The Giants have come to Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates in the National League’s Wild Card game. Edinson Volquez is taking the mound for the Bucs while Madison Bumgarner steps in to try to keep the Giants’ season alive, and now we know who these two will be facing.
Giants, Pirates finalize lineups for NL Wild Card game
These teams only have one chance to get this right before one of them heads home until 2015.
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The Pirates’ lineup:
Here's the #Pirates lineup for tonight's Wild Card game. #Buctober pic.twitter.com/dDkgKlMxPs
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) October 1, 2014 Of note is that Russell Martin is indeed playing. There were concerns he might not be able to thanks to his hamstring, and that it would diminish the Pirates’ balanced offensive attack, but that’s seemingly irrelevant now. Gaby Sanchez gets the nod ahead of Ike Davis, as Bumgarner is a lefty -- that gives the Pirates a pinch-hit option off the bench for later.
As for who Volquez will be facing on the San Francisco side:
Giants wild card game lineup: Blanco CF, Panik 2B, Posey C, Sandoval 3B, Pence RF, Belt 1B, Crawford SS, Ishikawa LF, Bumgarner LHP
— Alex Pavlovic (@AlexPavlovic) October 1, 2014 First pitch for the Pirates and Giants is set for 8:07 p.m. ET on TBS. If you’re looking to kill some time until then, there’s always our preview.
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