The leaves are crisping, the shadows lengthen, and October baseball blooms in full. Today’s slate offers four matchups, each a portal to tension, memory, and myth. Here be your game thread.

🐻 Cubs at 🧀 Brewers — NLDS Game 1, 1:08 PM CDT

It’s a Midwestern clash.

Probable Pitchers: Matthew Boyd, LHP #16 — 14–8, 3.21 ERA, 154 K Freddy Peralta, RHP #51 — 17–6, 2.70 ERA, 204 K

Yankees at Blue Jays — ALDS Game 1, 3:08 PM CDT

Toronto hosts the Bronx Bombers.

Probable Pitchers: Luis Gil, RHP #81 — 4–1, 3.32 ERA, 41 K Kevin Gausman, RHP #34 — 10–11, 3.59 ERA, 189 K

Dodgers at Phillies — NLDS Game 1, 5:38 PM CDT

Shohei Ohtanis lead the Dodgers into Citizens Bank Park, where Bryce Harper and the Phillies await.

Probable Pitchers: Shohei Ohtani, RHP #17 — 1–1, 2.87 ERA, 62 K Cristopher Sánc

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