Schedule: (All times PDT) Game 1, Saturday, at St. Louis (5:07 p.m.); Game 2, Sunday, Oct. 12, at St. Louis (5:07 p.m.); Game 3, Tuesday, Oct. 14, at San Francisco (1:07 p.m.); Game 4, Wednesday, Oct. 15, at San Francisco (5:07 p.m.); x-Game 5, Thursday, Oct. 16, at San Francisco (5:07 p.m.); x-Game 6, Saturday, Oct. 18, at St. Louis (1:07 p.m.); x-Game 7, Sunday, Oct. 19, at St. Louis (4:37 p.m.). (All games on Fox or FS1).
x-if necessary.
Season Series: Giants won 4-3.
Projected Lineup:
Giants: CF Gregor Blanco (.260, 5 HRs, 38 RBIs), 2B Joe Panik (.305, 1, 18), C Buster Posey (.311, 22, 89), 3B Pablo Sandoval (.279, 16, 73), RF Hunter Pence (.277, 20, 74), 1B Brandon Belt (.243, 12, 27), LF Travis Ishikawa (.252, 3, 18 with Pirates and Giants) or Michael Morse (.279, 16, 61), SS Brandon Crawford (.246, 10, 69).
Cardinals: 3B Matt Carpenter (.272, 8, 59), CF Jon Jay (.303, 3, 46), LF Matt Holliday (.272, 20, 90), SS Jhonny Peralta (.263, 21, 75), 1B Matt Adams (.288, 15, 68), C Yadier Molina (.282, 7, 38), 2B Kolten Wong (.249, 12, 41, 20 SBs), RF Randal Grichuk (.245, 3, 8) or Oscar Taveras (.239, 3, 22).
Projected Rotation:
Giants: LH Madison Bumgarner (18-10, 2.98 ERA, 219 Ks, 217 1-3 IP), RH Jake Peavy (7-13, 3.73 ERA with Boston and San Francisco), RH Tim Hudson (9-13, 3.57), RH Ryan Vogelsong (8-13, 4.00).