The Atlanta Braves visit the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET from UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA.
The Dodgers finished the regular season 100-62 (.617), while the Braves went 94-68 (.580).
Matt Olson paced the Braves with 41 home runs and 93 RBI, and Michael Harris II led Atlanta with a .294 average. For the Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani hit 30 home runs, Andy Pages drove in 85 runs and Freddie Freeman hit .288.
Chris Sale won 14 games with a 2.16 ERA for Atlanta, while Blake Snell, who starts Game 2 for Los Angeles, went 4-1 with a 1.90 ERA over 42.2 innings.
Below, we’ll give you all the details you need to know about how to watch this game.
How to watch Braves vs. Dodgers 2
- When: Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
- Where: UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
- TV: FS1
- Transmission: Watch 3 days for free on FOX One
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Atlanta trails the series 1-0 after a 5-3 loss in Game 1 and has not named its starter in Game 2. Chris Sale struck out nine over 6.1 innings in the Wild Card opener and three more over 1.1 scoreless relief in the clinic.
Sale went 14-9 with a 2.16 ERA and 200 strikeouts in the regular season. The Dodgers hit .257 as a team this season, compared to .246 for Atlanta.
Freddie Freeman led the Dodgers with a .288 average this season and added 16 home runs and 70 RBI. He went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored in Game 1. He went 4-for-20 over his final five regular-season games, the best of which was a two-hit, three-RBI game against San Diego on Sept. 22.
Atlanta’s hitters held opponents to a .234 average in the regular season, 16 points higher than Los Angeles’ .218 mark.
Austin Riley went 0-for-4 with two hits in Game 1 of the NLDS, a 5-3 Dodgers loss to Atlanta. A three-run homer by Philadelphia closer Jhoan Duran in the eighth inning turned Wild Card Game 1 for Riley, with Atlanta trailing 3-2. He finished the streak 2 for 9 with three RBIs and drew three walks over the last two games.
Riley hit .219 with 19 home runs and 72 RBIs in the regular season. Los Angeles finished 100-62, against 94-68 for Atlanta.
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