Breaking down the wild-card pairings
Baseball’s ‘survive-and-advance’ games begin Tuesday. Four teams, two in the American League and two in the National League will meet. The winners join the first-round of the playoffs, and the losers can look forward to spring training.
Here’s a statistical breakdown of those games:
National League
San Francisco at New York, Wednesday, 5 p.m., ESPN
Teams | Giants | Mets |
W-L (head-to-head) | 87-75 (3-4) | 87-75 (4-3) |
Runs | 715 | 671 |
Runs against | 631 | 617 |
Team batting avg. | .258 | .246 |
Home runs | 130 | 218 |
RBIs | 675 | 649 |
Stolen bases | 79 | 42 |
Walks | 572 | 517 |
Top hitter | Buster Posey .288 | Asdrubal Cabrera .280 |
Team ERA | 3.65 | 3.58 |
HRs allowed | 158 | 152 |
Batting avg. against | .243 | .254 |
Strikeouts | 1,309 | 1,396 |
Top pitcher | Johnny Cueto 18-5, 2.79 | Noah Syndergaard 14-9, 2.60 |
Fielding pct. | .988 | .985 |
Errors | 72 | 89 |
American League
Tuesday, Baltimore at Toronto, 5 p.m., TBS
Teams | Orioles | Blue Jays |
W-L (head-to-head) | 89-73 (9-10) | 89-73 (10-9) |
Runs | 744 | 759 |
Runs against | 715 | 666 |
Team batting avg. | .256 | .248 |
Home runs | 253 | 221 |
RBIs | 710 | 728 |
Stolen bases | 19 | 54 |
Walks | 468 | 632 |
Top hitter | Manny Machado .294 | Josh Donaldson .284 |
Team ERA | 4.22 | 3.78 |
HRs allowed | 183 | 183 |
Batting avg. against | .258 | .242 |
Strikeouts | 1,248 | 1,314 |
Top pitcher | Chris Tillman 16-6, 3.77 | J.A. Happ 20-4, 3.18 |
Fielding pct. | .987 | .986 |
Errors | 80 | 88 |
Compiled by Jeff Caraska
This story was originally published October 3, 2016 at 7:45 PM with the headline "Breaking down the wild-card pairings."