The 2021 National League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2021 postseason contested between the two wild card teams in the National League (NL): the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was played on October 6,[2] at Dodger Stadium.
The game was televised nationally by TBS.[2] Chris Taylor of the Los Angeles Dodgers hit a two out, two-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th inning to win the game for the Dodgers, sending them to the National League Division Series to face the San Francisco Giants.
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^ ab"MLB announces 2021 Postseason schedule". MLB.com (Press release). Major League Baseball. August 25, 2021. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
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