Here we go everyone! A full day of playoff baseball awaits with three winner-take-all contests to determine who will advance to the next round, and who will see their postseason hopes crushed and begin the long offseason on a sour note.

The Philadelphia Phillies take the field at rowdy Citizens Bank Park, as they welcome the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers for Game 1 of the National League Division Series.

The NLDS starts on Saturday, Oct. 4 and is a best-of-five game series, all of which will air on TBS. Here's a look at the NLDS series schedule:Don't miss out! Get weekly deals, trends and product recommendations from USA TODAY Shopping delivered straight to your inbox.

They have lost four of their last five postseason games at home — a painful reality. It's the opponents who supply the dramatic homers now.

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Yu Darvish made an early exit against his former team, and San Diego’s big bats were a bust. It all added up to the Padres getting knocked out of the playoffs yet again, this time courtesy of the Chicago Cubs.

The Mariners and Tigers remain after nine and will be the first game in the 2025 postseason to extra innings. Major League Baseball's extra innings format is different in the playoffs from the regular season, getting rid of the "ghost runner" starting on second base once a game goes beyond nine innings.

The calendar year was different, but Game 1 of the NLDS felt the same as last year. The Phillies offense went cold at the most inopportune time, unable to capitalize on an early three-run lead the same lineup created.