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The St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers will square off in the National League Wild Card Game on October 6 at Dodger Stadium.
The game (10:15 p.m. ET start time) will be televised on ESPN2. But if you don’t have cable, here are some different ways you can watch a live stream of the Dodgers vs Cardinals online:
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Sling TV
TBS is included in Sling TV’s “Sling Orange” or “Sling Blue” bundle, both of which come with a free three-day trial:
Once signed up for Sling TV, you can watch the Dodgers vs Cardinals live on the Sling TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, Samsung TV, LG TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), airTV Mini, Oculus, Portal, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Sling TV website.
DirecTV Stream
DirecTV Stream has four different channel packages: “Entertainment,” “Choice,” “Ultimate” and “Premier.” TBS is included in every one, but you can pick any package and any add-on you want with your free 5-day trial:
Once signed up for DirecTV Stream, you can watch the Dodgers vs Cardinals live on the DirecTV Stream app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Samsung TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the DirecTV Stream website.
Hulu With Live TV
You can watch a live stream of TBS and 65+ other TV channels via Hulu With Live TV, which now also includes both ESPN+ and Disney+ as part of their special bundle:
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch the Dodgers vs Cardinals live on the Hulu app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, PlayStation 4 or 5, Nintendo Switch, Samsung TV, LG TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Hulu website.
Dodgers vs Cardinals Preview
It all comes down to this for both teams. The Dodgers finished the season with a 106-56 mark, while the Cardinals ended their season with a 90-72 record. L.A. had the second-best record in the majors, but the San Francisco Giants edged them out for best record in the NFL West (107-55). Now, it’s win and in for the Dodgers, who will be without one of their best players in first baseman Max Muncy, who is out with an elbow injury.
“I don’t know about scary. It’s fun. It’s a Game 7,” Dodgers shortstop Trea Turner said heading into the game against the Cards. “It’s about perspective and I think if anybody asks you if you want to play a one-game playoff game to continue to try to win a World Series, you take it. At the beginning of the year, you take it.”
Three-time Cy Yioung Award winner Max Scherzer will be starting on the mound for the L.A., while cagey veteran Adam Wainwright will get the nod for St. Louis.
“It’s a team that’s been playing well and feels good about themselves, just like we do. I think obviously we like our side of it,” Dodgers starter Walker Buehler said about facing the Cardinals. “We have a three-time Cy Young winner in one game, but Wainwright has had this resurgence and he’s kind of different, he’s won championships and things like that. It’s going to be a fun game, an entertaining game, but we feel good about our clubhouse and who we’re running out there.”
In the three playoff series these two teams have played against each other, the Dodgers have beaten the Cardinals once. The winner of this game moves on to face the Giants.
Here’s a look at the predicted starting lineups for both teams:
St. Louis Projected Starting Lineup:
- 1) Tommy Edman, 2B
- 2) Paul Goldschmidt, 1B
- 3) Tyler O’Neill, LF
- 4) Nolan Arenado, 3B
- 5) Dylan Carlson, RF
- 6) Yadier Molina, C
- 7) Edmundo Sosa or Paul DeJong, SS
- 8) Harrison Bader, CF
- 9) Adam Wainwright, RHP
Los Angeles Projected Starting Lineup:
- 1) Mookie Betts, RF
- 2) Corey Seager, SS
- 3) Trea Turner, 2B
- 4) Will Smith, C
- 5) Justin Turner, 3B
- 6) AJ Pollock, LF
- 7) Chris Taylor, CF
- 8) Cody Bellinger, 1B
- 9) Max Scherzer, P