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In Major League Baseball, the American League Division Series (ALDS) determines which two teams from the American League will advance to the American League Championship Series. The Division Series consists of two best-of-five series, featuring the three division winners and the winner of the wild-card play-off.
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The NLCS and ALCS, since the expansion to seven games, are always played in a 2–3–2 format: games 1, 2, 6, and 7 are played in the stadium of the team that has home field advantage, and games 3, 4, and 5 are played in the stadium of the team that does not.
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The Stanley Cup playoffs consists of four rounds of best-of-seven series. Each series is played in a 2–2–1–1–1 format, meaning the team with home-ice advantage hosts games one, two, five, and seven, while their opponent hosts games three, four, and six. Games five, six, and seven are only played if needed.
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3) Games will last 7 innings or 1 hour, whichever comes first. (a) No new inning will start after 50 minutes from the official start time has elapsed. (b) The home team will not kick in the bottom of the last inning if they are already ahead in score.
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Two years ago the Astros beat the Yankees in the ALCS in seven games. The home team won all seven games that series. These two teams have seen each other plenty in recent years, though the 2017 ALCS won't have any impact on the 2019 ALCS. Different players, different coaches, different year.
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Gameplay. Each half-inning formally starts when the umpire calls "Play" or "Play ball". A full inning consists of six outs, three for each team; and, in Major League Baseball and most other adult leagues, a regulation game consists of nine innings.
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Major League Baseball schedule. The Major League Baseball (MLB) season schedule generally consists of 162 games for each of the 30 teams in the American League (AL) and National League (NL), played over approximately six months—a total of 2,430 games, plus the postseason.
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The series was played in a 2–3–2 format, with the Astros hosting Games 1, 2, 6, and 7; and the Nationals hosting Games 3, 4, and 5. The visiting team won all seven games for the first time in any of the major North American sports leagues, surpassing the previous high of five.
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Format. The NLDS is a five-game series where the wild-card team is assigned to play the divisional winner with the best winning percentage in the regular season. The two remaining divisional winners meet in the other series with the team with the second best winning percentage, hosting that series.
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The Cubs have 44 games left on their schedule in 2019. Of the 44, 26 of the games remaining are against the division, 23 are against teams with playoff hopes, only two are inter-league games, 23 of them are on the road, and 21 of them are at the Friendly Confines.
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Each team will play 10 games apiece against its division-mates for a total of 40 games. The remaining 20 games will come against the other division, though it's unclear if it will be an even breakdown of four games against each interleague opponent.
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The Qualifying Round will be composed of best-of-five series. All other rounds (First Round, Second Round, Conference Finals, Stanley Cup Final) will be best-of-seven series.
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There are 4 rounds to the playoffs: The Wild Card Round, which consists of a single elimination play-in game. The Divisional Round, which has the winner of the Wild Card Game playing the number 1 seed, and the 2 and 3 seeds facing off. This is a best-of-5 series.
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The Houston Astros and New York Yankees split the first two games of the American League Championship Series in Houston and now the series shifts to the Bronx for Games 3 through 5. This best-of-seven series was highly anticipated and it's living up to the hype so far.
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An MLB season for one team consists of 162 games. The postseason can consist of anywhere from 12-22 depending on how quickly a team wins their games. The league currently has 30 teams, with 10 making the playoffs.
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All first-round games will be part of best-of-three series. The games will also all be played at the home of the higher seeded-team, eliminating the need for a travel day. The "Wild Card Series" will all take place between Sept. 29 and Oct. 2.
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Every team now plays 19 games against each of 4 opponents within its division (76 games), as well as 6 games each against 4 opponents and 7 games against each of the other 6 opponents from other divisions within its own league (66 games). When corresponding divisions (i.e. NL East vs.