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Starting Lineups, Pitchers for Phillies' NLDS Game 1 Against Braves

The Philadelphia Phillies will play the Atlanta Braves in Game 1 of the National League Division Series Saturday at Truist Park. Here's a look at both teams' starting lineups.

Jack Vita

Starting Lineups, Pitchers for Phillies' NLDS Game 1 Against Braves
Starting Lineups, Pitchers for Phillies' NLDS Game 1 Against Braves /

Hot off their Wild Card Series victory, the Philadelphia Phillies will play Game 1 of the National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves Saturday evening at 6:07 p.m. ET, at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia.

The division rivals played each other 13 times in the 2023 regular season, with the Braves getting the better of the Phillies, taking eight games.

For the sixth straight season, Atlanta won the National League East division, winning 104 games and finishing 14 games better than Philadelphia.

The Phillies and the Braves squared off in the NLDS last season. Philadelphia stunned Atlanta, finishing off the Bravos in four games. The Phillies would go on to reach the World Series for the first time since 2009.

Earlier this week, the Phillies picked up right where they left off from last October, sweeping the Miami Marlins in the NL Wild Card Series. The club has had the last two days off, and is now in Atlanta ready for battle with a familiar foe.

Phillies manager Rob Thomson will give the ball to Ranger Suarez (4-6, 4.18 ERA) in hopes of taking an early series lead Saturday. Spencer Strider (20-5, 3.86 ERA) will start opposite Suarez, as the Braves look for revenge.

Saturday afternoon, the two clubs posted their starting lineup's for Game 1 on social media.

Here's a look at how the Phillies will line up Saturday against the Braves:

1) DH Kyle Schwarber

2) SS Trea Turner

3) 1B Bryce Harper

4) 3B Alec Bohm

5) 2B Bryson Stott

6) C JT Realmuto

7) RF Nicholas Castellanos

8) LF Brandon Marsh

9) CF Johan Rojas

SP Ranger Suarez

Here's how the Braves will line up against the Phillies:

1) RF Ronald Acuna Jr.

2) 3B Austin Riley

3) 1B Matt Olson

4) 2B Ozzie Albies

5) DH Marcell Ozuna

6) CF Michael Harris II

7) SS Orlando Arcia

8) C Sean Murphy

9) LF Kevin Pillar

SP Spencer Strider

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Jack Vita is a writer and contributor to Sports Illustrated's Inside the Phillies, and host of the Jack Vita Show, a popular sports podcast available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and wherever podcasts are found. Jack is a 2017 graduate of Valparaiso University, in northwest Indiana. Since completing his degree, Jack has created his own independent sports media outlet (JackVita.com) and podcast (the Jack Vita Show). He has featured prominent guests from the worlds of sports and entertainment including Brian Urlacher, Scot Pollard, Bob Nightengale, Dan O'Dowd, and Survivor icons Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick, Cirie Fields, Danni Boatwright and "the Dragon Slayer", Coach Benjamin Wade. While studying at Valparaiso, Jack was the school newspaper's beat writer for the Valpo Crusaders men's basketball team, which won three straight Horizon League championships from 2015-2017. Traveling to cover the team, Jack had a front row seat to one of the nation's best mid-major teams, headlined by future NBA Draft pick Alec Peters and coached by NCAA Tournament hero Bryce Drew. Jack hosted a weekly sports radio show and provided play-by-play and color commentary services for ESPN 3 and the university's student radio station, WVUR-FM, 95.1 The Source, covering Valparaiso men's soccer, women's basketball, softball and volleyball. Jack also covered these sports, in addition to men's and women's tennis, baseball and women's soccer for the school newspaper, The Torch. While he was in college, Jack interned for and co-hosted Jewell On Sports, a sports radio program on AM 1050 WLIP in Kenosha, Wisconsin. There, he interviewed various pro athletes such as Ahman Green, Javon Walker and Javier Arenas, in addition to talking sports with the late, great Brad Jewell. Jack also interned for 22nd Century Media, a now defunct newspaper corporation that provided news to the North Shore of Chicago. With 22nd Century Media, Jack wrote post-game recaps, feature stories about local athletes, reviews of local restaurants and compiled the newspaper's "Pet of the Week" and "Athlete of the Week" sections, while providing copy-editing services. Before attending Valparaiso, Jack enrolled at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he studied for two years before transferring. He is a high school graduate of New Trier Township High School in Winnetka, Illinois. You can follow Jack on Twitter @JackVitaShow, subscribe to his podcast, the Jack Vita Show, wherever podcasts are found, and reach him via email at jack@jackvita.com.

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