. 9 |
NLDS Game 2 |
Brewers vs. Braves |
TBS |
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NLDS Game 2 |
Giants vs. Brewers |
TBS |
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Sun., Oct. 10 |
ALDS Game 3 |
Red Sox vs. Rays |
MLB Network |
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ALDS Game 3 |
White Sox vs. Astros |
FS1 |
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Mon., Oct. 11 |
NLDS Game 3 |
Braves vs. Brewers |
TBS |
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ALDS Game 4 |
Red Sox vs. Rays |
FS1 |
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NLDS Game 3 |
Dodgers vs. Giants |
TBS |
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| Tues., Oct. 12 |
ALDS Game 4 |
White Sox vs. Astros |
FS1 |
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NLDS Game 4 |
Braves vs. Brewers |
ATL 6, MIL 5 |
TBS |
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NLDS Game 4 |
Dodgers vs. Giants |
TBS |
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Thurs., Oct 14 |
NLDS Game 5 |
Giants vs. Dodgers |
9:07 p.m. |
TBS |
League Championship Series (best-of-seven)
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Fri., Oct. 15 |
ALCS Game 1 |
Astros vs. Red Sox |
8:07 p.m. |
Fox |
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Sat., Oct. 16 |
ALCS Game 2 |
Astros vs. Red Sox |
TBA |
Fox or FS1 |
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NLCS Game 1 |
TBD |
TBA |
TBS |
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Sun., Oct. 17 |
NLCS Game 2 |
TBD |
TBA |
TBS |
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Mon., Oct. 18 |
ALCS Game 3 |
Red Sox vs. Astros |
TBA |
FS1 |
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Tues., Oct. 19 |
ALCS Game 4 |
Red Sox vs. Astros |
TBA |
FS1 |
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NLCS Game 3 |
TBD |
TBA |
TBS |
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Weds., Oct. 20 |
ALCS Game 5 (if nec.) |
Red Sox vs. Astros |
TBA |
FS1 |
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NLCS Game 4 |
TBD |
TBA |
TBS |
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Thurs., Oct. 21 |
NLCS Game 5 (if nec.) |
TBD |
TBA |
TBS |
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Fri., Oct. 22 |
ALCS Game 6 (if nec.) |
Astros vs. Red Sox |
TBA |
TBS |
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Sat., Oct. 23 |
ALCS Game 7 (if nec.) |
Astros vs. Red Sox |
TBA |
Fox or FS1 |
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NLCS Game 6 (if nec.) |
TBD |
TBA |
TBS |
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Sun., Oct. 24 |
NLCS Game 7 (if nec.) |
TBD |
TBA |
TBS |
World Series (best-of-seven)
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Tues., Oct. 26 |
Game 1 |
TBD |
TBA |
Fox |
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Weds., Oct. 27 |
Game 2 |
TBD |
TBA |
Fox |
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Fri., Oct. 29 |
Game 3 |
TBD |
TBA |
Fox |
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Sat., Oct. 30 |
Game 4 |
TBD |
TBA |
Fox |
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Sun., Oct. 31 |
Game 5 (if nec.) |
TBD |
TBA |
Fox |
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Tues., Nov. 2 |
Game 6 (if nec.) |
TBD |
TBA |
Fox |
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Weds., Nov. 3 |
Game 7 (if nec.) |
TBD |
TBA |
Fox |
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