As the National League Wild Card game draws closer to first pitch on Wednesday night, the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks were each required to set a 25-man roster for this playoff round; the winner will be able to set a new and different one for the Division Series that begins on Friday in Los Angeles.
Rockies manager Bud Black and Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo have also set their starting lineups for the Wild Card game from those rosters, so the stage is now set — tonight, the Rockies hope to advance to the Division Series for the first time since 2009 with joebloe on the mound.
STARTING LINEUPS
| COLORADO ROCKIES | ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS | |||||
| 1 | Charlie Blackmon (L) | CF | 1 | David Peralta (L) | LF | |
| 2 | DJ LeMahieu | 2B | 2 | Ketel Marte (S) | SS | |
| 3 | Carlos Gonzalez (L) | RF | 3 | Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | |
| 4 | Nolan Arenado | 3B | 4 | J.D. Martinez | RF | |
| 5 | Trevor Story | SS | 5 | Jake Lamb (L) | 3B | |
| 6 | Gerardo Parra (L) | LF | 6 | A.J. Pollock | CF | |
| 7 | Mark Reynolds | 1B | 7 | Daniel Descalso (L) | 2B | |
| 8 | Jonathan Lucroy | CF | 8 | Jeff Mathis | C | |
| 9 | Jon Gray | P | 9 | Zack Greinke | P | |
BENCHES
| COLORADO ROCKIES | ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS | |||
| PITCHERS | PITCHERS | |||
| 37 | Pat Neshek | 25 | Archie Bradley | |
| 38 | Mike Dunn (L) | 40 | Andrew Chafin (L) | |
| 44 | Tyler Anderson (L) | 46 | Patrick Corbin (L) | |
| 45 | Scott Oberg | 29 | Jorge De La Rosa (L) | |
| 49 | Antonio Senzatela | 52 | Zack Godley | |
| 51 | Jake McGee (L) | 47 | David Hernandez | |
| 52 | Chris Rusin (L) | 38 | Robbie Ray (L) | |
| 54 | Carlos Estevez | 56 | Fernando Rodney | |
| 56 | Greg Holland | 54 | Jimmie Sherfy | |
| CATCHERS | CATCHERS | |||
| 14 | Tony Wolters (L) | 10 | Chris Herrmann (L) | |
| 30 | Ryan Hanigan | 8 | Chris Iannetta | |
| INFIELDERS | INFIELDERS | |||
| 2 | Alexi Amarista (L) | 27 | Brandon Drury | |
| 4 | Pat Valaika | 45 | Kristopher Negron | |
| 9 | Adam Rosales | |||
| OUTFIELDERS | ||||
| 3 | Mike Tauchman (L) | OUTFIELDERS | ||
| 7 | Raimel Tapia (L) | 5 | Gregor Blanco (L) | |
| 20 | Ian Desmond | 14 | Rey Fuentes (L) | |