CLEVELAND -- Mark your calendars, Tribe fans!
On Thursday, Major League Baseball announced start times for all five games of the American League Division Series between the Indians and the Houston Astros. First pitch for Game 1 on Friday will come at 2:05 p.m. ET, while Game 2 is scheduled to begin at 4:37 p.m ET.
Games 1 and 2 will be played in Houston before the best-of-five series shifts to Cleveland for Game 3 on Monday, Oct. 8 at 1:30 p.m.. If necessary, Game 4 on Tuesday, Oct. 9 will take place in Cleveland at 4:35 p.m., with a potential Game 5 coming on Thursday, Oct. 11 in Houston at 4:07 p.m. ET.
Should the Red Sox-Yankees series be completed, Tuesday's Indians-Astros Game 4 would move to 7:07 p.m. and Thursday's Game 5 would start at 7:40 p.m. ET.
The entire series will be broadcast on TBS.
Last week, the Indians announced that Corey Kluber will start Game 1 of the ALDS, with Carlos Carrasco slated to start Game 2. With a 91-71 regular season record, Cleveland enters the opening round of the playoffs as an underdog to the defending World Series champion Astros, who amassed a 103-59 record this past season.