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Rockies

LeMahieu flied out to center fielder Almora Jr.

Arenado grounded out, second baseman Zobrist to first baseman Murphy.

Grounded out, second baseman Zobrist to first baseman Murphy.

Wolters singled to center, Story scored, Parra to third.

Singled to center, Story scored, Parra to third.

Cubs

Arenado hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Almora Jr., Blackmon scored, LeMahieu to third.

Hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Almora Jr., Blackmon scored, LeMahieu to third.

Rockies first.  Blackmon walked.  LeMahieu hit a ground-rule double to left, Blackmon to third.  Arenado hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Almora Jr., Blackmon scored, LeMahieu to third.  Story struck out.  Holliday struck out.

Cubs eighth.  Zobrist grounded out, second baseman LeMahieu to first baseman Desmond.  Bryant struck out.  Rizzo singled to center.  Gore pinch-running for Rizzo.  Gore stole second.  J.Báez doubled to center, Gore scored.  Davis pitching.  Dahl in as center fielder.  C.González in as right fielder.  J.Báez stole third.  Almora Jr. struck out.

Rockies thirteenth.  LeMahieu flied out to center fielder Almora Jr.  Arenado grounded out, second baseman Zobrist to first baseman Murphy.  Story singled to left.  Parra singled to right, Story to third.  Wolters singled to center, Story scored, Parra to third.  De La Rosa pitching.  On De La Rosa's wild pitch, Wolters to second.  Dahl struck out.

 The Rockies and the Cubs will meet in the postseason for the first time tonight, after both losing Game 163s for a chance at a division title. Colorado held a 1.5 game lead in NL West as late as September 13, and Chicago led the NL Central by as many as 5.0 games on September 2. These two teams split their season series 3-3, with each team scoring exactly 33 runs and winning two of three road games.

 The Cubs have won five of their last six postseason elimination games, however they lost their most recent against the Dodgers in Game 5 of the 2017 NLCS. Chicago won during its only other appearance in the NL Wild Card Game, defeating the Pirates 4-0 in 2015.

 The Rockies, 11-8 losers against the Diamondbacks in last year's NL Wild Card Game, will be looking to avoid joining the 2014-15 Pittsburgh Pirates as the only team to lose back-to-back Wild Card Games in either league. Colorado has lost four consecutive postseason elimination games, and is just 1-4 in such games in franchise history.

 Nolan Arenado (38 HR) and Trevor Story (37 HR) became the first pair of teammates to finish first and second in home runs in the National League since Willie Mays and Willie McCovey did so for the Giants in 1965. This season, Story and Francisco Lindor became the only two shortstops all-time with at least 35 home runs, 40 doubles and 25 stolen bases in a single season.

 In 24 career postseason games, Daniel Murphy is slashing .323/.407/.613, good for a 1.020 OPS. Among all players with at least 100 career postseason plate appearances, only four others all-time have produced a .320+/.400+/.600+ playoff slash line: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Paul Molitor and Lenny Dykstra.

 Jon Lester is 6-1 with a 1.71 ERA over his last eight starts, including four starts of at least 6.0 innings with zero runs allowed. Lester, who carries a 2.55 ERA and a .210 opponent batting average in 25 career postseason appearances, has thrown more playoff innings (148.0) than any other active pitcher. Lester last started a postseason elimination game in Game 5 of the 2016 World Series, a start in which he won, holding the Indians to two runs and four hits over 6.0 innings.

 Kyle Freeland will make his first career postseason start, pitching on three days rest for the first time in his professional career. Dating back to July 27, Freeland has made 13 consecutive starts, 11 of which Colorado has won, of at least 5.0 innings while allowing three runs or fewer. Freeland's 2.85 ERA this season in 202.1 innings of work is the lowest ever in a single season by a qualified Rockies pitcher.

HP - Guccione, 1B - Wegner, 2B - Miller, 3B - Hoye

CHICAGO -- In the matter of just a few hours Monday, the Chicago Cubs went from being tied for the best record in the National League to finding themselves playing for their baseball lives on Tuesday.
Despite that, however, they are just glad to still be alive.

Cubs host Rockies in NL Wild Card Game

CHICAGO (AP)  Tony Wolters waited and waited as the NL wild-card game went deep into Tuesday night. He stretched a couple of times and tried to figure out when he might get a chance to play.
When that opportunity arrived, he was ready.

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Colorado Rockies @ Chicago Cubs on October 3, 2018

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