Phillies playoffs: Schedule, tickets, opponent, and everything else you need to know

Phillies are on their way back to the MLB playoffs, securing the top wild card spot last week and capping off their 90-win season with a 9-1 rout of the New York Mets.

The Phillies first wild card game will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 3 at 8:08 p.m. against the Miami Marlins at Citizens Bank Park, and the best-of-three series will continue on Oct. 4 and Oct. 5, if necessary. The games will air on ESPN

Here’s everything we know about the Phillies’ playoff schedule, opponent, and how to get tickets to the wild card games at Citizens Bank Park.

This will be updated as more information becomes available.

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The wild card round of the MLB playoffs is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, Oct. 3. The full scheduled has not yet been announced.

For the second year, the MLB playoffs will feature 12 teams (six from each league), up from 10 teams in 2021. That includes three division winners and three wild card teams per league.

Here are the National League’s six playoff teams:

Here are the six playoff teams in the American League:

Following the wild card round, Fox will broadcast the final two rounds of the American League playoffs, while the National League games will air on TBS. The World Series will once again air on Fox.

Here’s how the MLB playoff schedule breaks down this season:

On 94.1 WIP, Phillies announcers Scott Franzke and Larry Andersen will continue to handle play-calling duties. Likely joining them in the booth will be Tom McCarthy, the team’s TV voice on NBC Sports Philadelphia, who helped call the fifth and sixth innings during last year’s playoff run.

The Phillies wild card games will also air in Spanish on TV on ESPN Deportes and over radio on La Unika 1680 AM.

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The Phillies will face the Miami Marlins in the wild card round, which will begin Tuesday night.

The Phillies went 6-7 against the Marlins this season, but Miami won the most recent series they played in Philadelphia in the beginning of September. The Phillies still managed to outscore the Marlins 64-55 during the season.

The Marlins will be without ace pitcher Sandy Alcantara, who is out for the rest of the year with an injured elbow. They’ll also be without rookie right-hander Eury Pérez, who will miss the playoffs with left SI joint inflammation.

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Here is the complete best-of-three wild card series schedule for the 2023 MLB playoffs, though some times could change depending how they play out. All times are Eastern:

Tuesday, Oct. 3

Wednesday, Oct. 4

Thursday, Oct. 5

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If you were hoping to purchase tickets to the Phillies wild card series at Citizens Bank Park, you’re out of luck.

The Phillies announced Wednesday morning the wild card series is sold out due to “season ticket holder commitments,” along with seats sold to group leaders and singe-game ticket buyers during the season.

Tickets are available on StubHub, Seat Geek, and Vivid Seats, with the cheapest seats going for about $160 each as of Wednesday morning.

Phillies fans can register on the team’s website for the chance to purchase tickets if they advance to the National League division series and beyond. If you want a shot at grabbing National League Division Series tickets, you’ll need to register by Sunday, Oct. 1 at 11:59 p.m.

The team will notify you if you’ve been randomly selected for the opportunity to purchase playoff tickets.

There will be no “ghost runners” during this year’s playoffs.

During the regular season, MLB brought back the designated runner, rule, which puts a player on second base to begin each half inning if a game is tied after nine innings. The rule was an attempt to preserve pitching staffs and avoid extra-long regular season games.

But during the playoffs, that rule is out the window. So if any postseason games enter extra innings, you won’t see anyone on second base.

MLB decided to keep its pitch clock rules in place for the postseason, so fans will experience much shorter playoff games. The clock has shortened the average game time by nearly 25 minutes this season, and last year the average playoff game lasted three hours and 32 minutes.

The pitch clock will remain at 15 seconds with no runners on base, and 20 seconds with runners. MLB announced it will have neutral clock operators during the playoffs to prevent any shenanigans.