Division rivals in AL East, NL Central meet in playoffs
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According to the seeding rules used for the postseason, a Wild Card team cannot play a team from its own division in the first round of the postseason. Since the advent of the Wild Card, teams from the same division have met in the League Championship Series five previous times, and both of this season's LCS feature clubs from the same division squaring off.
This year's NLCS between the Astros and Cardinals marks the first time two clubs from the NL Central have met in the postseason. Three of the meetings have been between the Red Sox and Yankees.
Familiar foes
Year
Round
Division
Result
1996
ALCS
AL East
New York Yankees 4, Baltimore 1
1997
NLCS
NL East
Florida 4, Atlanta 2
1999
ALCS
AL East
New York Yankees 4, Boston 1
1999
NLCS
NL East
Atlanta 4, New York Mets 2
2003
ALCS
AL East
New York Yankees 4, Boston 2
2004
ALCS
AL East
Boston vs. New York Yankees
2004
NLCS
NL Central
Houston vs. St. Louis
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