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On the other side, Padres starter Yu Darvish was crisp and effective. 'Baseball can take you to the highest of highs and the lowest of lows,' Scherzer told reporters after the game. Those home runs came courtesy of Josh Bell, Trent Grisham, Jurickson Profar, and Manny Machado.

Scherzer's final line saw him surrender seven runs on seven hits (four of them home runs) across 4 2/3 innings. Mets right-hander Max Scherzer had one of the worst starts of his career against San Diego. Padres light up Scherzer to take Game 1 from Mets The Blue Jays will have to open up Game 2 in better shape if they want to stave off elimination. It gave the Guardians a 2-1 lead and that's where the score would remain, thanks to Bieber and All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase.Ĭal loves the big moments! #WildCard /P1fKrX9Coc- MLB October 7, 2022Ĭastillo made it hold up the rest of the way, delivering seven shutout innings in his second career postseason start. In the bottom, Ramírez came through with a two-run homer to right-center field. The lone run he allowed was a solo home run to Jose Siri and that briefly gave the Rays the 1-0 lead. He struck out eight and allowed only three hits and one walk. They were the stars of Game 1.īieber, making his second career playoff start, allowed just one run in 7 2/3 innings of work. The Guardians are obviously much more than two players, but heading into the series, their two biggest stars would be four-time All-Star José Ramírez and 2020 Cy Young winner Shane Bieber. Guardians stars put them one win away from ALDS

#Wild card games today series

FINAL: Padres 7, Mets 1 ( box score) ( San Diego leads series 1-0)Īnd here's what to know from every game on Friday.FINAL: Mariners 4, Blue Jays 0 ( box score) ( Seattle leads series 1-0).FINAL: Phillies 6, Cardinals 3 ( box score) ( Philadelphia leads series 1-0).FINAL: Guardians 2, Rays 1 ( box score) ( Cleveland leads series 1-0).Here is Friday's scoreboard: Wild Card Series scores All that remains on Friday's schedule is Padres-Mets.Īs a reminder, the Wild Card Series replaces the one-and-done Wild Card Game and is a mad dash best-of-three with no off-days and all three games at the higher seed's ballpark. In the American League, the Mariners and Guardians got wins over the Blue Jays and Rays, respectively. The Phillies shocked the Cardinals with a six-run ninth inning to take Game 1 of their Wild Card Series matchup.

MLB has a 12-team postseason format this year, the largest field in the sport's history (excluding the 2020 pandemic season). The postseason began Friday with the brand new Wild Card Series.