Games to Watch — Wednesday, September 16: Braves at Cubs Rubber Game

The Braves and Cubs play a rubber game at Wrigley at 7:40 ET, with Chicago -157 on ESPN. Blake Snell starts for the Dodgers in Cincinnati, and the 94-win Brewers visit Pittsburgh.

Games to Watch — Wednesday, September 16: Braves at Cubs Rubber Game
Braves at Cubs, Wrigley Field. Image: ESPN

Editor's note: we only list a Vegas line for the marquee game for now. Every game below links to its tile on watch.uristocrat.com, where you can see where to watch.

It's a baseball-only Wednesday with 15 MLB games and two weeks left in the regular season. Day games start at 1:00 ET. The best one is at night at Wrigley.

Marquee: Braves at Cubs, series finale (7:40 PM ET)

Two of the NL's better teams split the first two games. Chicago won Monday 7-3 when Pete Crow-Armstrong had four hits and his 42nd home run. Atlanta took Tuesday 6-3. So tonight settles the series. Atlanta comes in at 89-63 and Chicago at 84-68. Shota Imanaga (10-10, 3.88) starts for the Cubs. JR Ritchie (1-2, 4.50) starts for the Braves. On paper Chicago has the edge on the mound, and the market agrees. Source: ESPN game preview.

Vegas line (ESPN odds): Cubs -157, Braves +130. Run line Cubs -1.5 (+144). Total 7.5.

Also tonight

  • Dodgers at Reds (6:40 PM ET). Blake Snell goes for 92-59 Los Angeles. Andrew Abbott starts for Cincinnati.
  • Brewers at Pirates (6:40 PM ET). Milwaukee is 94-57, the best record on today's slate. Logan Henderson faces Jared Jones.
  • Phillies at Nationals (6:45 PM ET). Zack Wheeler starts for 83-68 Philadelphia against Jared Simpson.
  • Athletics at Rays (6:40 PM ET). Tampa Bay is 91-59. Nick Martinez starts against Brady Basso.
  • White Sox at Guardians (1:00 PM ET, ESPN). Chicago is 77-74 and Cleveland is 77-75, so this one is close in the standings. Anthony Kay faces Parker Messick.
  • Yankees at Twins (1:40 PM ET). Carlos Rodon starts for 88-63 New York against Zebby Matthews.

The rest of the slate: Giants at Cardinals (1:15), Tigers at Blue Jays (3:07), Orioles at Mets (7:00, ESPN), Red Sox at Rangers (8:05), Royals at Astros (8:10), Padres at Rockies (8:40), Mariners at Angels (9:38), Marlins at Diamondbacks (9:40).

The contenders are mostly playing teams they should beat, which puts more weight on Wrigley. If you only watch one game tonight, watch Imanaga try to take the series.

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