Playoff GameThreads

Open Thread for Friday's Playoff Games

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By Tom Dakers@bluebirdbanter Oct 3, 2014, 11:55am EDT

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:

Today's Lineups

DETROIT TIGERS	BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Ian Kinsler - 2B	Nick Markakis - RF
Torii Hunter - RF	Alejandro De Aza - LF
Miguel Cabrera - 1B	Adam Jones - CF
Victor Martinez - DH	Nelson Cruz - DH
J.D. Martinez - LF	Steve Pearce - 1B
Nick Castellanos - 3B	J.J. Hardy - SS
Alex Avila - C	Ryan Flaherty - 3B
Andrew Romine - SS	Caleb Joseph - C
Rajai Davis - CF	Jonathan Schoop - 2B

Justin Verlander - RHP	Wei-Yin Chen - LHP

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

Today's Lineups

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS	WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Gregor Blanco - CF	Denard Span - CF
Joe Panik - 2B	Anthony Rendon - 3B
Buster Posey - C	Jayson Werth - RF
Pablo Sandoval - 3B	Adam LaRoche - 1B
Hunter Pence - RF	Ian Desmond - SS
Brandon Belt - 1B	Bryce Harper - LF
Brandon Crawford - SS	Wilson Ramos - C
Travis Ishikawa - LF	Asdrubal Cabrera - 2B
Jake Peavy - RHP	Stephen 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.