Game One: Braves at Brewers, 1:37 PM PDT, TV: TBS
RHP Charlie Morton (14-6, 3.34 ERA) pitches for the Braves against the Brewers’ Cy Young candidate RHP Corbin Burnes (11-5, 2.43 ERA).
Game Two: Dodgers at Giants, 6:37 PM PDT, TV: TBS
The Dodgers send out another of their Cy Young candidates, RHP Walker Buehler (16-4, 2.47 ERA) to face the Giants’ RHP Logan Webb (11-3, 3.03 ERA).
Today in baseball history in 1939 Joe DiMaggio scored from first as Reds catcher Ernie Lombardi “swooned” at home plate, Don Larsen pitched the only World Series perfect game in 1956, Walter O’Malley announced the Dodgers would move to Los Angeles in 1957, and the Dodgers defeated the White Sox 9-3 in Game Six of the 1959 World Series to win the whole shebang, among many other things.
Lineups when available.
Braves:
Game 1.
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Brewers:
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Dodgers:
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Giants:
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— SFGiants (@SFGiants) October 8, 2021