Wild Card races near final turn on MLB.TV

With just four days remaining in the regular season, the Wild Card races in both the National League and American League are heading down to the wire. Several games on Thursday will have huge postseason implications, making for a must-see slate of action around the Majors.

The best way to catch it all is with MLB.TV.

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Here’s what to watch for on the final Thursday of the 2016 regular season:

Big stakes by the Bay: COL@SF, 10:15 p.m. ET

The Giants are still clinging to the second NL Wild Card spot — 1 1/2 games behind the Mets and a game ahead of the Cardinals — despite having lost seven of their last 11 games. With the Mets idle on Thursday, San Francisco has a chance to gain on New York in its quest to not only win a spot in the NL Wild Card Game next week, but to host it at AT&T Park.

That’s where right-hander Johnny Cueto will take the mound against the Rockies Thursday. Cueto missed his last scheduled start with a groin strain, but has had a resurgent month of September following a difficult August: Cueto has posted a 1.59 ERA this month after a 4.38 mark in the preceding month.

Cueto will be opposed by hard-throwing rookie right-hander Jon Gray, who has struck out 26 and walked just three over his last 13 innings pitched. Though he gave up four runs in four innings in a loss to the Dodgers in his last start, Gray tossed a four-hit shutout against the Padres on Sept. 17.

Stat that matters: In 11 career starts against Colorado, Cueto has posted a …

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