Ranking comeback chances of the four teams that lost Game 1
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What happened
Five seasons into the best-of-three Wild Card Series format (2020 and 2022–25), the data sends a clear warning: Don’t lose Game 1! In 24 previous WCS matchups, only three teams rallied to win the series after dropping the opener. Two occurred during the unusual fan-free 2020 playoffs, leaving last year’s
Summary assembled by rule from the sources below