Wild Card Matchup 10/1/2014: San Francisco at Pittsburgh
How do the Pirates stack up vs Madison Bumgarner?
Josh Harrison:               4/5     .800
Travis Snider:               Never Faced
Andrew McCutchen:    2/10   .200
Neil Walker:                 3/9     .333
Starling Marte:             Never Faced
Ike Davis:                     0/3     .000
Jordy Mercer:               3/7     .429
Russell Martin:             3/7     .429
Edinson Volquez:         1/5     .200

Chris Stewart:               Never Faced
Gaby Sanchez:             3/9      .333


Not a lot of ABs vs Bumgarner for the Pirates. Josh Harrison has been very successful, but the sample size is small. All of Ike Davis' outs have been recorded via strikeout. Bumgarner faced Pittsburgh in July and got hit pretty hard, only lasting 4 innings while giving up 5 ER, taking the loss.

How do the Giants stack up vs Edinson Volquez?
Gregor Blanco:              5/19      .263
Joe Panik:                      Never Faced
Buster Posey:                 5/9       .556
Hunter Pence:                7/36     .194
Pablo Sandoval:             6/13     .462
Brandon Belt:                8/18      .444
Brandon Crawford:       3/20      .150
Travis Ishikawa:            1/4        .250
Madison Bumgarner:    1/4        .250

Michael Morse:             3/4        .750

Solid numbers for San Francisco vs Volquez. Pence's stats are a concern, as he has struck out 16 times. However, 3 of his 7 hits are homers. Michael Morse is questionable because of an oblique injury. Also watch out for the ever dangerous Madison Bumgarner at the plate. Volquez has yet to face the Giants in 2014.


This is going to be a good game. Pittsburgh had an amazing atmosphere last year during the playoffs (Remember the Cueeeee-to chant? Definitely worth watching again). However, I like the Giants in this one. Bumgarner has been pitching well recently, and will bounce back from his earlier loss to Pittsburgh to send San Fran to the NLDS.

All stats via Baseball Reference.