MLB division series Day 1 - Previews, live results, takeaways

We're down to eight teams in the 2022 postseason after four were eliminated this past weekend in MLB's first-ever wild-card series weekend. Now it's on to the league division series: four series, best-of-five, first team to win three advances.

The Philadelphia Phillies will battle the defending champion Atlanta Braves in the first game of the division series round, followed by two AL West rivals, the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners, facing off. The New York Yankees and Cleveland Guardians will duke it out in the second ALDS, and, finally, an intradivision showdown between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres in the second NLDS caps off a jam-packed Tuesday.

How will the four survivors fare against the top squads?

Follow the action below all day long with start times, pitching matchups and starting lineups as they're announced, followed by in-game updates and takeaways after each game is concluded.

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Series tied 0-0

Philadelphia is living the baseball adage that «two-out hits will get you to heaven.» Atlanta's first score came via the long ball.

Starting off hot!!! pic.twitter.com/KFy77HFp8H

Alec Bohm makes it 2-0 in the first!