Filed under: Playoff GameThreads He's getting the 'hit the ball hard' sign: GameThread for NLDS Games of Thursday, Oct. 3 By Tom Dakers@bluebirdbanter Oct 3, 2013, 4:39pm EDT Share this story Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share All sharing options Share All sharing options for: He's getting the 'hit the ball hard' sign: GameThread for NLDS Games of Thursday, Oct. 3 Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email Stephen Dunn I'm away for the start of the afternoon game, but should be back by the 3rd inning or so. First game at 5:00 Eastern is Pirates at Cardinals. Starting pitchers: W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2013 - A.J. Burnett 10-11 30 30 1 0 0 0 191.0 165 79 70 11 67 209 3.30 1.21 W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2013 - Adam Wainwright 19-9 35 34 5 2 0 0 241.2 223 83 79 15 35 219 2.94 1.07 Second game at 8:30 Eastern is Braves at Dodgers. Starting pitchers: W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2013 - Clayton Kershaw 16-9 35 33 3 2 0 0 236.0 164 55 48 11 52 232 1.83 .92 W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2013 - Kris Medlen 15-12 32 31 0 0 0 0 197.0 194 77 68 18 47 157 3.11 1.22 Join us. More From Bluebird Banter Spring GameThread: Jays @ Yankees Sunday Bantering: Jays Bits Quick Spring Recap: Jays Lose to Tigers Spring GameThread: Tigers @ Jays Nate Pearson optioned to Buffalo Jays release Jay Jackson