2020 National League Wild Card Series
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September 30–October 2, 2020 | |
Los Angeles Dodgers 2–0 Milwaukee Brewers | |
Atlanta Braves 2–0 Cincinnati Reds | |
Chicago Cubs 0–2 Miami Marlins | |
San Diego Padres 2–1 St. Louis Cardinals | |
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The 2020 National League Wild Card Series were four best-of-three-games series in Major League Baseball (MLB) to determine participating teams in the 2020 National League Division Series. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MLB expanded the postseason instead of holding the regular Wild Card Game for each league. All games for each series were played at the higher seeded team's home ballpark.
The matchups were:
- (1) Los Angeles Dodgers (West Division champions) vs. (8) Milwaukee Brewers (Second Wild Card)
- (2) Atlanta Braves (East Division champions) vs. (7) Cincinnati Reds (First Wild Card)
- (3) Chicago Cubs (Central Division champions) vs. (6) Miami Marlins (East Division 2nd place)
- (4) San Diego Padres (West Division 2nd place) vs. (5) St. Louis Cardinals (Central Division 2nd place)
Because of the expanded postseason format, the National League Central became the first division in MLB history to have four teams qualify for the postseason in the same year. However, none of the four teams played each other, and all four ended up losing their respective Wild Card Series, with each team losing its elimination game via a shutout.
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Background
On September 15, 2020, MLB announced the playoff bracket for the 2020 season, which was shortened to 60 regular season games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The postseason will consist of eight teams from each league: The top two teams from each division, plus the teams from each league with the next two best records. The Wild Card Series will be a best-of-three series, as opposed to the play-in game format of the Wild Card Game from previous seasons, while the Division Series, League Championship Series, and World Series will be their normal lengths. The Wild Card Series games will be played at the home field of the higher seeded team.[1]
Matchups
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Milwaukee Brewers
Los Angeles won the series, 2–0.
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | September 30 | Milwaukee Brewers – 2, Los Angeles Dodgers – 4 | Dodger Stadium | 3:17 | N/A[2] |
2 | October 1 | Milwaukee Brewers – 0, Los Angeles Dodgers – 3 | Dodger Stadium | 2:55 | N/A[3] |
Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
Atlanta won the series, 2–0.
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | September 30 | Cincinnati Reds – 0, Atlanta Braves – 1 (13) | Truist Park | 4:39 | N/A[4] |
2 | October 1 | Cincinnati Reds – 0, Atlanta Braves – 5 | Truist Park | 3:03 | N/A[5] |
Chicago Cubs vs. Miami Marlins
Miami won the series, 2–0.
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | September 30 | Miami Marlins – 5, Chicago Cubs – 1 | Wrigley Field | 3:22 | N/A[6] |
2 | October 2 | Miami Marlins – 2, Chicago Cubs – 0 | Wrigley Field | 3:22 | N/A[7] |
San Diego Padres vs. St. Louis Cardinals
San Diego won the series, 2–1.
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | September 30 | St. Louis Cardinals – 7, San Diego Padres – 4 | Petco Park | 3:53 | N/A[8] |
2 | October 1 | St. Louis Cardinals – 9, San Diego Padres – 11 | Petco Park | 4:19 | N/A[9] |
3 | October 2 | St. Louis Cardinals – 0, San Diego Padres – 4 | Petco Park | 3:21 | N/A[10] |
Los Angeles vs. Milwaukee
This is the second postseason meeting between the Dodgers and Brewers. The previous meeting took place in the 2018 National League Championship Series, in which the Dodgers won in seven games.
Game 1
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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Milwaukee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
Los Angeles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
WP: Julio Urías (1–0) LP: Brent Suter (0–1) Sv: Kenley Jansen (1) Home runs: MIL: Orlando Arcia (1) LAD: Corey Seager (1) Attendance: N/A Boxscore |
Game 2
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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Milwaukee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
WP: Clayton Kershaw (1–0) LP: Brandon Woodruff (0–1) Sv: Brusdar Graterol (1) Attendance: N/A Boxscore |
Composite line score
2020 NLWC (2–0): Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Milwaukee Brewers
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Milwaukee Brewers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 1 |
Atlanta vs Cincinnati
This is the second postseason meeting between the Braves and Reds. The previous meeting took place in the 1995 National League Championship Series, in which the Braves won in a four-game sweep.
Game 1
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | R | H | E | |||||||
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Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||||||
Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
WP: A.J. Minter (1–0) LP: Archie Bradley (0–1) Attendance: N/A Boxscore |
This was the first time in MLB postseason history that a game was scoreless after 11 innings. There were also 37 strikeouts, a postseason record. This was also the first extra innings game of the 2020 season to not have the runner on second rule, which only applied to the regular season. [11]
Game 2
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 5 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
WP: Ian Anderson (1–0) LP: Luis Castillo (0–1) Home runs: CIN: None ATL: Marcell Ozuna (1), Adam Duvall (1) Attendance: N/A Boxscore |
Composite line score
2020 NLWC (2–0): Atlanta Braves defeated Cincinnati Reds
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | R | H | E |
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Cincinnati Reds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
Atlanta Braves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
The Reds became the first team in MLB history to fail to score a run in a postseason series. [12]
Chicago vs. Miami
This is the second postseason meeting between the Cubs and Marlins. The previous meeting took place in the 2003 National League Championship Series, in which the then-Florida Marlins won in seven games after trailing the series 3–1. Game 2, originally scheduled for October 1, was postponed due to rain. The game was moved to October 2 and Game 3 (if necessary) to October 3.
Game 1
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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Miami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||
Chicago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
WP: Sandy Alcántara (1–0) LP: Kyle Hendricks (0–1) Home runs: MIA: Corey Dickerson (1), Jesús Aguilar (1) CHC: Ian Happ (1) Attendance: N/A Boxscore |
Game 2
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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Miami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
Chicago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
WP: Brad Boxberger (1–0) LP: Yu Darvish (0–1) Sv: Brandon Kintzler (1) Home runs: MIA: Garrett Cooper (1) CHC: None Attendance: N/A Boxscore |
Composite line score
2020 NLWC (2–0): Miami Marlins defeated Chicago Cubs
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Miami Marlins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
Chicago Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
San Diego vs. St. Louis
This is the fourth postseason meeting between the Padres and Cardinals, with the Cardinals winning all three previous meetings in the Division Series. The Cardinals swept the Padres in 1996 and 2005, while they won in four games in 2006.
Game 1
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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St. Louis | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||
San Diego | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
WP: Giovanny Gallegos (1–0) LP: Chris Paddack (0–1) Sv: Alex Reyes (1) Home runs: STL: Paul Goldschmidt (1) SD: None Attendance: N/A Boxscore |
Game 2
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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St. Louis | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||
San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | X | 11 | 15 | 2 | |||||||||||
WP: Emilio Pagán (1–0) LP: Daniel Ponce de Leon (0–1) Sv: Trevor Rosenthal (1) Home runs: STL: Kolten Wong (1) SD: Fernando Tatís Jr. 2 (2), Manny Machado (1), Wil Myers 2 (2) Attendance: N/A Boxscore |
Wil Myers and Fernando Tatis Jr. were the first teammates each to hit two home runs in a postseason game since Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig did it in the 1932 World Series.[13] This is the first postseason victory for the Padres at Petco Park and the first home postseason victory overall since Game 3 of the 1998 NLCS. It is also the first postseason loss for the Cardinals at Petco Park after winning the first four postseason games in the venue's history.
Game 3
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||
San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||
WP: Austin Adams (1–0) LP: Jack Flaherty (0–1) Home runs: STL: None SD: Jake Cronenworth (1) Attendance: N/A Boxscore |
The Padres were the first team to win an elimination game using nine pitchers.
Composite line score
2020 NLWC (2–1): San Diego Padres defeated St. Louis Cardinals
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 27 | 4 |
San Diego Padres | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 31 | 3 |
Broadcasting
The games were televised on the ESPN family of networks in the United States, with ABC showing the entirety of the Cubs-Marlins series, while ESPN2 showed Game 1 of the Padres vs. Cardinals series.[14]
See also
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