UNDATED (AP) – Baseball’s postseason begins Friday with a pair
of one-game playoffs among the wild card teams.
In the National League, St. Louis travels to Atlanta to play the Braves and their hot starter Kris Medlen while in the American League, Baltimore
travels to Texas to play the two-time AL champion Rangers.
UNDATED (AP) – The other baseball pairings are set, some decided
on the 162nd game of the regular season.
The AL East champion New York Yankees will open on the road Sunday against the wild card winner, either Baltimore or Texas.
Detroit will play Oakland in the other AL playoff series, starting Saturday.
On Saturday night, Johnny Cueto (KWAY’-toh) will
start for visiting Cincinnati against Matt Cain and San Francisco
in Game 1 of the NL division series.
On Sunday, the Washington Nationals with the best record in baseball at 98-54 send out 21-game winner Gio (JEE’-oh) Gonzalez against the winner of the
Atlanta-St. Louis one-game playoff.
