Baseball

5 p.m., TBS — NLDS: St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves in Game 5.

8:30 p.m., TBS — NLDS: Washington Nationals at Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5.

Basketball

8 p.m., ESPN — NBA preseason: New Orleans Pelicans at Chicago Bulls.

Football

8 p.m., ESPN2 — NCAA: Appalachian State at Louisiana-Lafayette.

Golf

4 a.m. (Thursday), Golf Channel — European PGA: Italian Open from Rome.

Gymnastics

3 p.m., NBCSN — FIG: World Championship from Stuttgart, Germany. (taped today)

Hockey

7:30 p.m., NBCSN — NHL: New Jersey Devils at Philadelphia Flyers.

10 p.m., NBCSN — NHL: Los Angeles Kings at Vancouver Canucks.

Rugby

5:30 a.m., NBCSN — World Cup: Wales vs. Fiji from Iota, Japan.

Soccer

7 p.m., NESN, YES — NCAA women: Virginia at North Carolina State.

7 p.m., FS1 — NCAA men: Kentucky at Indiana.

8 p.m., ESPNews — USL: Birmingham Legion FC at Hartford Athletic.

Tennis

6:30 a.m., Tennis Channel — ATP Shanghai Masters from China.

11 p.m., Tennis Channel — ATP Shanghai Masters from China, WTA Tianjin Open from China.

Volleyball

7 p.m., ESPNU — NCAA women: Mississippi State at Alabama.

9 p.m., ESPNU — NCAA women: Baylor at Iowa State.