St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright (0-1, 3.86) hopes to bounce back from a rough start in Game 1, as the Cardinals try to stave off elimination in Game 5 on Thursday in San Francisco.
Wainwright, who allowed three runs (two earned) off six hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings, will oppose San Francisco Giants left-hander Madison Bumgarner (1-0, 0.00) for the second time this postseason. Bumgarner tossed 7 2/3 shutout innings in Game 1, while striking out eight Cardinals' batters.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy plans to go with the same lineup in Game 5 as Games 3 and 4, with Travis Ishikawa batting seventh, ahead of Brandon Crawford.
| Order | POS | Player | Postseason |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CF | Gregor Blanco (L) | 5-for-40 (.125) |
| 2 | 2B | Joe Panik (L) | 10-for-42 (.238) |
| 3 | C | Buster Posey | 13-for-39 (.333) |
| 4 | 3B | Pablo Sandoval (S) | 12-for-39 (.308) |
| 5 | RF | Hunter Pence | 10-for-36 (.278) |
| 6 | 1B | Brandon Belt (L) | 10-for-32 (.313), HR |
| 7 | LF | Travis Ishikawa | 6-for-23 (.261) |
| 8 | SS | Brandon Crawford (L) | 8-for-35 (.229), HR |
| 9 | P | Madison Bumgarner | 0-for-9 (.000) |
Cardinals manager Mike Matheny opted to shake up his lineup ahead of the elimination game, starting Tony Cruz over A.J. Pierzynski, in addition to shuffling Jhonny Peralta, Matt Adams, Randal Grichuk, and Kolten Wong around in the order.
| Order | POS | Player | Postseason |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3B | Matt Carpenter (L) | 10-for-33, (.303), 4HR |
| 2 | CF | Jon Jay (L) | 12-for-25 (.480) |
| 3 | LF | Matt Holliday | 8-for-33, (.242), HR |
| 5 | SS | Jhonny Peralta | 5-for-27 (.185) |
| 4 | 1B | Matt Adams (L) | 6-for-27, (.222), 2HR |
| 6 | RF | Randal Grichuk | 5-for-31 (.161), 2HR |
| 7 | 2B | Kolten Wong (L) | 7-for-25 (.280), 3HR |
| 8 | C | Tony Cruz | 0-for-3 (.000) |
| 9 | P | Adam Wainwright | 0-for-2 (.000) |