2018 National League Wild Card Game

2018 National League Wild Card Game
Date	October 2, 2018
Venue	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago, Illinois
Managers	Bud Black (Colorado Rockies); Joe Maddon (Chicago Cubs);
Umpires	HP: Chris Guccione; 1B: Mark Wegner; 2B: Bill Miller (crew chief); 3B: James Hoye; LF: Tripp Gibson; RF: Gabe Morales;
Attendance	40,151
Television	ESPN; ESPN2 (Statcast Edition)
TV announcers	Matt Vasgersian, Alex Rodriguez, Jessica Mendoza, and Buster Olney (ESPN); Jason Benetti, Eduardo Pérez, and Mike Petriello (ESPN2)
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Dan Shulman and Chris Singleton
	← 2017; NLWC; 2019 →;

The 2018 National League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2018 postseason between the National League's two wild card teams, the Colorado Rockies and the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs earned home field advantage by virtue of having a better regular season record. The game occurred on October 2, 2018, with the Rockies victorious by a score of 2–1 in 13 innings—the longest winner-take-all game in MLB postseason history.^[1] The Rockies advanced to face the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Division Series.

^ Bradburn, Michael (October 3, 2018). "Rockies-Cubs sets record for longest winner-take-all game in MLB history". TheScore.com. Retrieved October 3, 2018.