Four MLB playoff elimination games on deck

The GIST: The MLB postseason is truly raising the roof, with a quadruple-header of Divisional Series elimination games on deck today. That’s right, these best-of-five showdowns could be wrapped before our next newsletter. No time to waste…

💙🍑 LA Dodger Yoshinobu Yamamoto strikes out 10 Atlanta Braves in 3–1 win: Yesterday’s Game 3 delivered on its pitchers’ duel promise, with Yamamoto and Atlanta’s Chris Sale combining for 17 Ks…until Dodgers Kiké “friend of The GIST” Hernández and Freddie Freeman belted homers in the fourth.

• LA could earn their fifth Championship Series (CS) appearance in seven seasons today at 6 p.m. ET, while Atlanta turns to Wild Card hero Tyler Mahle to force a series-deciding Game 5.

🤎🍻 San Diego Padres embrace home crowd in 4–3 win over Milwaukee Brewers: A fifth-inning homer from second baseman Jake Cronenworth and two clutch innings from hurler Michael King (who had just pitched five frames in Sunday’s Game 2) kept the Dads’ playoff push alive, setting up Game 4 tonight at 10 p.m. ET.

• The Padres might even have a new dad back in the mix with All-Star closer Mason Miller eligible to return after missing last night's tilt.

🧦🛡️ Chicago White Sox host first playoff game since 2021 with chance to sweep: You could call this turnaround a miracle. After losing 100 games or more in each of their last three seasons, Chicago can clinch their first ALCS appearance since 2005 today at 4 p.m. ET. The Cleveland Guardians are a strong road team though, an edge they’ll need to embrace to stave off elimination.

🌴🍎 Tampa Bay Rays (up 2-0) capitalize on NY Yankees’ errors: The Rays’ relentless brand of baseball has them one win away from sweeping their divisional foes and reaching their first ALCS since 2020. NY pitcher Max Fried has quite the night ahead: Try to save the Yankees’ season at 8 p.m. ET, all with a baby on the way. No pressure.