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Major League Baseball today announced the broadcast schedule for the Wild Card Series presented by Hankook Tire. The 2022 Postseason will have four Wild Card games scheduled each day from Friday through Sunday under the new best-of-three format, all available on ESPN platforms. The MLB Wild Card Series will be available in Spanish on ESPN Deportes.

All Postseason games telecast on TBS, FOX and FS1 will be available to MLB.TV subscribers who are authenticated subscribers to the applicable network through a participating pay TV provider. The Wild Card Series will also be available via the ESPN App. ESPN Radio will provide live national coverage of all 2022 MLB Postseason games, including the Wild Card Series. MLB Network will provide comprehensive coverage and analysis of the entire Postseason, including the American League Division Series and the American League Championship Series in Spanish.

The 2022 Postseason schedule, subject to change, can be viewed in its entirety at MLB.com/postseason.

Contact: Matt Bourne or Michael Teevan, Major League Baseball, (212) 931-7878, mlbpressbox.com, @MLB_PR.

2022 WILD CARD SERIES

BROADCAST SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7th

WILD CARD SERIES

First Pitch (ET/Site Time)

NETWORK

Game 1, TB @ CLE

12:07 p.m.

ESPN

Game 1, PHI @ STL

2:07 p.m./1:07 p.m.

ABC

Game 1, SEA @ TOR

4:07 p.m.

ESPN

Game 1, SD @ NYM

8:07 p.m.

ESPN

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8th

WILD CARD SERIES

First Pitch (ET/Site Time)

NETWORK

Game 2, TB @ CLE

12:07 p.m.

ESPN2

Game 2, SEA @ TOR

4:07 p.m.

ESPN

Game 2, SD @ NYM

7:37 p.m.

ESPN

Game 2, PHI @ STL

8:37 p.m./7:37 p.m.

ESPN2

* SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9th *

WILD CARD SERIES

First Pitch (ET/Site Time)

NETWORK

Game 3, SEA @ TOR (If Necessary)

2:07 p.m.

ABC

Game 3, TB @ CLE (If Necessary)

4:07 p.m.

ESPN

Game 3, SD @ NYM (If Necessary)

7:37 p.m.

ESPN

Game 3, PHI @ STL (If Necessary)

8:37 p.m./7:37 p.m.

ESPN2

The schedule on Sunday could change depending on how many series require a winner-take-all third game.

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Mel Taylor