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N.L. Division Series Game 2, A.L. Division Series Game 1

All four division series are in action Friday.

By Al Yellon@bleedcubbieblue Oct 4, 2013, 11:00am CDT

Baseball!

Four games are on your baseball plate today, twelve or more hours of playoff games. Let's hope these games are more competitive and interesting than the ones that have gone thus far; the three winner-take all games (including the A.L. tiebreaker) and the two division series games played thus far have been boring and one-sided.

Here are all the particulars for this afternoon's and evening's games, which begin at noon CT.

Pirates/Cardinals, noon CT. Pitchers:

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2013 - Gerrit Cole	10-7	19	19	0	0	0	0	117.1	109	43	42	7	28	100	3.22	1.17

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2013 - Lance Lynn	15-10	33	33	0	0	0	0	201.2	189	92	89	14	76	198	3.97	1.31

Rays/Red Sox, 2 p.m. CT. Pitchers:

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2013 - Matt Moore	17-4	27	27	1	1	0	0	150.1	119	58	55	14	76	143	3.29	1.30

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2013 - Jon Lester	15-8	33	33	1	1	0	0	213.1	209	94	89	19	67	177	3.75	1.29

Dodgers/Braves, 5 p.m. CT. Pitchers:

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2013 - Zack Greinke	15-4	29	28	1	1	0	0	177.2	152	54	52	13	46	148	2.63	1.11

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2013 - Mike Minor	13-9	32	32	1	0	0	0	204.2	177	79	73	22	46	181	3.21	1.09

Tigers/Athletics, 8:30 p.m. CT. Pitchers:

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2013 - Max Scherzer	21-3	32	32	0	0	0	0	214.1	152	73	69	18	56	240	2.90	.97

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2013 - Bartolo Colon	18-6	30	30	3	3	0	0	190.1	193	60	56	14	29	117	2.65	1.17

Today's Pirates/Cardinals game is on MLB Network with announcers Bob Costas, Jim Kaat and Sam Ryan. (You'll notice a big improvement in the play-by-play over Dick "Errah" Stockton.)

The other three games are on TBS. Announcers: Brian Anderson, Joe Simpson, John Smoltz and Rachel Nichols for Red Sox/Rays; Ernie Johnson, Ron Darling, Cal Ripken and Craig Sager for Dodgers/Braves and Don Orsillo, Dennis Eckersley, Buck Martinez and David Aldridge for Tigers/Athletics.

MLB.com Gameday for Pirates/Cardinals

MLB.com Gameday for Rays/Red Sox

MLB.com Gameday for Dodgers/Braves

MLB.com Gameday for Tigers/Athletics

Baseball-reference.com game preview for Pirates/Cardinals

Baseball-reference.com game preview for Rays/Red Sox

Baseball-reference.com game preview for Dodgers/Braves

Baseball-reference.com game preview for Tigers/Athletics

SB Nation game preview for Pirates/Cardinals

SB Nation game preview for Rays/Red Sox

SB Nation game preview for Dodgers/Braves

SB Nation game preview for Tigers/Athletics