Lead Story - 5/16/2026

MLB: Throwback 2007 Playoffs

PLAYOFFS START:
Wild Cards - Sunday morning, May 17th at 7am, 9am, 11am (PT)
Round 2 - Monday morning, May 18th with games simmed at 7am, 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm (all PT)
LCS - Tuesday morning, May 19th with games at 7am, 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm (if needed), 7pm (if needed), 9pm (if needed) all (PT)

Note: The division winner takes precedence with regard to seeding.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Seeding
#1 Seattle Mariners (100)
#2 Chicago White Sox (98)
#3 Toronto Blue Jays (83)
#4 Houston Astros (97)
#5 Oakland Athletics (92)
#6 Detroit Tigers (82)

Wild Card (3 games, 1-1-1)
(6 at 3) Tigers at Blue Jays - Tigers advance
(5 at 4) Athletics at Astros - Astros advance

Round 2 (5 games)
(1 vs 4/5) Astros at Mariners- Astros advance
(2 vs 3/6) Tigers at White Sox - White Sox advance

ALCS (7 games}
Astros at White Sox

NATIONAL LEAGUE Seeding
#1 Florida Marlins (115)
#2 St. Louis Cardinals (93)
#3 Colorado Rockies (92)*
#4 Atlanta Braves (99)
#5 Los Angeles Dodgers (92)
#6 Milwaukee Brewers (88)
* Won tie breaker over Dodgers

Wild Card - (3 games, 1-1-1)
(6 at 3) Brewers at Rockies - Rockies advance
(5 at 4) Dodgers at Braves - Braves advance

Round 2 (5 games)
(1 vs 4/5) Braves at Marlins - Marlins advance
(2 vs 3/6) Rockies at Cardinals - Rockies advance

NLCS (7 games)
Rockies at Marlins

World Series (7 games)

League Chat Box

Carroll sparks 19-7 win for Rockies

Jamey Carroll's hot bat helped the Rockies to a 19-7 win over the Marlins. Carroll collected 4 hits in the game. Edgar Renteria of the Marlins had 4 hits in the game. | Box

Red-hot Berkman can't overcome White Sox onslaught

A 4-RBI game from Lance Berkman couldn't lift the Astros to victory. Chicago prevailed by a score of 11-10. Chicago's Joe Crede had 4 RBIs. Roberto Alomar of the Astros had 4 hits in the game. | Box

Beltran blasts off, leads Marlins to win

Carlos Beltran blasted 2 homers, lifting the Marlins to a 10-3 win over Colorado. | Box

Marlins fail to follow Cabrera's lead in loss

A big game from Miguel Cabrera couldn't lift the Marlins to victory. Colorado prevailed by a score of 6-5, despite 3 hits and 3 RBIs by Cabrera. | Box

Bere whiffs 10 in 3-1 win

Jason Bere struckout 10 Houston batters in a 3-1 win for the White Sox. | Box