Tigers, Padres, Royals sweep way into second round of MLB playoffs

Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The Detroit Tigers, San Diego Padres and Kansas City Royals each swept their way through Wild Card Series to advance to the second round of the 2024 MLB playoffs and move just seven wins shy of World Series appearances.

The trio, which completed two-game series sweeps Wednesday, will join the No. 2 Cleveland Guardians, No. 1 Los Angeles Dodgers and No. 1 New York Yankees -- who earned first-round byes for respective best-of-five format second-round meetings.

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