The National League Division Series shifts to Truist Park in Atlanta tonight for Game 3, with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves tied 1-1 and first pitch set for 6:00 PM ET on FS1. The Braves evened the series Sunday with a 3-2 Game 2 win, as Michael Harris II came a home run shy of the cycle and six Atlanta pitchers combined to hold off the defending World Series champions.
The projected pitching matchup is a marquee one: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9, 2.53 ERA, 182 strikeouts) for Los Angeles against Atlanta's Chris Sale (14-9, 2.16 ERA, 200 strikeouts). Sale was pushed back from Game 2 after pitching on short rest in the wild-card round, when he threw 6.1 innings in Game 1 and then 1.1 scoreless relief innings to close out Game 3 against Philadelphia. The Braves instead used opener Ray Kerr in a bullpen game on Sunday, per ESPN.
FanDuel's odds, as reported by SportsGrid, list the matchup as a pick'em: Dodgers -108 and Braves -108 on the moneyline, with the total set at 6.5 runs. The SportsGrid model projects the Braves to win by 0.2 runs, giving Atlanta a 52% win probability, and flags Teoscar Hernández over 0.5 hits and RBIs plus Matt Olson over 0.5 RBIs among the top player props.
One wrinkle to watch: Sports Illustrated reports Dodgers manager Dave Roberts may shuffle his lineup against the left-handed Sale, with Kiké Hernández and Miguel Rojas among the options. Max Muncy is 0-for-7 with five strikeouts against Sale, and Tommy Edman is 0-for-11, while the Dodgers went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position in Game 2. Sale, for his part, threw a complete-game shutout with 11 strikeouts against the Dodgers back on Aug. 27.
