National League Wild Card Playoff 2015
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| date | October 7, 2015 | ||||||
| Venue | PNC Park | ||||||
| city | in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania | ||||||
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Venue of the NL Wildcard Playoff 2015. |
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Chicago Cubs winner of the NL Wild Card Playoff
The 2015 National League Wild Card Playoff was the game between the two Wild Card winners of National League Baseball . The winner of this game will compete in the National League Division Series 2015 against the best division winner of the NL. Only one game was played, this took place on October 7, 2015.
The pairing read:
- Pittsburgh Pirates (second NL Central, 98-64) versus Chicago Cubs (third NL Central, 97-65)
Remaining in the postseason
→ Main articles: MLB 2015 , ALWC 2015 , NLDS 2015 , ALDS 2015 , NLCS 2015 , ALCS 2015 , World Series 2015
| Wild Card Games | League Division Series | League Championship Series | World Series | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Toronto Blue Jays | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas Rangers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Kansas City Royals | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
| American League | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Toronto Blue Jays | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Kansas City Royals | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC2 | Houston Astros | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC1 | New York Yankees | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC2 | Houston Astros | 1 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 4th | |||||||||||||
| NL | New York Mets | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | New York Mets | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | New York Mets | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
| National League | ||||||||||||||||||
| WC2 | Chicago Cubs | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC2 | Chicago Cubs | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC1 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC2 | Chicago Cubs | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Submit Results
Wild Card Games: one game; ALDS, NLDS (Division Series): Best-of Five; ALCS, NLCS (Championship Series), World Series: Best-of-Seven
Game summary
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015 at 8:00 PM EDT at PNC Park in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
| team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
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| Chicago Cubs | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | 7th | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | 1 |
Starting Pitchers : CHC - Jake Arrieta PIT - Gerrit Cole WP : Jake Arrieta (1−0 0.00) LP : Gerrit Cole (0−1 7.20)
HRs : CHC - Kyle Schwarber, Dexter FowlerIndividual evidence
- ↑ 2015 MLB Postseason Schedule. MLB.com, accessed October 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Boxscore: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs. MLB.com, accessed October 8, 2015 .