The Washington Nationals will host the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday at 7:45 p.m. at Nationals Park in Game 3 of the National League Division Series.
The other Major League Baseball playoff game that day will have the St. Louis Cardinals host the Atlanta Braves at 4:10 p.m.
The night-time start means Washington fans will have a chance to double-dip on Sunday, as the NFL’s Washington Redskins host the New England Patriots at nearby FedEx Field at 1 p.m.
The Braves won the National League East division title while the Nationals finished second.
Washington won the National League Wild Card Game 4-3 at home Tuesday over the Milwaukee Brewers as the Nationals scored three runs in the last of the eighth.
The Nationals will play Game 1 of the NLDS on Thursday night in Los Angeles. Game 2 will be Friday night, also in Los Angeles. All NLDS games will be on TBS.
Washington will take a winning streak of nine games in a row into Thursday’s game. Lefty Patrick Corbin, in his first year with Washington, will start for the Nationals against the Dodgers’ Walker Buehler.
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