Day 2 takeaways: Tigers, Royals and Padres sweep; Mets-Brewers headed to Game 3

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After a day of MLB postseason openers dominated by the visitors — with three of the four away teams winning — the home teams will try to get even on Wednesday.

The must-win action in the best-of-three wild-card round starts with the Houston Astros trying to stay alive against the visiting Detroit Tigers at 2:30 p.m. ET on ABC.

We’ve got you covered with lineups, live updates and analysis as the games are played, followed by our takeaways after each final pitch.

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Today’s matchups

* All times Eastern

Tigers lead series 1-0

Pitching matchup: Tyler Holton (7-2, 2.19 ERA) vs. Hunter Brown (11-9, 3.49 ERA)

Starting lineups:

Tigers

Parker Meadows (L) CF
Kerry Carpenter (L) DH
Matt Vierling (R) RF
Riley Greene (L) LF
Colt Keith (L) 2B
Spencer Torkelson (R) 1B
Zach McKinstry (L) 3B
Trey Sweeney (L) SS
Jake Rogers (R) C

Astros

Jose Altuve (R) 2B
Kyle Tucker (L) RF
Yordan Alvarez (L) DH
Alex Bregman (R) 3B
Yainer Diaz (R) C
Victor Caratini (S) 1B
Jeremy Pena (R) SS
Jason Heyward (L) LF
Chas McCormick (R) CF


Royals lead series 1-0

Pitching matchup: Seth Lugo (16-9, 3.00 ERA) vs. Zach Eflin (10-9, 3.59 ERA)

Starting lineups:

Royals

Michael Massey (L) 2B
Bobby Witt Jr. (R) SS
Vinnie Pasquantino (L) DH
Salvador Perez (R) C
Yuli Gurriel (R) 1B
MJ Melendez (L) LF
Hunter Renfroe (R) RF
Kyle Isbel (L) CF
Maikel Garcia (R) 3B

Orioles

TBD


Mets lead series 1-0

Pitching matchup: Sean Manaea (12-6, 3.47 ERA) vs. Frankie Montas (7-11, 4.84 ERA)

Starting lineups:

Mets

TBD

Brewers

TBD


Padres lead series 1-0

Pitching matchup: Max Fried (11-10, 3.25 ERA) vs. Joe Musgrove (6-5, 3.88 ERA)

Starting lineups:

Braves

TBD

Padres

TBD

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