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Nationals Vs. Cubs: When And How To Watch Game 2, 2017 NL Division Series

Your playoff questions answered: What time's 1st pitch? How to catch the game on TV and the radio? Will the Nats finally get a win?

The Washington Nationals' 2017 National League Division Series didn't start out so great Friday night, as they fell 3-0 to the defending champion Chicago Cubs. But today is a new day, and the Nats will get a chance to redeem themselves with a win in Game 2 of the best-of-five series on Saturday night.

So can the Nats finally win a game and even up the series before it heads to Chicago next week? Patch gets you ready for each playoff game with all the info you need to know before you enjoy the action on the field. (Get Patch real-time email alerts for the latest news for Washington, D.C. And iPhone users: Check out Patch's new app.

2017 NL Division Series: Nationals vs. Cubs

Best-of-five series

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GAME 1

Friday, Oct. 6

Cubs 3, Nats 0

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GAME 2

Saturday, Oct. 7

First Pitch: 5:38 p.m.

Where: Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.

TV | Radio | Streaming: TBS | Radio: 106.7 The Fan | MLB.com

Pitching Matchup: Jon Lester (13-8, 4.33 ERA) vs. Gio Gonzalez (15-9, 2.96 ERA)

2017 Regular Season Head-To-Head Record

Nats won the series this year, 4-3.

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Series Preview


Reporting by Patch editor Joe Vince

Chicago Cubs' Kyle Hendricks (left) faced the Washington Nationals' Stephen Strasburg in Game 1 of the National League Division Series. (Hendricks photo by Jim Young | Associated Press; Strasburg photo by Wilfredo Lee | Associated Press)

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