Open Thread Thursday Wild Card Game

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 29: Ronald Acuna Jr. #13, Michael Harris II #23, and Mike Yastrzemski #18 of the Atlanta Braves celebrate defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in game one of the National League Wild Card Series at Truist Park on September 29, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Edward M.

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one Wild Card series made it to three games. Phillies and Braves play at 8:00 Eastern.

Aaron Nola (7-12, 4.67) vs. Ray Kerr (0-0, 1.47 in 9 games, 1 start 18.1 innings).

Today’s Lineups

PHILLIES	BRAVES
Trea Turner – SS	Drake Baldwin – C
Kyle Schwarber – DH	Ronald Acuna – RF
Bryce Harper – RF	Matt Olson – 1B
Alec Bohm – 1B	Michael Harris – CF
Bryson Stott – 2B	Mauricio Dubon – SS
Bryan De La Cruz – LF	Mike Yastrzemski – LF
Edmundo Sosa – 3B	Austin Riley – 3B
J.T. Realmuto – C	Ozzie Albies – 2B
Justin Crawford – CF	Dominic Smith – DH

Aaron Nola – RHP	Grant Holmes – RHP

In the other Series:

White Sox beat the Astros thru Divine Intervention. Always good to have a fan with red phone to God himself. 7-3 for the Sox yesterday. It was a fun game to watch.
Yankees thumped the Red Sox 9-2. Normally I’d be thrilled to see the Red Sox beaten so bad, but by the Yankees? Lots of complaints from the Red Sox players. A little weird that the Red Sox did their whole home run celebration for a home run that cut the lead to 6 in the seventh inning, but just be you I guess. And Red Sox players complaining that they use computers was interesting. I don’t think computers caused them to get just four hits. The Yankees had 14 hits.
And the Padres won 4-1 knocking the Cubs out, so now I don’t have a team to cheer for. Kevin Gausman had a rough time, giving up 3 runs in 3.1 innings.