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Blazing triple-digit heat bears down on Braves-Dodgers NLDS opener in Los Angeles · Best of: Features

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  Blazing triple digit heat bears down on Braves Dodger's NLDS Opener in
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  Los Angeles. This article is being read by an
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  automated voice generated by Everlett. Los Angeles the AP. The Los
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  Angeles Dodgers kept their cool against the Atlanta Braves in the second
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  hottest postseason game at Dodgers Stadium. Shade was at a premium Saturday
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  for Game One of the National League Division Series, which began at
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  one PM local time. The came time temperature of one hundred degrees
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  fell just short of the record of one hundred and three degrees
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  set in game. One of the twenty seventeen World Series. I've got
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  a lot of respect for the fans that came out. It's not
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  easy, said Tarek Scoobal, who pitched the Dodgers to a five three
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  victory. The sun was on us The
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  entire game. Hopefully the packed some sunscreen. The announced attendance was fifty
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  thousand one hundred and ninety four, although there were plenty of empty
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  seats with the feels like temperature reaching one hundred and five degrees.
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  Pretty hot, pretty hot, said Teoscar Hernandez, who gave the Dodgers an
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  early lead with a two run homer in the fourth inning. The
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  Braves seemingly were unfazed by the blazing sun, cloudless skies, and rising
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  thermometer while taking pregame batting practice. The two time defending World Series
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  champion Dodgers, the stayed inside. Remember, we're from Atlanta, Braves manager Walt
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  Weiss said before the game. It's not that big of a factor.
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  Brave center fielder Lane Thomas added, I feel like this is a
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  little cooler ninety eight than Atlanta, some of their fans agreed. It's
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  hot, but it's not bad, said Helen Green of Valdosta, Georgia, who
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  was seating in the sun nine rows behind the visitor's dugout with
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  her Long hair arrayed under a Brave's cap. In Atlanta, my hair
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  would have been up by now. Green and her husband Chad were
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  hydrating with water. I'll have beer later, she said, smiling. Fans still
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  gathered in the outfield pavilions in hopes of catching a stray ball
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  off the Braves Bats pregame, but other seating areas were mostly empty
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  ninety minutes before first pitch. Christopher Hernandez of Long Beach and his
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  girlfriend sat in the sun behind the Dodgers dugout with giveaway towels
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  covering their heads. We play sports, and we know how it feels
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  to be in the heat, and we know how to beat the
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  heat, too, he said, showing off a blue plastic bottle with a
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  fan attached to Spritz water. It's not as bad as people think
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  it is. Braves reliever Brent Souter graduated from Harvard in twenty twelve,
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  having majored in environmental science and public policy. In the back of
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  my mind I'm like one hundred degrees in October in LA. That's
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  definitely not normal, he said before the game. Obviously Super El Nino
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  is a big thing to do with that. It's going to be
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  a challenge for both sides to stay hydrated, especially the position players.
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  Short heat spells in October are normal for Los Angeles, but the
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  prolonged extreme heat warning, forecast to last at least a week, is
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  keeping temperatures ten to fifteen degrees above normal. The average high in
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  Los Angeles in early October is eighty one degrees, twenty seven degrees
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  Celsius. Just making sure everyone is hydrated and staying loose and getting
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  electrolytes in us, said Souter, who pitched the final two innings for
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  the Braves. Emergency medical teams were in their usual spots around the
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  stadium, staying alert for anticipated cases of heat stroke, dehydration, excessive sweating
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  caused by heat exposure, and the more typical drunkenness. The Dodgers encouraged
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  fans to wear hats and sunscreen. They were allowed to bring in
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  non alcoholic drinks of one liter or less in factory sealed plastic
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  bottles. Empty refillable water bottles were also allowed. Bottle filling stations and
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  water fountains are scattered around the stadium. See the AP's full MLB
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  coverage here.