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A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings: NL Wild Card Game Thread

By Tom Dakers
Jared Wickerham

The quote is from Earl Wilson, who pitched for the Red Sox, back in the 50's.

Tonight's NL Wild Card game has the Reds at Pittsburgh to play the Pirates.

Reds Pitcher:

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2013 - Johnny Cueto 5-2 11 11 0 0 0 0 60.2 46 20 19 7 18 51 2.82 1.05

Pirates Pitchers

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2013 - Francisco Liriano 16-8 26 26 2 0 0 0 161.0 134 54 54 9 63 163 3.02 1.22

Lineup

CINCINNATI REDS PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Shin-Soo Choo, CF Starling Marte, LF
Ryan Ludwick, LF Neil Walker, 2B
Joey Votto, 1B Andrew McCutchen, CF
Brandon Phillips, 2B Justin Morneau, 1B
Jay Bruce, RF Marlon Byrd, RF
Todd Frazier, 3B Pedro Alvarez, 3B
Zack Cozart, SS Russell Martin, C
Ryan Hannigan, C Clints Barmes, SS
Johnny Cueto, P Francisco Liriano, P

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