The Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers are fighting for their postseason lives as they close out the season with a three-game set in Boston starting on Friday, Sept. 26.

If you don’t have cable, you’ll need a live TV streaming service to stream the NLCS for free. One option we love is DIRECTV, which comes with a five-day free trial and starts at $59.99/month for genre packs, with plenty of subscription options and genre packs that include TBS (we recommend the Sports Genre Pack !).

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A month has passed since “Streameast” — the world’s largest illegal live sports streaming network — was shutdown. If you were one of the millions of users of the piracy network, here are some safe streaming alternatives to watch the MLB playoffs ...