Open Thread for Friday's Playoff Games


We have baseball all day today, kind of the way I picture heaven, other than the Blue Jays will be playing.


The first one starts at noon eastern, Tigers @ Orioles. The Tigers really need a better showing than yesterday.


Lineups:



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DETROIT TIGERSBALTIMORE ORIOLES
Ian Kinsler - 2BNick Markakis - RF
Torii Hunter - RFAlejandro De Aza - LF
Miguel Cabrera - 1BAdam Jones - CF
Victor Martinez - DHNelson Cruz - DH
J.D. Martinez - LFSteve Pearce - 1B
Nick Castellanos - 3BJ.J. Hardy - SS
Alex Avila - CRyan Flaherty - 3B
Andrew Romine - SSCaleb Joseph - C
Rajai Davis - CFJonathan Schoop - 2B
Justin Verlander - RHPWei-Yin Chen - LHP



The second game is the Giants @ Nationals. That starts at 3:00 Eastern. Lineups:

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SAN FRANCISCO GIANTSWASHINGTON NATIONALS
Gregor Blanco - CFDenard Span - CF
Joe Panik - 2BAnthony Rendon - 3B
Buster Posey - CJayson Werth - RF
Pablo Sandoval - 3BAdam LaRoche - 1B
Hunter Pence - RFIan Desmond - SS
Brandon Belt - 1BBryce Harper - LF
Brandon Crawford - SSWilson Ramos - C
Travis Ishikawa - LFAsdrubal Cabrera - 2B
Jake Peavy - RHPStephen Strasburg -



At 6:30 Eastern we have the Cardinals @ Dodgers. No lineups yet. Starting pitchers are Adam Wainwright for the Cards and Clayton Kershaw for the Dodgers. The last game is at 9:30 Eastern, Royals @ Angels. Starting pitchers are Yordano Ventura for the Royals an Matt Shoemaker for the Angels.



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