The 2017 National League Wild Card game was played on a Wednesday evening in early October, with the Colorado Rockies facing a Zack Greinke-led Arizona Diamondbacks squad in Phoenix, Arizona. The Chase Field pitching mound saw 14 different arms that night. Starting pitchers Greinke and Jon Gray combined for five innings of work. 19 runs were scored. 30 hits were recorded. The Rockies never led in that contest.
Arizona won 11-8; in Colorado’s final two innings in the field, they allowed five runs.
Relief pitching is being used in record-setting amounts, and Major League Baseball has ushered in the era of the bullpen-dominated postseason.