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Revision as of 03:47, 2 October 2024
 | This article documents a current National League Wild Card Series. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. Initial news reports, scores, or statistics may be unreliable. The last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. (October 2024) |
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| Dates | October 1–3 | ||||||||||||
| Television | ESPN (Games 1 and 2) ESPN2 (Game 3) | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Jon Sciambi, Doug Glanville, and Jesse Rogers | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Mike Couzens and Chris Burke | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Vic Carapazza, Mike Estabrook, Brennan Miller, Alan Porter (crew chief), Chris Segal, Alex Tosi | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 1–3 | ||||||||||||
| Television | ESPN (Games 1 and 3) ESPN2 (Game 2) | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Karl Ravech, Eduardo Pérez, David Cone, and Buster Olney | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Roxy Bernstein and Gregg Olson | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Erich Bacchus, Nestor Ceja, Phil Cuzzi, Dan Iassogna (crew chief), Jansen Visconti, Mark Wegner | ||||||||||||
The 2024 National League Wild Card Series are two best-of-three playoff series in Major League Baseball (MLB) that determine the participating teams of the 2024 National League Division Series (NLDS). Both Wild Card Series began on October 1, with Game 2s scheduled for October 2. ESPN will broadcast both Wild Card Series in the United States together with ESPN Radio.[1][2]
These matchups are:
- (3) Milwaukee Brewers (NL Central champions) vs. (6) New York Mets (third wild card)
- (4) San Diego Padres (first wild card) vs. (5) Atlanta Braves (second wild card)
Background
The lowest-seeded division winner and three wild card teams in each league play in a best-of-three series after the end of the regular season. The winners of each league's wild card rounds advance to face the two best division winners in that league's Division Series.
Entering September 30, the day before the Wild Card Series, the Arizona Diamondbacks had finished their season with 89 wins, while the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves were tied with 88 wins. Due to Hurricane Helene that impacted Georgia, two games between the Mets and Braves from the week prior were postponed, and the two teams were forced to make up the remaining games in a doubleheader at Truist Park on the day before the postseason began. Both Atlanta and New York had a head-to-head tiebreaker over the Diamondbacks, meaning both teams would only have to win one game in the doubleheader to clinch a playoff berth. If either Atlanta or New York lost both games in the doubleheader, they would be eliminated and the Diamondbacks would clinch a playoff berth. In the first game of the doubleheader, the Mets defeated the Braves, 8–7, clinching the #6 seed. In the second game, the Braves defeated the Mets, 3–0, clinching the #5 seed and eliminating the Diamondbacks.[3][4]
The Milwaukee Brewers (93–69) qualified for the postseason as the National League Central division winner, clinching the division via a Chicago Cubs loss on September 18.[5] As the team with the lowest record among other division winners in the National League for this season, they are locked into the third seed following the Philadelphia Phillies victory over the Chicago Cubs on September 25, thus giving Philadelphia a first-round bye.[6] Milwaukee is making their sixth postseason appearance in seven seasons and are looking for their first postseason series victory since 2018. They will host the New York Mets (89–73), who clinched a spot in the postseason via a thrilling 8–7 victory against the Atlanta Braves in Game 1 of a doubleheader on September 30, a game which saw 12 runs being scored in the last two innings. New York, who was 11 games under .500 at one point in the season, is returning to the postseason after failing to qualify the year previous. Milwaukee won the season series, 5–1, which included them taking two games of three just a few days ago.[7] This is the first postseason match-up between the Brewers and Mets.
The San Diego Padres (93–69) clinched a playoff spot on September 24 and were locked in to the Wild Card three days later after losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers, ending their division title aspirations.[8][9] It is their third playoff appearance in the past five seasons, all as a wild card entrant. They will host the Atlanta Braves (89–73), who clinched a spot in the postseason via a 3–0 win over the New York Mets in Game 2 of a doubleheader on September 30. The Braves are making their seventh straight postseason appearance and first as a wild card since 2012. The Padres won the season series, 4-3. This is the first postseason match-up between the Braves and Padres since the 1998 NLCS, which was won by San Diego in six games.
As the top two seeds, the Los Angeles Dodgers (98–64) and Philadelphia Phillies (95–67) earned a first-round bye and home-field advantage in the NLDS.[10][11][12][13][14][15] This was the first year since 2014 that no team in Major League Baseball won 100 games or more.[16]
Matchups
Milwaukee Brewers vs. New York Mets
New York leads the series, 1–0.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 1 | New York Mets – 8, Milwaukee Brewers – 4 | American Family Field | 2:43 | 40,022[17] |
| 2 | October 2 | New York Mets at Milwaukee Brewers | American Family Field | 7:38 pm EDT/6:38 pm CDT | - |
| 3 | October 3† | New York Mets at Milwaukee Brewers | American Family Field | 8:38 pm EDT/7:38 pm CDT | - |
† If necessary
San Diego Padres vs. Atlanta Braves
Padres leads the series, 1–0.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 1 | Atlanta Braves – 0, San Diego Padres – 4 | Petco Park | 2:09 | 47,647[18] |
| 2 | October 2 | Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres | Petco Park | 8:38 pm EDT/5:38 pm PDT | - |
| 3 | October 3† | Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres | Petco Park | 7:08 pm EDT/4:08 pm PDT | - |
† If necessary
Milwaukee vs. New York
This is the first postseason meeting between the New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers.
Game 1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| New York | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Luis Severino (1–0) LP: Joel Payamps (0–1) Attendance: 40,022 [19] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the bottom of the first, William Contreras hit an RBI single off Luis Severino to score Brice Turang to lead the Brewers 1–0, then the Brewers made it 2–0 when Rhys Hoskins got hit by a pitch from Severino, allowing Jackson Chourio to score home. In the top of the second, Jesse Winker hit a 2-run triple to right field off Freddy Peralta to tie the game 2–2. Starling Marte, then hit a sacrifice fly to score Winkler to put the Mets in the lead at 3–2. Chourio hit an RBI double in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game 3–3. Later in the same inning, Contreras hit an RBI groundout to allow Chourio to score to put the Brewers in the lead at 4–3. In the top of the fifth, Jose Iglesias tied the game 4–4 via an RBI single to score Tyrone Taylor. Later in the fifth, Mark Vientos hit a 2-run single to put the Mets in the lead at 6–4. The Mets scored two more runs in the fifth when J.D. Martinez hit a 2-run pinch single to make it an 8–4 and allowed the Mets to score five unanswered runs in one inning.
Game 2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| New York | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Milwaukee | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: NYM: Sean Manaea (0–0) MIL: Frankie Montas (0–0) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego vs. Atlanta
This is the second meeting between the San Diego Padres and the Atlanta Braves in the postseason, with the last being in the 1998 National League Championship Series, which was won by San Diego in six games.
Game 1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Michael King (1–0) LP: AJ Smith-Shawver (0–1) Home runs: ATL: None SD: Fernando Tatís Jr. (1), Kyle Higashioka (1) Attendance: 47,647 [20] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the bottom of the first, Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a leadoff two-run home run off AJ Smith-Shawver to give the Padres a 2–0 lead. In the bottom of the second, Kyle Higashioka hit a sacrifice fly to score Jake Cronenworth to make it 3–0. Higashioka extended the lead to 4–0 in the bottom of the eighth with a solo home run off Luke Jackson. The Padres hold the shutout in the final inning and get the first win of the series. The Padres are looking for the sweep tomorrow and advance to the NLDS against the Dodgers.
Game 2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Atlanta | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: ATL: Max Fried (0–0) SD: Joe Musgrove (0–0) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ Foster, Jason (August 1, 2024). "Postseason schedule announced; flexible start date for World Series". MLB.com. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
- ^ Snyder, Matt (August 1, 2024). "MLB releases 2024 playoffs schedule: Dates for every postseason series, plus why the World Series could move". CBS Sports. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
- ^ "Mets 8-7 Braves (Sep 30, 2024) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
- ^ "Braves 3-0 Mets (Sep 30, 2024) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
- ^ McCalvy, Adam. "Brewers defy odds to win NL Central, then walk off Phillies". MLB.com. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
- ^ "Milwaukee Brewers fall to Pirates, miss out on chance for 1st-round bye". WTAQ News Talk 97.5 FM · 1360 AM Green Bay, WI. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
- ^ McCalvy, Adam. "Crew awaits Wild Card opponent with race still undecided". MLB.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
- ^ "Padres 4-2 Dodgers (Sep 24, 2024) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ "Dodgers 7-2 Padres (Sep 26, 2024) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ DeRosa, Theo. "Dodgers clinch No. 1 seed, home-field advantage through postseason". MLB.com. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
- ^ Toribio, Juan (September 26, 2024). "For 11th time in 12 seasons, Dodgers are best in NL West". MLB.com. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ Gonzalez, Alden (September 26, 2024). "Dodgers clinch NL West, but Freddie Freeman exits with injury". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ Zolecki, Todd (September 23, 2024). "Phillies return home to clinch first NL East crown since 2011". MLB.com. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ Gelston, Dan (September 24, 2024). "Philadelphia Phillies clinch 1st NL East title since 2011". AP News. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
- ^ Ladson, Bill (September 25, 2024). "Phils clinch first-round bye after slugfest and Brewers loss". MLB.com. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
- ^ Jake, Mintz (September 23, 2024). "No team in MLB is going to win 100 games this year. Why?". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
- ^ "Mets 8, Brewers 4 Final Score". MLB.com. October 1, 2024. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ "Braves 0, Padres 4 Final Score". MLB.com. October 1, 2024. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ "Mets 8, Brewers 4 Final Score". MLB.com. October 1, 2024. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ "Braves 0, Padres 4 Final Score". MLB.com. October 1, 2024. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
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