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1:07 p.m.
LHP Jose Quintana vs. RHP Zack Wheeler (12-7, 2.82)
ESPN // KMOX // ESPN Radio // WIJRNL Wild Card Game 1 — Friday, October 7, 2022 — Busch Stadium (1:07 PM CT)
TV: ABC / Postgame: Bally Sports Midwest
Radio: KMOX 1120 AM, 98.7 FM & WIJR 880 AM (Spanish)
Gates: 10:37 AMOfficial Cardinals Pregame Pep Rally:
9:00AM–11:00 AM on the Missouri Lottery Stage/Together Credit Union Plaza at Ballpark Village
Music, entertainment and appearances by DJ Todd Thomas, Cardinals Organist Dwayne Hilton, Fredbird, Team Fredbird, and Cardinals Alumni with prize and ticket giveaways!Rally Towel Giveaway: 40,000 fans entering with a ticket. Presented by Mercy.
Pregame Field Ceremonies:
Introduction of the St. Louis Cardinals & Philadelphia Phillies
Color Guard & Flag presented by Fort Leonard Wood
National Anthem performance by the Fort Leonard Wood 399th Army Band
Ceremonial First Pitch by Hall of Famer Ozzie SmithSeries-Long 50/50 Raffle: Tickets are available to purchase online beginning at 9 AM CT on Friday, Oct. 7th and inside Busch Stadium. The drawing will take place at the end of the last game of the series on Saturday, Oct. 8th or Sunday, Oct. 9th. Fans must be 18 or older and be located in the state of Missouri at the time of purchase. Fans who purchase raffle tickets before Game 2’s first pitch will automatically be entered into a bonus raffle for a chance to win a trio of autographed baseballs by Cardinals Hall of Famers Ozzie Smith, Willie McGee & Tom Herr. To purchase tickets, visit cardinals.com/5050.
Series-Long Cardinals Care Auctions: Autographed items from Cardinals players and alumni can be bid on by fans in the ballpark and at home via cardinals.com/ccauctions. The items will be on display inside the Cardinals Club, UMB Champions Club and Redbird Club. The auction will open at 9AM on Friday, Oct. 7th and close at 9PM on Sunday, Oct. 9th.
Man, this series could be really tough with Wheeler and Nola to face. The positive is if we can beat one of those two, you like our chances with a lefty in game 3.
If there’s some small silver lining, it’s that Wheeler has been quite a bit better at home this year. His 3.85 ERA on the road is pretty average. He’s also marginally better against lefties than righties.
On the Wheeler note, I recall that some were interested in Wheeler when he was a free agent post-Mets. Generally it was thought that his 5 year/$118M deal was an overpay. That would have been a smart pickup, even at that cost. A huge bargain for an ace level pitcher.
Apparently Helsley jammed one of his fingers in the game Tuesday night. We better hope he is ready for this wild card series.
Going with mikolas. He has probably earned it but I don’t know. He hasn’t been consistent though at times he hasn’t had run support. If they don’t go with waino and our pitching sucks, will be lots of questions but that’s what marmol is getting paid for.
1982willie said:
If they don’t go with waino and our pitching sucks, will be lots of questions…
After Wainwright’s last four starts, there aren’t many advocating letting him start. Playing to nostalgia isn’t the way to win games and series.
Yeah, last night’s TV broadcast claimed it was the middle finger of his right hand. That ain’t good good. Next thing you know, he’ll get a package delivered that contains a hunting knife…
It may or may not make any difference, but neither Wheeler or Nola have ever made any sort of an appearance in a solitary post-season game, and they’ll both be working in hostile surroundings later on this week. Unlike the fans in Philadelphia, Cardinal fans don’t normally bring laser pointers to ballgames, but I certainly hope they’re loud and raucous at Busch Stadium this weekend.
Unlike the fans in Philadelphia, Cardinal fans don’t normally bring laser pointers to ballgames.
Or batteries
We will meet up with Sosa, who is hitting .315 for Philly. 159 OPS+ But we have Jo Jo. Well, we probably won’t since he isn’t going to make the roster. But we have DeJong.
We’ll know the Game 1 starter around noon Thursday, as he will speak to the media along with Marmol and Mo as part of workout day. Perhaps they’ll disclose the roster as well. But maybe not if they hadn’t spoken with everyone yet…
Have we got the Rally Squirrel all ready to make an appearance if the ship starts to sink? The last time we met Philadelphia in the playoffs that’s what it took to pull out the win.
Can’t wait to see how our team performs in the post season. My guess is better than expected, and certainly better than their last few weeks. They’ll get a good test tomorrow against Wheeler, and I hope they understand it doesn’t get any easier after that. I’ll be cheering them on from the 3rd deck, and weather looks good!
#STLCards have LHP Jose Quintana scheduled to open Game 1 of the NL Wildcard Series against the #Phillies at Busch Stadium on Friday.
— John Denton (@JohnDenton555) October 6, 2022
Philadelphia has a lot more offense than we do.
Goldschmidt and Arenado, our big guns, have just about done nothing for three weeks.
Philadelphia has a couple of pitchers capable of shutting the other team down.
We have no pitchers capable of shutting the other team down. It was the hope 2-3 years ago that Flaherty would be that shut down ace. But that’s yet to materialize.Bottom line is this – we are sunk. Doom and gloom. Woe and despair.
Game #1 will be 6-1 Phillies
Game #2 will be 7-2 PhilliesBye Yadi. Bye Albert.
On to 2023…….
r/Esteemed Rat
I like the choice of Q also. Didn’t matter to me if it was him or Mikolas, then the other guy gets game 2. The interesting choice would be game 3.
Rats – Look at this article on MLB that ranks the potential starting lineups for the playoff teams. They have the Cardinals with the 4th best lineup behind only LA, Toronto, and Atlanta. They back it up with team ranks. Really getting tired of your gloom and doom!!
https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-playoff-teams-best-lineups-2022
4. Cardinals
MLB ranks: Fifth in wRC+ (114), OPS (.745) and wOBA (.326), tied for fifth in runs (772)
8. Phillies
MLB ranks: Seventh in runs (747), eighth in wOBA (.322) and OPS (.739), 10th in wRC+ (106)
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