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This is the way Major League Baseball set up the playoff schedule for 2012, it is the 2-3 format.

The Yankees (AL East winners), will play the Baltimore Orioles (Wildcard winners), in Baltimore for games 1 and 2. The teams will then play games 3, 4 and 5 (if necessary) in New York.

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