The Los Angeles Dodgers are one win away from the World Series in the 2024 Major League Baseball postseason bracket, but the New York Mets are not going down quietly. The Mets scored 11 runs in a Game 5 win on Friday night that kept their season alive and forced Game 6 in the best-of-seven NLCS. The two teams have Saturday off before resuming the series in L.A. on Sunday.
Over in the American League, the Cleveland Guardians stunned the New York Yankees in Thursday’s ALCS Game 3. The Guardians got a game-tying two-run home run in the ninth inning from Jhonkensy Noel and a walk-off homer from David Fry in the 10th. The Yankees still lead the series, 2-1, and are two wins away from their first pennant since 2009.
The Guardians became the fourth and final team in the LCS round, ousting the Detroit Tigers in ALDS Game 5. The Yankees — who eliminated the Kansas City Royals in four games — and Guardians were the top two seeds in the American League bracket.
In the National League, the top-seeded Dodgers dug out of a 2-1 hole in the NLDS to come back and beat the San Diego Padres in the best-of-five series. It’s the Dodgers’ first NLCS appearance since 2021. The Mets, meanwhile, are in the NLCS for the first time since 2015, when they won the pennant. It’s been quite a ride for the sixth-seeded Mets, who knocked out the NL Central-winning Brewers in the Wild Card Series and then ousted the NL East-champion Phillies in the NLDS in four games.
The NL’s No. 6 seed has never lost to a series to a National League opponent in MLB’s 12-team playoff format that debuted in 2022. The Phillies and Diamondbacks won the pennant as No. 6 seeds the last two years.
The Tigers, Padres, Royals, Phillies, Brewers, Braves, Orioles and Astros were all knocked out of the 12-team playoff field in the first two rounds.
The World Series will begin either on Tuesday, Oct. 22 or Friday, Oct. 25. Here’s the complete 2024 MLB playoff schedule.
Below is a look at the full 2024 MLB playoff bracket.
2024 MLB playoff bracket
2024 MLB playoff schedule
All times Eastern
Championship Series
Sunday, Oct. 13
NLCS Game 1: Dodgers 9, Mets 0 (Los Angeles leads 1-0)
Monday, Oct. 14
NLCS Game 2: Mets 7, Dodgers 3 (Series tied 1-1)
ALCS Game 1: Yankees 5, Guardians 2 (New York leads 1-0)
Tuesday, Oct. 15
ALCS Game 2: Yankees 6, Guardians 3 (New York leads 2-0)
Wednesday, Oct. 16
NLCS Game 3: Dodgers 8, Mets 0 (Los Angeles leads 2-1)
Thursday, Oct. 17
ALCS Game 3: Guardians 7, Yankees 5 (New York leads 2-1)
NLCS Game 4: Dodgers 10, Mets 2 (Los Angeles leads 3-1)
Friday, Oct. 18
NLCS Game 5: Mets 12, Dodgers 6 (Los Angeles leads 3-2)
ALCS Game 4: Yankees vs. Guardians: 8:08 p.m., TBS
Saturday, Oct. 19
ALCS Game 5: Yankees vs. Guardians, 8:08 p.m., TBS
Sunday, Oct. 20
NLCS Game 6: Dodgers vs. Mets, 8:08 p.m., FS1, Fubo (Try for free)
Monday, Oct 21
*ALCS Game 6: Yankees vs. Guardians, 5:08 p.m., TBS
*NLCS Game 7: Dodgers vs. Mets, 8:08 p.m., FS1, Fubo (Try for free)
Tuesday, Oct. 22
*ALCS Game 7: Yankees vs. Guardians, 7:38 p.m., TBS
*-if necessary
World Series
(The 2024 World Series schedule is subject to change. Every game would be moved up by three days if both the ALCS and NLCS end in five games or less.)
Friday, Oct. 25
World Series Game 1: TBD vs. TBD
Saturday, Oct. 26
World Series Game 2: TBD vs. TBD
Monday, Oct. 28
World Series Game 3: TBD vs. TBD
Tuesday, Oct. 29
World Series Game 4: TBD vs. TBD
Wednesday, Oct. 30
*World Series Game 5: TBD vs. TBD
Friday, Nov. 1
*World Series Game 6: TBD vs. TBD
Saturday, Nov. 2
*World Series Game 7: TBD vs. TBD
*-if necessary
2024 MLB playoff scores
Division Series
Saturday, Oct. 5
ALDS Game 1: Guardians 7, Tigers 0 (Cleveland leads 1-0)
NLDS Game 1: Mets 6, Phillies 2 (New York leads 1-0)
ALDS Game 1: Yankees 6, Royals 5 (New York leads 1-0)
NLDS Game 1: Dodgers 7, Padres 5 (Los Angeles leads 1-0)
Sunday, Oct. 6
NLDS Game 2: Phillies 7, Mets 6 (Series tied 1-1)
NLDS Game 2: Padres 10, Dodgers 2 (Series tied 1-1)
Monday, Oct. 7
ALDS Game 2: Tigers 3, Guardians 0 (Series tied 1-1)
ALDS Game 2: Royals 4, Yankees 2 (Series tied 1-1)
Tuesday, Oct. 8
NLDS Game 3: Mets 7, Phillies 2 (New York leads 2-1)
NLDS Game 3: Padres 6, Dodgers 5 (San Diego leads 2-1)
Wednesday, Oct. 9
ALDS Game 3: Tigers 3, Guardians 0 (Detroit leads 2-1)
NLDS Game 4: Mets 4, Phillies 1 (New York wins 3-1)
ALDS Game 3: Yankees 3, Royals 2 (New York leads 2-1)
NLDS Game 4: Dodgers 8, Padres 0 (Series tied 2-2)
Thursday, Oct. 10
ALDS Game 4: Guardians 5, Tigers 4 (Series tied 2-2)
ALDS Game 4: Yankees 3, Royals 1 (New York wins 3-1)
Friday, Oct. 11
NLDS Game 5: Dodgers 2, Padres 0 (Los Angeles wins 3-2)
Saturday, Oct. 12
ALDS Game 5: Guardians 7, Tigers 3 (Clevelands wins 3-2)
Wild Card Series
All times Eastern
Tuesday, Oct. 1
AL Wild Card Series Game 1: Tigers 3, Astros 1 (Detroit leads 1-0)
AL Wild Card Series Game 1: Royals 1, Orioles 0 (Kansas City leads 1-0)
NL Wild Card Series Game 1: Mets 8, Brewers 4 (New York leads 1-0)
NL Wild Card Series Game 1: Padres 4, Braves 0 (San Diego leads 1-0)
Wednesday, Oct. 2
AL Wild Card Series Game 2: Tigers 5, Astros 2 (Detroit wins 2-0)
AL Wild Card Series Game 2: Royals 2, Orioles 1 (Kansas City wins 2-0)
NL Wild Card Series Game 2: Brewers 5, Mets 3 (Series tied 1-1)
NL Wild Card Series Game 2: Padres 5, Braves 4 (San Diego wins 2-0)
Thursday, Oct. 3
NL Wild Card Series Game 3: Mets 3, Brewers 2 (New York wins 2-1)
