Here’s what happened on this date in baseball history. There were several bad things for the Dodgers (Bobby Thomson), but also a couple of good ones.
Both games are on the TBS cable channel.
The early game: Cardinals at Braves, 2:02 PM PDT
RHP Mike Mikolas goes for the Cards, while Dallas Kuechel goes for the Braves. This will be Mikolas’ first postseason appearance; it will be Kuechel’s 11th. Here’s MLB’s position-by-position comparison of the two teams. The net result? A very slight edge to the Braves. USA Today goes the other way and picks the Cardinals in five games.