Tuesday NLDS Open Thread

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is a tough time of the year for writing about a team not in the playoffs. MLB likes teams not to make much news while the playoffs are on.

But we do have baseball tonight:

6:00 Eastern Dodgers @ Braves. They are tied at a game each.

Lineups, Ohtani has dropped to fifth in the lineup.

Today’s Lineups

DODGERS	BRAVES
Mookie Betts – SS	Drake Baldwin – C
Freddie Freeman – 1B	Ronald Acuna – DH
Teoscar Hernandez – LF	Matt Olson – 1B
Will Smith – C	Ozzie Albies – 2B
Shohei Ohtani – DH	Michael Harris – CF
Miguel Rojas – 2B	Mauricio Dubon – LF
Andy Pages – CF	Lane Thomas – RF
Kyle Tucker – RF	Austin Riley – 3B
Enrique Hernandez – 3B	Ha-Seong Kim – SS

Y. Yamamoto – RHP	Chris Sale – LHP

9:30 Eastern Brewers @ Padres. No lineups up at the moment. Brewers are up 2-0, so the Padres need this one. Dustin May (4.70, 7-9) starts for the Brewers. Nick Pivetta (3-2, 2.86) starts for the Padres.