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The Dodgers are four wins away from back-to-back titles, with the upstart Blue Jays standing in their way. Here's everything that you need to know about watching the World Series.

The Guardians spent most of September chasing down the Tigers and beat them on the final day of the regular season for the biggest comeback in the standings in MLB history. Fate conspired to pit the two teams against each other in the wild-card series, which naturally went to a winner-take-all Game 3.

In his former life, Brewers manager Pat Murphy was a young boxer who was no stranger to a good fight. And in any high-stakes bout, you can expect two rivals such as the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs — separated by just 90 miles — to take big swings.

2. Seattle Mariners – The Mariners clinched the AL West crown for the first time since 2001, and will have a first-round bye and home-field advantage for the ALDS. 3. Cleveland Guardians – The Guardians' improbable season comeback garners them the AL Central title and will host the team they leaped over, the Tigers, in a wild-card series.

The 2025 MLB playoffs continue on Thursday, as the wild card round concludes with three Game 3s forced courtesy of wins from the Cleveland Guardians, San Diego Padres and New York Yankees on Wednesday.

All the way over on the west coast, the Mariners picked up a much-needed 3-2 win against the Tigers, with Jorge Polanco and Julio Rodríguez each playing hero. Polanco hit two solo home runs off of Detroit ace Tarik Skubal, then Rodríguez delivered the go-ahead double in the bottom of the eighth inning.