The Cardinals and Giants play some day baseball out West in Game 3 of the NLCS. My advice is that each team enjoy its time in the sun, because with the Dodgers getting Andrew Friedman, and the Cubs under their leadership, it’ll be tough to come out of the NL West and Central in the coming years.
I’m kiiiinda of being intentionally silly there. But only kinda.
Game Info
St. Louis Cardinals at San Francisco Giants (Tied 1-1), 3:00 CT on FoxSports1
Game Thread
This is it, folks. Down there. Those comments. Go nuts.
Starting Pitchers
John Lackey (3.82 ERA, 3.78 FIP, 3.48 xFIP; 3.49 K/BB)
versus
Tim Hudson (3.57 ERA, 3.54 FIP, 3.57 xFIP; 3.53 K/BB)
San Francisco Giants Lineup
1. Gregor Blanco, CF
2. Joe Panik, 2B
3. Buster Posey, C
4. Pablo Sandoval, 3B
5. Hunter Pence, RF
6. Brandon Belt, 1B
7. Travis Ishikawa, LF
8. Brandon Crawford, SS
9. Tim Hudson, P
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
1. Matt Carpenter, 3B
2. Jon Jay, CF
3. Matt Holliday, LF
4. Matt Adams, 1B
5. Jhonny Peralta, SS
6. A.J. Pierzynski, C
7. Kolten Wong, 2B
8. Randal Grichuk, RF
9. John Lackey, P
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The Orioles don’t have to win tonight for their season to continue, but, let’s be real. They have to win.
Which won’t be easy, apparently, because the 2014 Royals simply do not lose in the playoffs.
Game Info
Baltimore Orioles at Kansas City Royals (KC up 2-0), 7:00 CT on TBS
Game Thread
This is it, folks. Down there. Those comments. Go nuts.
Starting Pitchers
Wei-Yin Chen (3.54 ERA, 3.89 FIP, 3.75 xFIP; 3.89 K/BB)
versus
Jeremy Guthrie (4.13 ERA, 4.32 FIP, 4.33 xFIP; 2.53 K/BB)
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
1. Nick Markakis, RF
2. Alejandro De Aza, LF
3. Adam Jones, CF
4. Nelson Cruz, DH
5. Steve Pearce, 1B
6. J.J. Hardy, SS
7. Ryan Flaherty, 3B
8. Nick Hundley, C
9. Jonathan Schoop, 2B
Kansas City Royals Lineup
1. Alcides Escobar, SS
2. Nori Aoki, RF
3. Lorenzo Cain, CF
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Billy Butler, DH
6. Alex Gordon, LF
7. Salvador Perez, C
8. Omar Infante, 2B
9. Mike Moustakas, 3B