MLB Wild Card Series: Takeaways from a wild Day 1

MLB's first-ever wild-card series weekend is here.

As the playoff field expands to 12 teams for the 2022 postseason, four best-of-three series starting today will determine which teams will advance to the American League Division Series (against either the Houston Astros or the New York Yankees) and National League Division Series (against either the Atlanta Braves or Los Angeles Dodgers).

The Friday festivities began with the Cleveland Guardians taking a close victory from the Tampa Bay Rays at home, followed by the Philadelphia Phillies engineering an incredible late-game comeback against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Seattle Mariners followed up by shutting out the Toronto Blue Jays, and…