Brave shortstop Jeff Blauser left the game...

Brave shortstop Jeff Blauser left the game in the second inning after he was hit on the left leg below the knee by a pitch from St. Louis starter Donovan Osborne in the first inning.

The injury isn’t serious and Blauser will be available when the Braves open the World Series on Saturday night in New York.

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Before Thursday night’s game, St. Louis Manager Tony La Russa on the matchup between Osborne and Glavine: “They’re starting a good pitcher, but we’re starting a good one, too. People just don’t know it.�

They didn’t get much of a chance to find out as Osborne lasted two-thirds of an inning.

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Atlanta and New York have never met in the World Series, but that doesn’t mean there’s a lack of history between the Braves and Yankees. The teams met in seven-game World Series in 1957 and ’58 when the Braves were still in Milwaukee. The Braves captured Milwaukee’s only World Series title in 1957, but New York bounced back the following year, rallying from a 3-1 deficit to win the series.