Both teams have announced their starting lineups for the ever-critical first match, and there are no real surprises.

*The big news for the Dodgers – aside from this really good lineup – is that Freddie Freeman is back as expected after missing Game 6 with his ankle injury. It will be interesting to see how much maintenance the Dodgers do, but as long as he’s relatively healthy, he’ll be in the lineup.

* Enrique Hernández starts at center, while Andy Pages starts the match on the bench. Hernández has been a standout postseason performer throughout his career, and he went 8 for 21 against Gerrit Cole in a (very) small sample size with one home run and three doubles.

*Miguel Rojas returns after missing the NLCS, but will start the game on the bench. It is likely that Rojas will be used as a defensive replacement late in the game.

*Giancarlo Stanton remains in the mop-up zone, which makes sense considering how white-hot he’s been with the bat lately. Austin Wells will reach seventh place; the usual cleanup hitter against right-handed pitchers.

*Jasson Dominguez remains on the bench with Alex Verdugo starting on the left. So far, Verudgo has posted a paltry .544 OPS, and if he struggles through the first two games of the series, it wouldn’t be a huge upset if the Yankees turned to the Martian at some point in this best of seven set.