The wild-card games are a different postseason animal. Because it’s win or go home, bullpens become more important and you only need one starting pitcher.
In the Cubs’ case, though, they’ll have three starting pitches on their roster for tonight’s game.
Pitchers (11)
Cole Hamels
Kyle Hendricks
Jon Lester
Jesse Chavez
Steve Cishek
Jorge De La Rosa
Alec Mills
Mike Montgomery
Randy Rosario
Pedro Strop
Justin Wilson
Having Pedro Strop available for this game is, in my view, supremely important.