2024 MLB Wildcard Series Day 2: Live updates, playoff analysis

After a day of MLB postseason openers dominated by the visitors – three of the four away teams won – the home teams will look for revenge on Wednesday.

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

We'll provide you with lineups, live updates and analysis as the games are played, followed by our insights after every final pitch.

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Today's encounters

* All times Eastern

The Tigers lead the series 1-0

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

Starting lineups:

tiger

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

Astros

Jose Altuve (R) 2B
Kyle Tucker (left) RF
Yordan Alvarez (left) 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

The Royals lead the series 1-0

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

Starting lineups:

Royals

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Orioles

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Mets lead the series 1-0

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

Starting lineups:

Mets

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brewer

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Padres lead the series 1-0

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

Starting lineups:

Brave

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Padres

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