MLB wild-card series set for 3 elimination games Thursday

Major League Baseball will feature three elimination games Thursday in what's setting up to be a fantastic day for the sport.

The Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians kick off the day at 3:08 p.m. ET. The San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs follow at 5:08 p.m. before the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees wrap things up at 8:08 p.m.

MLB adjusted the game times after the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday. The defending World Series champs will now travel to Philadelphia to face the Phillies in the National League Division Series. Both the NLDS and ALDS open Saturday.