Major League Baseball on Sunday announced the starting times and television broadcast information for both Wild Card Games as well as the schedule for any potential tiebreaker games for the National League Central, the American League Central or AL wild card.
MLB announces schedule, times for Wild Card Games, potential tiebreakers
There is potential for as many as three tiebreaker baseball games to be played on Monday.
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Should the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates finish Sunday with the same record, the two will play a one-game tiebreaker for the NL Central on Monday at 7:37 p.m. ET in St. Louis, and will be televised by ESPN2.
The winner of that game would be NL Central champions, with the loser hosting the San Francisco Giants in the NL Wild Card Game on Wednesday. The NL Wild Card Game will begin at 8:07 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN, with Dan Shulman on play-by-play along with analyst John Kruk and reporter Buster Olney.
The AL Wild Card Game will begin at 8:07 p.m. on Tuesday, and will be televised by TBS. Ernie Johnson will call the game, along with analysts Cal Ripken and Ron Darling.
But the second wild card team hasn't yet been decided. If the Seattle Mariners somehow rally to tie the Oakland Athletics, those two would meet up in Seattle on Monday at 4:07 p.m., televised by ESPN.
If the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals are tied atop the AL Central after Sunday, they would play a tiebrekaer game on Monday at 3:07 p.m. in Detroit, televised by ESPN. The winner would be AL Central champions, and the loser would take solace in the AL Wild Card Game.
If there are two AL tiebreaker games, the Tigers and Royals will shift to 1:07 p.m.
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