Best-of-five MLB Division Series deliver down-to-the-wire thrillers

The GIST: Rally pumpkins at the ready — the best-of-five National League (NL) Division Series Game 2s are in the books, with the American League (AL) Game 2s on deck tonight. Nothing like October baseball.

NL No. 2 Philadelphia Phillies walk off the No. 6 NY Mets to even the series: Call an ambulance, but not for them — after the Mets used a five-run, eighth-inning outburst to win 6–2 on Saturday, the Phillies came out on top 7–6 in yesterday’s back-and-forth battle, lifted by a walk-off single from Nick Castellanos. No telling what could happen in tomorrow’s 5:08 p.m. ET Game 3.

NL No. 4 San Diego Padres blast franchise-record six home runs to tie series vs. No. 1 LA Dodgers: After Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani and Co. won Game 1 7–5, the Dads showed their strength last night, overcoming an unruly LA crowd to win Game 2 10–2. The bats are alive, and the blood is boiling — Game 3 goes down tomorrow at 9:08 p.m. ET.

AL No. 6 Detroit Tigers swinging to level series against No. 2 Cleveland Guardians: Fresh off a first-round bye, the Guards looked plenty rested in their explosive 7–0 Game 1 blanking of the Tigers on Saturday. Detroit will counter with ace and Cy Young favorite Tarik Skubal and his AL regular-season best 2.39 ERA today at 4:08 p.m. ET.

AL No. 5 Kansas City Royals and No. 1 NY Yankees meet again after tight Game 1: Aided by a controversial review call and some timely hitting, the Yanks claimed Game 1 6–5 on Saturday. Now it’ll be up to top KC hurler Cole Ragans to silence the Bronx Bombers’ bats in hopes of evening the series tonight at 7:38 p.m. ET. Easier said than done.