MLB Wild Card Games: St. Louis at Atlanta, Baltimore at Texas
By Jason McIntyre
St. Louis at Atlanta, 5:07 pm, TBS
Announcers: Brian Anderson, Ron Darling and Joe Simpson.
St. Louis: Kyle Lohse 16-3, 2.86 ERA
Atlanta: Kris Medlen 10-1, 1.57 ERA
The Braves haven’t lost a game started by Medlen in two years (23 starts). Atlanta hasn’t won a playoff series since 2001, and is 0-5 in elimination games at Turner Field. Chipper Jones is retiring after this season, so this might be the final game of his career. Here are the lineups, courtesy of the Post-Dispatch:
St. Louis
1. Jon Jay, CF
2. Carlos Beltran, RF
3. Matt Holliday, LF
4. Allen Craig, 1B
5. Yadier Molina, C
6. David Freese, 3B
7. Daniel Descalso, 2B
8. Pete Kozma, SS
Atlanta
1. Michael Bourn, CF
2. Martin Prado, LF
3. Jason Heyward, RF
4. Chipper Jones, 3B
5. Freddie Freeman, 1B
6. Dan Uggla, 2B
7. David Ross, C
8. Andrelton Simmons, SS
The Rangers will win this, obviously. Unless it goes extra innings, in which case the Orioles are locks.