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MLB announces game times for the start of each Division Series

Division Series games begin on Thursday.

New York Yankees v Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees v Boston Red Sox
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Major League Baseball on Monday announced the start times for the first few days of the four Division Series, which get underway on Thursday.

The National League Division is up first with a pair of games on Thursday, starting with the Milwaukee Brewers hosting the NL Wild Card winner (5:07 p.m. ET, FS1), followed in primetime by the Atlanta Braves at the Los Angeles Dodgers (8:37 p.m., MLB Network).

The American League Division Series open Friday, which gives us at least one day of wall-to-wall action with four scheduled games. The Cleveland Indians will visit the Houston Astros in the first AL game on Friday (2:05 p.m., TBS), with the Boston Red Sox hosting either the New York Yankees or Oakland Athletics in the third game of the day (7:32 p.m., TBS).

The Yankees and A’s play the American League Wild Card Game Wednesday night in New York (8 p.m., TBS), while the NL Wild Card Game will be at Wrigley Field on Tuesday night (8 p.m., ESPN), with the Chicago Cubs hosting the Colorado Rockies.

Future game times will be announced at a later date, but here is the schedule we know for now, through Sunday (all times Eastern):

Tuesday, Oct. 2
National League Wild Card Game: Rockies 3, Cubs 2 (ESPN)

Wednesday, Oct. 3
American League Wild Card Game: A’s at Yankees, 8 p.m. (TBS)

Thursday, Oct. 4
NLDS Game 1: Rockies at Brewers, 5:07 p.m. (FS1)
NLDS Game 1: Braves at Dodgers, 8:37 p.m. (MLBN)

Friday, Oct. 5
ALDS Game 1: Indians at Astros, 2:05 p.m. (TBS)
NLDS Game 2: Rockies at Brewers, 4:15 p.m. (FS1)
ALDS Game 1: A’s/Yankees at Red Sox, 7:32 p.m. (TBS)
NLDS Game 2: Braves at Dodgers, 9:37 p.m. (FS1)

Saturday, Oct. 6
ALDS Game 2: Indians at Astros, 4:37 p.m. (TBS)
ALDS Game 2: A’s/Yankees at Red Sox, 8:15 p.m. (TBS)

Sunday, Oct. 7
NLDS Game 3: Brewers at Rockies, 4:07 p.m. (MLBN)
NLDS Game 3: Dodgers at Braves, 8:07 p.m. (FS1)

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