2006 Playoff Baseball Schedules

May 23, 2008

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October means post-season MLB action and we have the 2006 playoff baseball schedules to get you ready.

What do five straight defeats get you? For the Detroit Tigers, it gets you the Wild Card berth in the American League, and a date with the New York Yankees in the first round of the playoffs. Detroit capped off their skid by losing 10-8 to the lowly Kansas City Royals in extra innings on Sunday, which gave the Minnesota Twins the AL Central title.?

Detroit will now travel to the Bronx for Game 1 of their American League Division Series on Tuesday, with Nate Robertson set to take on the Yankees’ Chien-Ming Wang. Justin Verlander, Kenny Rogers, and Jeremy Bonderman are set to follow Robertson in the rotation. Mike Mussina will pitch Game 2 for New York, with Randy Johnson going in Game 3 (despite a stiff back) and Jaret Wright slated for Game 4. Here’s the full schedule:

Game 1 - Tuesday, October 3 - Detroit at New York
Game 2 - Wednesday, October 4 - Detroit at New York
Game 3 - Friday, October 6 - New York at Detroit
Game 4 - Saturday, October 7 - New York at Detroit
Game 5 - Sunday, October 8 - Detroit at New York

Meanwhile, the AL Central Champion Minnesota Twins will get home-field advantage in their ALDS against the Oakland Athletics. Game 1 will feature a matchup of two former Cy Young winners in the Twins’ Johan Santana and the Athletics’ Barry Zito. Santana will be followed by Boof Bonser, Brad Radke, and Carlos Silva, while Esteban Loaiza, Dan Haren, and Rich Harden will continue the set for Oakland. The full series schedule:

Game 1 - Tuesday, October 3 - Oakland at Minnesota
Game 2 - Wednesday, October 4 - Oakland at Minnesota
Game 3 - Friday, October 6 - Minnesota at Oakland
Game 4 - Saturday, October 7 - Minnesota at Oakland
Game 5 - Sunday, October 8 - Oakland at Minnesota

Over in the National League the New York Mets finished with the top mark, but they’ll be missing stud pitcher Pedro Martinez in the postseason. Martinez is out for the year with a torn rotator cuff, which leaves a big gap in their rotation for their set against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Orlando Hernandez will pitch Game 1 for New York, with Tom Glavine in Game 2, and likely Steve Trachsel in Game 3. The Dodgers will have Derek Lowe on the mound in Game 1, with Greg Maddux, Brad Penny, and Hong-Chih Kuo (probably in that order) following him up. The entire Mets/Dodgers series looks like this:

Game 1 - Wednesday, October 4 - Los Angeles at New York
Game 2 - Thursday, October 5 - Los Angeles at New York
Game 3 - Saturday, October 7 - New York at Los Angeles
Game 4 - Sunday, October 8 - New York at Los Angeles
Game 5 - Monday, October 9 - Los Angeles at New York

The St. Louis Cardinals held on to win the NL Central division, but their near-collapse left them with the worst record amongst playoff teams. Cards ace Chris Carpenter will take the mound for St. Louis in Game 1, but because of the tight September races neither club has announced their full rotation for the NLDS. Here is the series schedule:

Game 1 - Tuesday, October 3 - St. Louis at San Diego
Game 2 - Thursday, October 5 - St. Louis at San Diego
Game 3 - Saturday, October 7 - San Diego at St. Louis
Game 4 - Sunday, October 8 - San Diego at St. Louis
Game 5 - Monday, October 9 - St. Louis at San Diego

The American League Championship Series will begin on Tuesday, October 10, while the National League Championship Series is set to get underway on Wednesday, October 11. Game 1 of the World Series is scheduled for Saturday, October 21 in the home stadium of the AL club, with the ’06 postseason ending no later than October 29.

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