Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The 2021 Major League Baseball season began on April 1, while the regular season ended on October 3. [1] The postseason began on October 5. The World Series then began on October 26 and ended on November 2 with the Atlanta Braves defeating the Houston Astros in six games to win their second title since moving to Atlanta.
The 2021 National League Division Series were two best-of-five-games series in Major League Baseball (MLB) to determine the participating teams of the 2021 National League Championship Series. The three divisional winners, seeded first through third, and a fourth team — determined by the NL Wild Card Game — played in two series. These ...
One-game playoffs were used in Major League Baseball (MLB) through the 2021 season. When two or more MLB teams were tied for a division championship or the wild card playoff berth (1995–2011, or starting in 2012, the second only) at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the winner.
Major League Baseball announced the 2021 regular season schedule on July 9, 2020. [68] The Red Sox' schedule, as originally released, spanned April 1 to October 3. [69] [70] The All-Star Game was scheduled for July 13. [71] For interleague play, the Red Sox were scheduled to face National League East teams. [68]
The Nets faced the Boston Celtics in the first round of the 2021 NBA playoffs, defeating them in five games. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The Nets then faced the eventual champion Milwaukee Bucks in the conference semifinals and lost the series in seven games despite taking a 2–0 and later a 3–2 lead.
The 2021 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2020–21 season.With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting the NBA for the second consecutive year, the regular season was reduced to 72 games for each team and the start date of the playoffs was moved from its usual time in mid-April to May 22, 2021.
The 2021 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2021 season. The 117th World Series was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Atlanta Braves and the American League (AL) champion Houston Astros. The series began on October 26 and concluded on November 2.
Lance McCullers Jr. pitched his first game of the 2021 season without a walk, going 6 2 ⁄ 3 innings with four hits and zero runs (becoming the first Astro with six scoreless innings and no walks since Brandon Backe in 2005). Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-3 while driving in two runs, which included a home run. [31] [32] [33]