After more than four hours, the NL Wild Card Game has ended with Chris Taylor hitting a walk-off HR in the bottom of the 9th off Alex Reyes to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 3-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Dodgers will head to San Francisco to face off against the Giants in the NLDS beginning Friday.
The only offense the Cardinals could muster was Tommy Edman scoring on a wild pitch by Max Scherzer. The Dodgers would tie the game in the 4th on a solo HR by Justin Turner.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts would forcibly remove Scherzer in the 5th after his ace refused to hand over the ball. Roberts could have been second guessed, but the Dodgers bullpen threw 5.2 innings of scoreless relief.
Instead, it will be Cardinals manager Mike Shildt who will be second guessed after lifting T.J. McFarland in favor of Reyes. McFarland had walked Cody Bellinger with two outs and Shildt opted to have Reyes face Taylor who ended the Cardinals' magical run which saw them unexpectedly win a NL Wild Card berth.
Now it will be the 106 win Dodgers vs. the 107 win Giants. This is more worthy of a NLCS than a NLDS. Still, it's a great matchup. And it's Dodgers vs. Giants.
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