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The 2022 National League Wild Card Series were two best-of-three playoff series in Major League Baseball (MLB) to determine the participating teams of the 2022 National League Division Series. Both Wild Card Series began on October 7, with Game 2s scheduled for October 8 and Game 3s, if necessary, scheduled for October 9.
Through the 2022 postseason, every National League team has qualified as a wild card at least once, with the Philadelphia Phillies and San Diego Padres the last teams to do so. (However, the Padres did win the postseason wild card round in 2020, under MLB's modified playoff format that year, though not having the best record in the NL West ...
The final two teams are the winners of the National League Wild Card Series, played between the league's third to sixth-seeded teams. The Los Angeles Dodgers (111–51) became the first team to clinch a playoff berth on September 13, their tenth straight postseason appearance, which is the third longest streak in MLB history. [ 1 ]
This category lists the seasons of baseball teams in the National League that won a Wild Card spot in the postseason. 1995–2011: one Wild Card winner per season; 2012–2021: two Wild Card winners per season; 2022–present: three Wild Card winners per season
With the calendar tilting toward October and the number of Major League Baseball games remaining diminishes, the 2022 playoff picture becomes a little clearer.. Yet with three wild card slots in ...
The top two division winners of the American and National leagues receive first-round byes into the Division Series, and the worst-division winner is the third seed in their respective league. The three Wild Card teams are the fourth, fifth, and sixth seeds.
In both 2022 and 2023, the No. 3 wild card from the National League – the last team in the field, in essence – has ridden a hot streak all the way to the World Series.
The other two wild card teams in each league — No. 4 and No. 5 seed — also face one another in a wild card series. The winner of each American League and National League wild card series ...