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The Los Angeles Dodgers will face the Atlanta Braves in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series Saturday evening in Cumberland, Georgia, with Corey Knebel — not Max Scherzer — their starting pitcher.
When manager Dave Roberts met with reporters on a Zoom call at 5:30 p.m. Friday, he said Scherzer would go to Truist Park, “play catch, get treatment, and if he says he’s good enough to go and feels like can he take down a start, then he’ll be our Game 1 starter.”
But on Saturday, the Dodgers announced that Knebel would start the game.