Dodgers-Braves get rain delay update ahead of exhausting night in Atlanta

Billy Heyen

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The Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves are looking at another long night.

They already faced a rain delay on Friday, and it's going to be an even longer-lasting one Saturday.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts spoke with reporters at 5:30 p.m. ET and said the teams plan to "hunker down" and wait out the storm.

The current forecast says that wait could be as much as four hours from when Roberts spoke, meaning a potential first pitch at 9:30 or 10:00 p.m. ET.

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The game was scheduled to start at 7:15 p.m. ET.

The pitching matchup sends a pair of righties to the mound, Roki Sasaki and Spencer Schwellenbach.

Sasaki is still seeking his first victory with the Dodgers.

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Schwellenbach has had some tough luck, going 1-2 so far this season but putting up a 2.87 ERA and 0.98 WHIP.

The Dodgers won 2-1 on Friday night, thanks to a gem from Yoshinobu Yamamoto and a homer from Mookie Betts.

These teams are scheduled to conclude the three-game series on Sunday Night Baseball.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle