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Less than one week into the 2015 MLB postseason, the road teams have debunked any home-field advantage.

After both away clubs advanced past the Wild Card Games, the road sides remained undefeated Thursday. The Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre to open the American League Division Series, and the Houston Astros topped the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium to also take a 1-0 edge.  

On a full day of playoff baseball, the National League takes the Friday night shift to commence both NLDS matchups.

After eliminating the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday, the Chicago Cubs will now fight the St. Louis Cardinals for NL Central supremacy. Two veteran starters will collide to kick off their first-ever postseason meeting.

In 1995 the New York Mets felt they were on the verge of an All-Star pitching rotation consisting of Bill Pulsipher, Jason Isringhausen and Paul Wilson. This highly promoted young trio was dubbed "Generation K."

The Toronto Blue Jays entered their division-series matchup with the Texas Rangers as heavy favorites to not only win the series but to win the AL pennant, but the red-hot Rangers had other ideas.

Behind a solid start from Yovani Gallardo and some solid production from the bottom of the lineup, the Rangers walked away with a 5-3 win in Game 1.

So will the Rangers be able to jump out to a commanding 2-0 series lead on the road behind Cole Hamels in Game 2, despite being without third baseman Adrian Beltre?

MLB division series play got rolling Thursday with an American League doubleheader, but Friday's slate will include showdowns between all eight teams that were lucky enough to qualify for action. 

So, without wasting any more time, let's check out when and where you can view Friday's full schedule:

After besting the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Wild Card Game 4-0 behind a four-hit shutout from ace Jake Arrieta, the Chicago Cubs are set to take on the NL Central champion St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Division Series.

Game 1 will take place Friday night at 6:30 p.m. ET at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, with former Boston Red Sox teammates John Lackey and Jon Lester squaring off and looking to set the tone for the rest of the best-of-five series.

Though anything can happen in October, it's obvious at the outset that the Los Angeles Dodgers' hopes of winning a World Series title hinge on two fellas whose names rhyme with Gershaw and Kreinke.

Take this next sentence, stick it in an envelope, put the envelope in a time machine and send it back to a St. Louis Cardinals fan in March 2015.

Here's the sentence: You're going to lose Adam Wainwright for essentially the entire season to a busted Achilles, Matt Adams and Matt Holliday are going to miss almost 200 combined contests to injury—and the Cards are still going to win 100 games.

Home runs are supposed to be left in September. Those things are not supposed to transition into the fall, when the weather gets crisp, the leaves get brown and the pitching depth gets dense.

Pitching and small ball win in the Major League Baseball playoffs, or so the saying goes. If you are a team reliant on home runs, that reliance will be the death of you. That is what the myth tells us.

With Clayton Kershaw and Jacob deGrom on the mound, runs will be at a premium in Game 1 of the National League Division Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets.

During the regular season, Kershaw and deGrom were two of the nastiest starters in the Senior Circuit, ranking third and fourth, respectively, in ERA.

After digging through the numbers, we've zeroed in on the two biggest keys for each club, as Kershaw aims to avoid turning in another October dud and deGrom looks to make a memorable October debut.