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 A World Series Game 7, if necessary, is scheduled for Nov. 4.
The 111th World Series will open on Oct. 27 in an American League
ballpark, thanks to the AL's 6-3 victory in last month's All-Star
Game.
Following the scheduled regular-season finales on Sunday, Oct. 4,
potentially necessary regular-season tiebreaker games would be the
next day.
The postseason will begin Tuesday, Oct. 6, with the AL wild-card
game. The National League wild-card game is the next day.
Both AL Division Series will begin on Oct. 8. The first full slate
of Division Series games, featuring two NL Division Series openers
and a pair of ALDS Game 2s, will be held on Oct. 9.
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Despite a 12-2 record for the Toronto Blue Jays, starter Drew
Hutchison was demoted to Triple-A Buffalo.
The right-hander was sent down one day after pitching 6 2/3 innings
in a 3-1 win over the New York Yankees.
Hutchison, the Blue Jays' Opening Day starter, has the best winning
percentage (.857) in the league -- thanks to the best run support in
the majors (6.71 per game). But he has a 5.06 ERA, and opponents are
hitting .287.
Toronto called up infielder Matt Hague from Buffalo to replace
reliever Aaron Loup, who was sent down Sunday.
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New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia had to be restrained from
getting into a street brawl on Friday outside a nightclub, based on
a video obtained by TMZ.
"Bad decision on my part," Sabathia said. "I probably should have
just kept quiet and got in the cab. I'm glad I got in the cab before
everything went down. But I didn't know anything that was happening.
I didn't know that a big fight and everything happened after."
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Freddie Freeman is scheduled to come off the disabled list when
eligible Wednesday in San Diego, and this time the Atlanta Braves
first baseman will have had an ample number of minor league rehab
games.
That wasn't the case at the end of his first DL stint and he played
in just 10 games before hurting himself again, although it was a
different injury.
This time Freeman, who joined Triple-A Gwinnett on Sunday, will have
played in at least four minor league games before he returns from
his right oblique strain.
(Editing by Andrew Both)
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