The 2019 Major League Baseball playoffs get underway Tuesday night with the Washington Nationals and Milwaukee Brewers squaring off in the National League wild-card game.
The winner of the game moves on to the National League Division Series, where they’ll meet the Los Angeles Dodgers in a best-of-five series.
Washington (93-69) hosts the game by virtue of finishing four games ahead of Milwaukee (89-73) for the league’s top wild-card spot, but these are two of the league’s hottest teams. The Nationals ended the regular season on an eight-game winning streak, while the Brewers went 20-7 in September to reach the postseason.
Here’s everything you need to know for Tuesday night’s game in Washington:
Time: 8:08 p.m. ET
TV: TBS
Streaming: TBS online or TBS app
Starting pitchers
Nationals: RHP Max Scherzer (11-7, 2.92 ERA in 2019)
Brewers: RHP Brandon Woodruff (11-3, 3.62 ERA)
Head-to-head: Milwaukee won season series 4-2
Projected lineups
Nationals
Trea Turner, SS
Adam Eaton, RF
Anthony Rendon, 3B
Juan Soto, LF
Asdrubal Cabrera, 2B
Ryan Zimmerman, 1B
Victor Robles, CF
Yan Gomes, C
Max Scherzer, P
Brewers
Trent Grisham, RF
Yasmani Grandal, C
Mike Moustakas, 3B
Ryan Braun, LF (day-to-day)
Keston Hiura, 2B
Eric Thames, 1B
Lorenzo Cain, CF (day-to-day)
Orlando Arcia, SS
Brandon Woodruff, P
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