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NL Wild Card Game Picks San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets

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Winner takes all this game in a one game wild card series.  The winner of this game will move on to play the best team in MLB this years, the Chicago Cubs.  Game starts at 8pm ET and will be played at Citi Field in New York.

Road team Giants are favorites this game at -117, while the mets are +107, with total set at 6 runs..whoa!  that’s a tiny line, basically saying both teams can’t score over 2 runs, that’s nuts.

How to Watch or Listen to NL Wild Card Game

  • Television: ESPN
  • Streaming: WatchESPN
  • Radio: ESPN Radio

Injuries and Inactives

  • Lucas Duda left off of Wild Card roster for Mets
  • Eduardo Nunez left off Wild Card roster for Giants
  • Wilmer Flores will undergo surgery

Starting Lineups

Giants Lineup

1. Denard Span, CF
2. Brandon Belt, 1B
3. Buster Posey, C
4. Hunter Pence, RF
5. Brandon Crawford, SS
6. Angel Pagan, LF
7. Joe Panik, 2B
8. Conor Gillaspie, 3B
9. Madison Bumgarner, LHP

Mets Lineup

1. Jose Reyes, 3B
2. Asdrubal Cabrera, SS
3. Yoenis Cespedes, LF
4. Curtis Granderson, CF
5. T.J. Rivera, 2B
6. Jay Bruce, RF
7. Rene Rivera, C
8. James Loney, 1B
9. Noah Syndergaard, RHP

NL Wild Card Game Expert Picks

  • CBS sports experts, 4 out of 5 picked Giants
  • ESPN, Tim Kurkjian – Giants win
  • personal pick: Giants, Mad Bum could be the greatest post season pitcher ever, he has 0.60 ERA in post season, the best in MLB history with at least 25 innings pitched

Here’s what everybody else is saying about this game on twitter…

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