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The National League Division Series is headed to Citizens Bank Park and Dodger Stadium as the Philadelphia Phillies are set to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers.
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani will make his postseason pitching debut when he starts for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of the National League Division Series.
In Wednesday’s other games, the San Diego Padres drew level in their series with the Chicago Cubs after a 3-0 win. Elsewhere, the Cleveland Guardians forced their AL Wild Card series against the Detroit Tigers to a deciding game after winning 6-1 in Game 2.
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Dodgers Game 2 lineup: Kiké Hernández starts, Tommy Edman sits
The Dodgers’ starting lineup in Game 2 of their wild card series against the Cincinnati Reds has only one change from Game 1. Kiké Hernández is back in left field, but Miguel Rojas starts in place of Tommy Edman at second base on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium.
The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Diego Padres 3-1 in Game 3 of the National League wild-card series Thursday. They will face the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLDS beginning Saturday.
Shohei Ohtani set the tone early in Game 1 for the Dodgers. The two-way superstar put Los Angeles on the board quickly against the Reds in the first game of their best-of-three wild-card series with a solo homer before he went deep again in the sixth inning of a 10-5 Dodgers win.