The Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, and Los Angeles Dodgers take Game 1 in their respective Wild Card series as MLB Postseason baseball is finally here!
Tigers 2-1 Guardians
Tigers starting pitcher Tarik Skubal had a historic game on Tuesday - striking out 14 batters in 7.2 innings on 108 pitches.
His strikeouts set a personal best and are now tied for the most by a Tigers starter in franchise history.
Detroit got things started in the first inning after Spencer Torkelson drove in Kerry Carpenter on an RBI single to score the first run of the postseason.
Torkelson would finish the game 1-for-3 with a strikeout.
Cleveland tied things up in the bottom of the fourth after Gabriel Arias hit a chopper back to the pitcher that scored Angel Martinez.
He was initially ruled out, but the call was reversed after further review.
The Tigers' second and final run came from a Zach McKinstry chopper back to the pitcher in the top of the seventh.
Cleveland was gifted a golden opportunity in the bottom of the ninth after Jose Ramirez reached third after an errant throw to first. With no outs and the tying run on third, the Guardians failed to score as closer Will Vest managed to save the day for Detroit.
The Tigers are now one game away from ending the AL Central champs' season, who just completed the greatest division comeback in MLB history.
Cubs 3-1 Padres
It was loud in Wrigley Field for Game 1 of their Wild Card matchup against the Padres. Outfielder Seiya Suzuki recorded the first home run of the 2025 MLB Postseason and it sent Chicago into an uproar.
Then just a moment later, his teammate Carson Kelly launched one of his own to make it back-to-back, giving the Cubs a 2-0 lead that the Padres couldn't dig their way out of
Starting pitcher Matthew Boyd gave up the Padres' lone run in 4.1 innings of work, recording just two strikeouts and single walk. The Cubs' bullpen threw a combined 4.2 innings shutout, not allowing a single hit or walk the rest of the game.
Xander Bogaerts recorded two of the Padres' four hits. Nico Hoerner led the Cubs with two hits and an RBI that put them up 3-1.
Red Sox 3-1 Yankees
Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet, who was the only pitcher this season to reach 250 strikeouts, put up 11 K's in his first-ever career postseason start as he dominated in their win over the Yankees.
Grochett finished the game going 7.2 innings, giving up the Yankees' lone run on an Austin Volpe home run, without walking a single batter.
After going down 1-0, the Red Sox battled back in the seventh with an RBI double from Nick Sogard followed by an RBI single from singles from Masataka Yoshida.
Alex Bregman added some insurance for Boston in the top of the ninth inning with an RBI double to bring Trevor Story home.
Unfortunately, it led to a gem from Yankees starter Max Fried to go to waste.
The Yankees ace who led all pitchers with 19 wins this season, and is a Cy Young candidate himself, kept his team in the game for as long as he could.
Ultimately, Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman was able to finish things off, but it got dicey when the Yankees loaded the bases.
Boston finished the game with eight hits to the Yankees' seven.
Dodgers 10-5 Reds
Behind two home runs from both Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernandez, and one from Tommy Edman, the Dodgers finished with 15 hits and 10 runs in their Game 1 win over the Reds.
It is Ohtani's first-ever multi-home run postseason game. The frontrunner for National League MVP hit a total of three home runs throughout the entire 2024 postseason run.
Now he's just one short of tying that high.
Starting pitcher Blake Snell gave up just two runs on four hits in his first-ever postseason start where he went more than 6 innings (finished with seven).
The lefty struck out nine and walked just one batter.
Reds ace Hunter Greene received the loss after going just three innings after giving up five runs on six hits.
Spencer Steer and Matt McLain led the Reds with two hits each, while five Dodgers players had at least two hits, with Hernandez leading the way with three.