Yankees, Amazin' A's clinch divisions as playoff schedule is set

October 3, 2012 - 11:30 PM

It was a pair of routs -- the Yankees' 14-2 win over Boston and Oakland's 12-5 shredding of Texas -- the cemented the final playoff spots Wednesday in game 162 of the regular season.

The list of series openers is below and the entire postseason schedule is at this link:

American League

Friday's wild-card game
Baltimore at Texas, 8:30 (TBS)

Saturday's division series opener
Oakland at Detroit, 6 pm.

Sunday's division series opener
New York at Balt/Tex winner, TBA

National League

Friday's wild-card game
St. Louis at Atlanta, 5 p.m. (TBS)

Saturday's division series opener
Cincinnati at San Francisco, 9:30

Sunday's division series opener
Washington at St. Louis/Atlanta winner, TBA

Be sure to join me Thursday for some prediction polls and a live chat here at Buffalonews.com at 2 p.m.

---Mike Harrington
Twitter: @BNHarrington

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Mike Harrington

Mike Harrington, a Canisius College graduate who began his career as a News reporter in 1987, has covered the Buffalo Bisons since 1992 and Major League Baseball since 1995. A member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, Harrington has reported on 15 World Series -- including every pitch of the Fall Classic this century -- and all three of the Bisons' championship runs in their modern era. He is a connoisseur of the famous Stadium Mustard at Cleveland's Progressive Field.

@BNHarrington | mharrington@buffnews.com

Amy Moritz

Amy Moritz, a native of Lockport, has covered the Bisons for The Buffalo News since 2002. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism/mass communication from St. Bonaventure University and a master’s degree in humanities from the University at Buffalo. An endurance athlete, she has completed several triathlons, half marathons and marathons.

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