The Royals will open the playoffs at home on Thursday Oct. 8th (file photo)
The Kansas City Royals finished the regular season with a five-game win streak to capture the best record in the American League and secure home field advantage as long as they keep winning.
At 95-67, the Royals will face the winner of the Houston-New York Yankees one game Wild Card.
The Astros lost 5-3 to Arizona and will now travel to play the Yankees on Tuesday, October 6th.
The Cubs play at Pittsburgh on Wednesday, October 7th.
The winner of Houston-New York travels to Kansas City to start their best-of-five divisional series on Thursday, October 8th.
The Cardinals will host game one of the NLDS on Friday 10/9 (file photo)
The winner of Chicago-Pittsburgh travels to St. Louis to start their series on Friday, October 9th.
In the other American League matchup, division winners Texas plays at Toronto on Friday. In the other National League matchup, the Mets play the Dodgers in Los Angeles, also on Friday.
Tuesday, October 6
7:00 PM ALWC Astros @ Yankees
Wednesday, October 7
7:00 PM NLWC Cubs @ Pirates
Thursday, October 8
TBD ALDS Gm 1 Rangers @ Blue Jays
TBD ALDS Gm 1 AL Wild Card @ Royals
Friday, October 9
TBD NLDS Gm 1 Mets @ Dodgers
TBD NLDS Gm 1 NL Wild Card @ Cardinals
TBD ALDS Gm 2 Rangers @ Blue Jays
TBD ALDS Gm 2 AL Wild Card @ Royals
Saturday, October 10
TBD NLDS Gm 2 Mets @ Dodgers
TBD NLDS Gm 2 NL Wild Card @ Cardinals
Sunday, October 11
TBD ALDS Gm 3 Blue Jays @ Rangers
TBD ALDS Gm 3 Royals @ AL Wild Card
Monday, October 12
TBD NLDS Gm 3 Dodgers @ Mets
TBD NLDS Gm 3 Cardinals @ NL Wild Card
TBD ALDS Gm 4* Blue Jays @ Rangers
TBD ALDS Gm 4* Royals @ AL Wild Card
* if necessary
Tuesday, October 13
TBD NLDS Gm 4* Dodgers @ Mets
TBD NLDS Gm 4* Cardinals @ NL Wild Card
* if necessary
Wednesday, October 14
TBD ALDS Gm 5* Rangers @ Blue Jays
TBD ALDS Gm 5* AL Wild Card @ Royals
* if necessary
Thursday, October 15
TBD NLDS Gm 5* Mets @ Dodgers
TBD NLDS Gm 5* NL Wild Card @ Cardinals
* if necessary
Friday, October 16
TBD ALCS Gm 1 AL Lower Seed @ AL Higher Seed
Saturday, October 17
TBD NLCS Gm 1 NL Lower Seed @ NL Higher Seed
TBD ALCS Gm 2 AL Lower Seed @ AL Higher Seed
Sunday, October 18
TBD NLCS Gm 2 NL Lower Seed @ NL Higher Seed
Monday, October 19
TBD ALCS Gm 3 AL Higher Seed @ AL Lower Seed
Tuesday, October 20
TBD NLCS Gm 3 NL Higher Seed @ NL Lower Seed
TBD ALCS Gm 4 AL Higher Seed @ AL Lower Seed
Wednesday, October 21
TBD NLCS Gm 4 NL Higher Seed @ NL Lower Seed
TBD ALCS Gm 5* AL Higher Seed @ AL Lower Seed
* if necessary
Thursday, October 22
TBD NLCS Gm 5* NL Higher Seed @ NL Lower Seed
* if necessary
Friday, October 23
TBD ALCS Gm 6* AL Lower Seed @ AL Higher Seed
* if necessary
Saturday, October 24
TBD NLCS Gm 6* NL Lower Seed @ NL Higher Seed
TBD ALCS Gm 7* AL Lower Seed @ AL Higher Seed
* if necessary
Sunday, October 25
TBD NLCS Gm 7* NL Lower Seed @ NL Higher Seed
* if necessary
Tuesday, October 27
TBD WS Gm 1 NL Champion @ AL Champion
Wednesday, October 28
TBD WS Gm 2 NL Champion @ AL Champion
Friday, October 30
TBD WS Gm 3 AL Champion @ NL Champion
Saturday, October 31
TBD WS Gm 4 AL Champion @ NL Champion
Sunday, November 1
TBD WS Gm 5* AL Champion @ NL Champion
* if necessary
Tuesday, November 3
TBD WS Gm 6* NL Champion @ AL Champion
* if necessary
Wednesday, November 4
TBD WS Gm 7* NL Champion @ AL Champion
* if necessary