On this day in baseball history Sandy Koufax takes Yom Kippur off, Willie Davis makes three errors in the fifth inning of Game Two of the World Series, Jim Palmer beats Sandy Koufax in the same game, Phil Niekro wins his 300th game, and Lenny Harris surpasses Manny Mota’s career pinch-hit record.
The early game is Braves at Cardinals, 1:10 PM PDT, TV: TBS
The Braves send rookie RHP Mike Soroka to the Busch Stadium mound to face the Cardinals’ veteran RHP Adam Wainwright. Soroka has been sensational on the road; he’s made 16 starts away from home and given up no more than three runs in any of them and no more than two in fourteen. That computes to a road ERA of 1.55. Wainwright will be making his 25th career postseason appearance — his 13th start — and a 3.03 career ERA in those games. He’s been even better at Busch, where he’s got a 1.72 ERA.
Braves lineup:
Game 3. Let’s get another W.#RELENTLESS pic.twitter.com/8mWix69wK8
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) October 6, 2019
Cardinals lineup:
Playoff baseball at Busch! 🙌#NLDS | #TimeToFly pic.twitter.com/1oXIWU3NWW
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) October 6, 2019
The second game is Dodgers at Nationals, 4:45 PM PDT, TV: TBS
The Dodgers send LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu to the mound to face the Nationals’ RHP Aníbal Sánchez. Ryu’s been dominant at home and a little less so on the road, but as the MLB Game Preview author says, when you lead the major leagues in ERA you pitch well everywhere. Sánchez is substituting for Max Scherzer, who’d originally been penciled in for this start until he struck out the side in the 8th inning in Game Two.
The Dodgers and their families arrived at National Airport yesterday evening. Look at all the daddies holding their children’s hands going down the stairs.
Touched down in D.C. pic.twitter.com/9FBGI8XQvT
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 6, 2019
Dodgers lineup:
Today’s Gm. 3 Dodger lineup at Nationals:
Pederson RF
Muncy 1B
Turner 3B
Bellinger CF
Seager SS
Pollock LF
Lux 2B
Martin C
Ryu P#NLDS | @CocaCola pic.twitter.com/kzKeAuekxl— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 6, 2019
Nationals lineup:
Geame 3.
During Trea Turner’s 15-game hitting streak:
.343 BA
6 HRs
8 2Bs
11 RBIs
15 Rs
3 SBs#BeatLA // #STAYINTHEFIGHT pic.twitter.com/naTKV2ds21— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) October 6, 2019