NEW YORK — The National League wild-card game on Wednesday features a dream pitching matchup, with two of the best pitchers in the game taking the mound for the Senior Circuit’s past two pennant winners.
The Mets, looking to start on a road to back-to-back World Series appearances for the first time in their history, send major league FIP leader Noah Syndergaard to the mound looking to build on last year’s postseason, when he won two of his three starts and struck out 26 hitters in 19 innings. For the Giants, it’s 2014 NLCS and World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner, toting a 7-3 career postseason record and 2.