The road to the World Series begins now.
The Chicago Cubs won Game 1 of their series over the visiting San Diego Padres, 3-1, thanks to solo homers by Nico Hoerner and Seiya Suzuki.
Rounding out the day, the defending World Series champions, Los Angeles Dodgers, were the only team with hot bats. They beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-5 behind two-home-run days from both Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernandez.
Here were the top moments from Game 1 of all four MLB wild-card round series.
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Los Angeles Dodgers 10, Cincinnati Reds 5 (Dodgers lead series 1-0)
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Boston Red Sox 3, New York Yankees 1 (Red Sox lead series 1-0)
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Chicago Cubs 3, San Diego Padres 1 (Cubs lead series 1-0)
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Detroit Tigers 2, Cleveland Guardians 1 (DET Leads Series 1-0)
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