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Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves MLB Wild Card Game 3 Live Updates, Highlights and Analysis

For the first time in 2026, it's official: October baseball has arrived.

· 135 words· updated October 1, 2026 at 08:02 PM

Having spent his entire 12-year career with the Phillies, Game 3 starter Aaron Nola is pretty intimately familiar with the Atlanta Braves.

He has faced them 41 times during the regular season, plus twice in the postseason—both of which the Phillies won by eight runs, by the way.

The bad news is there's a good reason he said he doesn't like facing them: Several Braves have kind of owned him.

Austin Riley has a 1.163 OPS in 68 plate appearances. Ronald Acuña Jr. is sitting at a 1.073 OPS in his 68 plate appearances against Nola. Matt Olson is right there, too, at a 1.075 OPS in 48 times facing Nola.

And if you're wondering why Mike Yastrzemski is batting sixth after not even starting Game 2? It's probably his career 1.167 OPS against Nola.

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Thursday, October 1, 2026

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