And now it’s time for the first gamethread of the season that doesn’t include any San Francisco Giants in it. But it’s a game with massive implications for the Giants. The winner of this single-elimination NL Wild Card Game will advance to the NLDS, where they’ll face the Giants in a five-game series, beginning on Friday night at Oracle Park.
NL Wild Card Game
Who: Los Angeles Dodgers (106-56) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (90-72)
When: 5:10 p.m. PT
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
TV: TBS
Radio: ESPN
Lineups
Cardinals
- Tommy Edman — 2B
- Paul Goldschmidt — 1B
- Tyler O’Neill — LF
- Nolan Arenado — 3B
- Dylan Carlson — RF
- Yadier Molina — C
- Edmundo Sosa — SS
- Harrison Bader — CF
- Adam Wainwright — RHP
Dodgers
- Mookie Betts — RF
- Corey Seager — SS
- Trea Turner — 2B
- Justin Turner — 3B
- Will Smith — C
- AJ Pollack — LF
- Matt Beaty — 1B
- Cody Bellinger — CF
- Max Scherzer — RHP
Enjoy the baseball, friends.