{"id":782605,"date":"2026-05-08T19:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/782605\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T19:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:27:14","slug":"how-to-watch-braves-vs-dodgers-tv-channel-and-streaming-options-for-may-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/782605\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch Braves vs. Dodgers: TV channel and streaming options for May 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers host the Atlanta Braves at 10:10 p.m. ET on Friday, a game featuring two of the league\u2019s most consistent batters. Andy Pages has an average of .336 (fifth in league) for the Dodgers, and Ozzie Albies is 10th at .322 for the Braves. Emmet Sheehan (2-1, 5.23 ERA) will start for the Dodgers, who are 23-14 this season and first in the NL West. Chris Sale (6-1, 2.14 ERA) is starting for the Braves, who are 26-12 and first in the NL East.<\/p>\n<p>How to watch Atlanta Braves vs. Los Angeles DodgersBraves vs. Dodgers odds<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/betmgm.com\/theathletic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Odds provided by BetMGM.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Injury reportsDodgers<\/p>\n<p><b>Tommy Edman:<\/b> 10 Day IL (Ankle), <b>Mookie Betts:<\/b> 10 Day IL (Back), <b>Brusdar Graterol:<\/b> 15 Day IL (Shoulder), <b>Blake Snell:<\/b> 15 Day IL (Shoulder), <b>Edwin D\u00edaz:<\/b> 15 Day IL (Elbow), <b>Ben Casparius:<\/b> 15 Day IL (Shoulder), <b>Bobby Miller:<\/b> 60 Day IL (Shoulder), <b>Gavin Stone:<\/b> 60 Day IL (Shoulder), <b>Jake Cousins:<\/b> 60 Day IL (Elbow), <b>Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez:<\/b> 60 Day IL (Elbow), <b>Landon Knack:<\/b> 60 Day IL (Undisclosed), <b>Evan Phillips:<\/b> 60 Day IL (Elbow), <b>Tyler Glasnow:<\/b> day-to-day (Back)<\/p>\n<p>  Braves<\/p>\n<p><b>Ronald Acuna Jr.:<\/b> 10 Day IL (Hamstring), <b>Ha-Seong Kim:<\/b> 10 Day IL (Finger), <b>Hurston Waldrep:<\/b> 15 Day IL (Elbow), <b>Dylan Dodd:<\/b> 15 Day IL (Back), <b>Spencer Schwellenbach:<\/b> 60 Day IL (Elbow), <b>Danny Young:<\/b> 60 Day IL (Elbow), <b>AJ Smith-Shawver:<\/b> 60 Day IL (Elbow), <b>Joey Wentz:<\/b> 60 Day IL (Knee), <b>Joe Jimenez:<\/b> 60 Day IL (Knee)<\/p>\n<p>Stats to know<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Los Angeles\u2019 Pages is slashing .336\/.376\/.569 this season with eight home runs, 33 RBIs (2nd in MLB) and an OPS of .945 (13th in MLB). He has a 21.5% strikeout rate and a 6% walk rate in 149 plate appearances, and he has scored 22 total runs. Pages has recorded six steals on seven attempts.<\/li>\n<li>In 163 plate appearances, Shohei Ohtani is hitting .248\/.389\/.442 with a .831 OPS and five steals on five attempts. He has hit six long balls, driven in 15 runs and scored 25 times.<\/li>\n<li>Matt Olson is hitting for a .301 BA, .388 OBP and .671 SLG with a 22.9% strikeout rate and a 12.9% walk rate. His OPS is 1.059, which ranks 4th in MLB, and he has scored 35 runs. In 170 plate appearances, he has hit 13 home runs (3rd in MLB) and driven in 33 runs (2nd in MLB).<\/li>\n<li>In 174 plate appearances, Drake Baldwin has slashed .303\/.379\/.510 this season. He has hit nine long balls (18th in MLB) and driven in 30 runs (5th in MLB) with a strikeout rate of 20.1% and a walk rate of 9.2%. and has scored 33 runs (3rd in MLB).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This watch guide was created using technology provided by Data Skrive.<\/p>\n<p>Betting\/odds, ticketing and streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic. Restrictions may apply. The Athletic maintains full editorial independence. Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Jamie Squire, Ishika Samant, Scott Taetsch, Alika Jenner \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Dodgers host the Atlanta Braves at 10:10 p.m. ET on Friday, a game featuring two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":782606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1266,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-782605","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116540607635009900","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}