MLB wild-card series Day 1: Live updates, lineups, analysis as playoffs begin

Let the MLB playoffs begin!

After a chaotic decision to the regular season, each 8 wild-card teams are successful enactment Tuesday arsenic the best-of-three circular begins -- with part rivalries dotting this year's matchups.

The American League Central champion Cleveland Guardians and the squad they bushed for the crown, the Detroit Tigers, get things started. The Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees renew their ain rivalry successful the aboriginal AL matchup.

In the National League, the San Diego Padres sojourn "The Friendly Confines" for a showdown with the Chicago Cubs. Afterward, the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers big a Cincinnati Reds squad that secured the last playoff spot connected the past time of the regular season.

We've got you covered with pregame lineups, sights and sounds from the ballparks and postgame takeaways arsenic each Day 1 matchup ends.

Key links: Megapreview | Passan's take | Bracket | Schedule

Jump to a matchup:
DET-CLE | SD-CHC | BOS-NYY | CIN-LAD

Detroit Tigers astatine Cleveland Guardians

1 p.m. ET connected ESPN

Game 1 starters: Tarik Skubal vs. Gavin Williams

Lineups

Tigers

1. Parker Meadows (L) CF
2. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
3. Kerry Carpenter (L) DH
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