Aces Wild Part 2 - 2025 National League Wild Card Recap

National League Wild Card Recap

Highlights from the NL side of the Wild Card Round. The Dodgers dominate, as expected, and the Cubs survive a thrilling three game set against the Friars.

San Diego Padres (90-72) @ Chicago Cubs (92-70)

GM 1: Matthew Boyd (14-8 3.21 ERA 179 IP) vs. Nick Pivetta (13-5 2.87 ERA 181 IP)

GM 2: Andrew Kittredge (3-5 3.40 ERA 53 IP) vs. Dylan Cease (8-12 4.55 ERA 168 IP)

GM 3: Jameson Taillon (11-7 3.68 ERA 129 IP) vs. Yu Darvish (5-5 5.38 ERA 72 IP)

Chicago Radio WSCR - Pat Hughes, Ron Coomer

San Diego Radio KWFN - Jesse Agler and Tony Gwynn, Jr.

Cincinatti Reds (83-79) @ Los Angeles Dodgers (93-69)

GM 1: Blake Snell (5-4 2.35 ERA 61 IP) vs. Hunter Greene (7-4 2.76 ERA 107 IP)

GM 2: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8 2.49 ERA 173 IP) vs. Zach Littell (10-8 3.81 ERA 186 IP)

Los Angeles Radio AM570 - Stephen Nelson and Rick Monday

Cincinatti Radio WLW - Tommy Thrall and Jeff Brantley

Audio clips from MLB.tv

As always, thank you to Baseball Reference and SABR for statistics, box scores, background information, and much, much more.

Catch you next time,

P.C.O.