2016 National League Wild Card Game
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Date | October 5, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Citi Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
City | Queens, New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Managers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Umpires | C. B. Bucknor, Mike Everitt, Jeff Nelson, Mike Winters (crew chief), Quinn Wolcott and Jim Wolf Replay: Scott Barry and Mark Carlson[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 44,747 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ceremonial first pitch | Michael Fahy Jr.[a] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Television | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TV announcers | Dan Shulman, Jessica Mendoza, Aaron Boone, and Buster Olney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radio | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radio announcers | Dave O'Brien and Jim Bowden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 National League Wild Card Game was a
The game was played on October 5, 2016 at Citi Field in Queens, New York, and the winner advanced to play the first-seeded Chicago Cubs in the NL Division Series.[3][4] It was televised in the United States on ESPN.
The Giants defeated the Mets, 3–0.
Background
This was New York's third playoff appearance as a Wild Card team, and their second consecutive postseason appearance after winning the National League pennant the previous season, while it was San Francisco's second appearance since 2014, when they went on to win the World Series. It was the second postseason meeting between the Mets and the Giants, after the 2000 National League Division Series.
Game results
Line score
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Madison Bumgarner (1–0) LP: Jeurys Familia (0–1) Home runs: SF: Conor Gillaspie (1) NYM: None Attendance: 44,747 Boxscore |
With the winner advancing and the loser finished for the year, each team sent its best starting pitcher to the mound, and the game was a
In the top of the ninth, Mets closer
In popular culture
The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas, a lifelong fan of the Mets, wrote the 2020 song "Ode to the Mets" while waiting for the 7 train at Mets-Willets Point station immediately following the game; The song is the closing track on The Strokes' 2020 album The New Abnormal. Fabrizio Moretti, the band's drummer, has stated that both the Mets and the song evoke “something that you set your heart to and that you love unconditionally but that continues to disappoint you.”[7]
Notes
- ^ Fahy's father, a deputy chief in the New York City Fire Department, was killed in the line of duty on September 27, 2016.[2]
References
- ^ "2016 Wild Card Game and Division Series Umpires". Close Call Sports & Umpire Ejection Fantasy League. October 3, 2016.
- ^ Sit, Ryan; Slattery, Denis (October 6, 2016). "Fallen Bravest's son lifts Met spirits". New York Daily News. p. 3. Retrieved October 5, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- Major League Baseball Advanced Media. Archived from the originalon September 17, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
- ^ Normandin, Marc (August 23, 2016). "2016 MLB playoff schedule released". SBNation.com. SB Nation. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
- Hearst Corporation. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Mike (October 6, 2016). "Bumgarner, Gillaspie lead Giants over Mets 3-0; Cubs next". Associated Press. New York City: AP News. Associated Press. Archived from the original on October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
- ^ "Julian Casablancas Explains 'Ode to the Mets'". Sports Illustrated.