Our Los Angeles Dodgers vs Atlanta Braves preview covers the odds, run line, moneyline, total, probable pitchers, first pitch time, TV channel and where to watch for Game 4 of the National League Division Series (NLDS) on Wednesday, October 7, 2026. The No. 2-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers (100-62) and the No. 3-seeded Atlanta Braves (94-68) meet at Truist Park in Atlanta, Ga., where the Dodgers lead the best-of-five series 2-1 and the Braves face elimination. First pitch is 6:00 PM ET (3:00 PM PT). TV: FS1 / FOX One.
Division Series storyline: Los Angeles won Game 1 5-3 behind Tarik Skubal, Atlanta evened the series with a 3-2 bullpen-game win in Game 2, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out 10 over seven innings in a 3-1 Dodgers win in Game 3 on Tuesday night. MLB.com noted that in Division Series under the current 2-2-1 format, teams leading 2-1 heading into a road Game 4 have won the series 26 of 37 times, 20 of them by winning Game 4. Atlanta faces elimination for the second time this postseason after winning the deciding Game 3 of its Wild Card Series against Philadelphia (MLB.com). The two-time defending World Series champion Dodgers are trying to become the first National League team to win three straight titles (AP via ESPN). The probable pitchers are Tyler Glasnow for the Dodgers and Tyler Mahle for the Braves. DraftKings lists the Braves at +120 on the moneyline and the Dodgers at -144, with the total at 7.
Los Angeles Dodgers vs Atlanta Braves Odds, Run Line & Game Info
| Matchup | Los Angeles Dodgers @ Atlanta Braves |
|---|---|
| Series | National League Division Series (NLDS), Game 4 — best-of-five, 2-2-1 format |
| Series Score | Dodgers lead 2-1. Game 1: Dodgers won 5-3 (Saturday, Oct. 3). Game 2: Braves won 3-2 (Sunday, Oct. 4). Game 3: Dodgers won 3-1 (Tuesday, Oct. 6). Remaining: Game 5 (if necessary): Friday, Oct. 9, 8 PM ET at Dodger Stadium |
| Seeds | Los Angeles Dodgers No. 2 | Atlanta Braves No. 3 (NL) |
| 2026 Records | Los Angeles Dodgers 100-62 (49-32 on the road) | Atlanta Braves 94-68 (52-29 at home) |
| How They Got Here | Dodgers: First-round bye as NL West champion and No. 2 seed | Braves: Beat the No. 6 Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 in the NL Wild Card Series (5-3, 3-4 in 10 innings, 6-2) |
| Run Line | Dodgers -1.5 (+128) | Braves +1.5 (-155) |
| Moneyline | Los Angeles Dodgers: -144 | Atlanta Braves: +120 |
| Total | O/U 7 (Over -120 / Under -101) |
| Probable Pitchers | Dodgers: Tyler Glasnow (RHP, 5-2, 3.53 ERA, 13 GS, 74.0 IP, 98 K, 25 BB, 0.95 WHIP; 2026 postseason debut) | Braves: Tyler Mahle (RHP, 7-10, 3.99 ERA, 27 GS, 149.0 IP, 137 K, 46 BB, 1.23 WHIP; 4-1, 1.99 ERA in 9 GS with ATL) |
| Managers | Los Angeles Dodgers: Dave Roberts | Atlanta Braves: Walt Weiss |
| Venue | Truist Park (Atlanta, Ga.) |
| Date / Time | Wednesday, October 7, 2026 — 6:00 PM ET (3:00 PM PT) |
| TV / How to Watch | FS1 / FOX One (Spanish: FOX Deportes) |
| 2026 Season Series | Braves won the 2026 season series 5-1 |
Odds via DraftKings (through ESPN) as of Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, 11:12 PM ET. Opening line: Dodgers -135 / Braves +112, total 7. Lines move, so check your sportsbook before first pitch.
Dodgers vs Braves NLDS Series Context
Format: The NLDS is a best-of-five series in a 2-2-1 format. Games 1 and 2 were at Dodger Stadium, Games 3 and 4 are at Truist Park in Atlanta, and a deciding Game 5 would return to Los Angeles. The remaining schedule is in the table above (MLB Stats API).
Game 1 recap: Tarik Skubal allowed one run on two hits over six innings with seven strikeouts, and the Dodgers won 5-3 at Dodger Stadium on Saturday. Teoscar Hernández hit a two-run homer off Victor Mederos (L) in the fourth, and Kyle Tucker (two-run) and Max Muncy (solo) homered off AJ Smith-Shawver in the sixth. Sean Murphy and Ozzie Albies homered for Atlanta, which finished with four hits (MLB Stats API box score).
Game 2 recap: Atlanta won 3-2 at Dodger Stadium on Sunday night in a bullpen game opened by left-hander Ray Kerr (2 2/3 scoreless innings). Mauricio Dubón’s two-out, bases-loaded infield single scored a run in the first, Freddie Freeman homered in the fourth, and Michael Harris II tripled and scored on a wild pitch by Kris Bubic (L) in the fifth, then added an RBI double in the seventh. Blake Snell lasted 3 2/3 innings (five walks), Didier Fuentes recorded 11 outs on 47 pitches, Muncy homered in the ninth, and Raisel Iglesias got the final out for the save (MLB Stats API box score, ESPN).
Game 3 recap: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (W) struck out a postseason career-high 10 over seven innings, allowing one run on four hits and one walk on 98 pitches, and the Dodgers won 3-1 at Truist Park on Tuesday night (MLB.com, MLB Stats API). After Dubón leaped at the left-field wall to rob Freeman of a homer in the third, Andy Pages singled to open the fourth, Kiké Hernández hit a 406-foot two-run homer off Chris Sale (L), and Freeman followed two batters later with a solo shot, his 18th career postseason homer. Sale struck out six in the first two innings but allowed three runs on seven hits over five innings (95 pitches) (MLB.com). Atlanta loaded the bases with one out in the fifth and scored on Drake Baldwin’s groundout, but Ronald Acuña Jr. grounded out to end the inning. Tanner Scott and Edwin Díaz (save) finished it (MLB Stats API box score).
How they got here: Atlanta beat Philadelphia in three Wild Card games, clinching 6-2 on Oct. 1 as Kerr opened with 3 1/3 scoreless innings and Sale recorded the final four outs. Los Angeles went 8-2 in its last 10 regular-season games before a first-round bye (MLB Stats API).
Head-to-head: Atlanta went 5-1 against Los Angeles in 2026 and outscored the Dodgers 26-15, including a three-game sweep at Truist Park on Aug. 25-27 (MLB Stats API). Freeman, who played for Atlanta from 2010 to 2021, has hit nine of his 18 career postseason homers for the Braves (MLB.com).
Los Angeles Dodgers Preview: NLDS Game 4
Season in review: Manager Dave Roberts‘s two-time defending World Series champion Dodgers went 100-62 and won the NL West, including 51-30 at home and 49-32 on the road. Los Angeles scored 801 runs and allowed 600, hit .257 with a .762 OPS and 204 homers, and posted a 3.55 team ERA with 46 saves (MLB Stats API). Shohei Ohtani led the club with 30 homers and an .889 OPS, and Pages drove in a team-high 85 runs (MLB Stats API team leaders).
Lineup notes: Against Sale in Game 3, Roberts batted Ohtani fifth for the first time since Sept. 23, 2020, as he manages right biceps and left knee injuries, and started Kiké Hernández at third base with Miguel Rojas at second. That lineup was Mookie Betts (SS), Freeman (1B), Teoscar Hernández (LF), Will Smith (C), Ohtani (DH), Rojas (2B), Pages (CF), Tucker (RF) and Kiké Hernández (3B) (MLB.com). All 10 Dodgers runs this postseason have come on home runs, the longest such streak to start a postseason in MLB history (MLB.com). Los Angeles is 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position in the series (MLB Stats API box scores).
Bullpen and injuries: Yamamoto’s seven innings left only Scott (19 pitches) and Díaz (19) to pitch in Game 3, after Roki Sasaki threw 36 pitches and Díaz 12 in Game 2 on Sunday (MLB Stats API). MLB.com reported Blake Treinen (right shoulder inflammation) is unlikely to pitch this postseason. ESPN lists RHPs Will Klein (elbow), Gavin Stone (shoulder), Ben Casparius (shoulder), Brusdar Graterol (back surgery) and Jake Cousins (elbow surgery) on the 60-day IL.
Atlanta Braves Preview: NLDS Game 4
Season in review: Under manager Walt Weiss, the Braves (94-68) won the NL East by six games and earned the NL’s No. 3 seed. They went 52-29 at Truist Park and 42-39 on the road. Atlanta scored 742 runs and allowed 626, hit .246 with a .718 OPS and 204 homers, and posted a 3.63 ERA with 49 saves (MLB Stats API). Matt Olson led the club with 41 homers, Harris hit .294, and Iglesias had 34 saves (MLB Stats API team leaders).
Lineup and who’s cold: Atlanta’s Game 3 lineup against Yamamoto was Baldwin (C), Acuña (DH), Olson (1B), Albies (2B), Harris (CF), Dubón (LF), Lane Thomas (RF), Austin Riley (3B) and Ha-Seong Kim (SS) (MLB.com). Baldwin is 3-for-23 this postseason and Acuña is 3-for-21 (MLB.com), and the Braves are 1-for-16 with runners in scoring position in the series after going 0-for-6 on Tuesday (MLB Stats API box scores). MLB.com called the Braves’ offense “maddening” after Game 3. Albies has homered and doubled in the series.
Pitching and injuries: Sale threw 95 pitches in Game 3, and Dylan Dodd (17 pitches), Dylan Lee (9), Brent Suter (21) and Iglesias (22) each worked an inning behind him. Fuentes (47 pitches) and Kerr (42) last pitched Sunday (MLB Stats API). RHP Bryce Elder (right knee surgery) and LHP Martín Pérez (back) are not available in this series (MLB.com, ESPN). ESPN also lists RHP Reynaldo López (shoulder, 15-day IL), RHP Joe Jiménez (knee surgery, 60-day IL) and RHP Spencer Strider (elbow, 60-day IL).
Starting Pitchers: Tyler Glasnow vs Tyler Mahle
Dodgers: Tyler Glasnow (RHP). Glasnow went 5-2 with a 3.53 ERA in 13 starts, with 98 strikeouts, 25 walks, a 0.95 WHIP and a .175 opponents’ average in 74 innings (MLB Stats API). Low back spasms sent him to the injured list from May 8 until Aug. 25, and he posted a 4.46 ERA with 49 strikeouts in 34 1/3 innings over six starts after returning, finishing with 10 strikeouts against San Francisco on Sept. 18 and 11 against San Diego on Sept. 24 (6 1/3 IP, 3 ER) (MLB Stats API). Wednesday is his first appearance in 13 days and his 2026 postseason debut. His return start came Aug. 25 at Truist Park, where he allowed three runs on six hits in five innings with seven strikeouts in a 4-3 Atlanta win. He had a 2.84 ERA in seven road starts. In his career he has a 4.43 ERA and 86 strikeouts in 67 postseason innings over 16 games (13 starts), including a 1.69 ERA in six games (three starts) during the Dodgers’ 2025 title run (MLB Stats API).
Braves: Tyler Mahle (RHP). Mahle went 7-10 with a 3.99 ERA in 27 starts overall, with 137 strikeouts, 46 walks and a 1.23 WHIP in 149 innings: 3-9 with a 5.13 ERA in 18 starts for San Francisco, then 4-1 with a 1.99 ERA, 48 strikeouts, nine walks and a 0.96 WHIP in nine starts after Atlanta acquired him for RHP Anthony Molina on Aug. 2 (MLB Stats API). His ERA was 2.74 in 13 home starts. In his first career postseason start, Wild Card Game 2 against Philadelphia on Sept. 30, he allowed one run on six hits in seven innings with six strikeouts and one walk (95 pitches) after feeling an abdominal pull while warming up; Mahle said Tuesday the pull is now a “nonissue” (MLB Stats API, AP via ESPN). Wednesday is on six days’ rest. He faced the Dodgers once this season, with San Francisco on April 22, and threw seven scoreless innings (3 H, 2 BB, 5 K) (MLB Stats API).
Key Matchup Notes: Dodgers vs Braves Game 4
- Home runs vs. RISP: All 10 Dodgers runs in the series have scored on homers (Teoscar Hernández, Tucker, Muncy twice, Freeman twice and Kiké Hernández), and neither team has much to show with runners in scoring position: Los Angeles is 0-for-13 and Atlanta is 1-for-16 (MLB Stats API box scores, MLB.com).
- Past meetings: Glasnow allowed three runs in five innings at Truist Park on Aug. 25, and Mahle threw seven scoreless innings against Los Angeles for the Giants on April 22 (MLB Stats API). DraftKings lists the Game 4 total at 7.
- Bullpens: Los Angeles used only Scott and Díaz (19 pitches each) behind Yamamoto in Game 3, while Atlanta used Dodd, Lee, Suter and Iglesias for an inning apiece after Sale. In Game 2 on Sunday, Atlanta’s Fuentes threw 47 pitches and Kerr 42, and the Dodgers’ Sasaki threw 36 (MLB Stats API).
- Elimination game: Atlanta won its last elimination game, the Wild Card Series clincher against Philadelphia on Oct. 1, and has a 52-29 home record this season (MLB Stats API).
How to Watch Los Angeles Dodgers vs Atlanta Braves – NLDS Game 4
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2026
First pitch: 6:00 PM ET (3:00 PM PT)
Venue: Truist Park, Atlanta, Ga.
TV / Streaming: FS1 and FOX One, with Spanish-language coverage on FOX Deportes (MLB Stats API, MLB.com). In the U.S., the game is also available on MLB.TV with authentication to a participating pay-TV provider, and Sportsnet carries it in Canada (MLB.com).
The series winner advances to the NLCS against the winner of the Brewers-Padres NLDS. If Atlanta wins Wednesday, a deciding Game 5 would be Friday, Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. ET at Dodger Stadium (MLB Stats API). Check the run line, moneyline and total above against your sportsbook before the October 7, 2026 first pitch, and look for official lineups closer to game time.