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| Date | October 5, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Citi Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Queens, New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Umpires | C. B. Bucknor, Mike Everitt, Jeff Nelson, Mike Winters (crew chief), Quinn Wolcott and Jim Wolf Replay: Scott Barry and Mark Carlson[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 44,747 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | Michael Fahy Jr.[a] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Dan Shulman, Jessica Mendoza, Aaron Boone, and Buster Olney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dave O'Brien and Jim Bowden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 National League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2016 postseason played between the National League's (NL) two wild card teams, the New York Mets and the San Francisco Giants. As both teams finished with identical 87–75 records, a tiebreaker was used to determine the host team. In accordance with MLB tiebreaking rules, the Mets earned the right to host the game by winning their season series against the Giants 4–3.
The game was played on October 5, 2016 at Citi Field in Queens, New York, and the winner advanced to play the first-seeded Chicago Cubs in the NL Division Series.[3][4] It was televised in the United States on ESPN.
The Giants defeated the Mets, 3–0.
- ^ "2016 Wild Card Game and Division Series Umpires". Close Call Sports & Umpire Ejection Fantasy League. October 3, 2016.
- ^ Sit, Ryan; Slattery, Denis (October 6, 2016). "Fallen Bravest's son lifts Met spirits". New York Daily News. p. 3. Retrieved October 5, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Newman, Mark (August 24, 2016). "To the races: MLB postseason schedule announced". MLB.com. Major League Baseball Advanced Media. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
- ^ Normandin, Marc (August 23, 2016). "2016 MLB playoff schedule released". SBNation.com. SB Nation. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
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