NL wild-card preview: Rockies at Dbacks

CHASE FIELD Wednesday, 8 p.m. ET Starters:

RH Jon Gray (10-4, 3.67) vs. RH Zack Greinke (17-7, 3.20)

TV: Sportsnet ONE

KEY PLAYERS

Nolan Arenado/Paul Goldschmidt Colorado’s all-star Gold Glove third baseman, Arenado, and the Diamondbacks’ first baseman, who finished as runner up for the NL’s most valuable player award in both 2013 and 2015, have both earned buzz as candidates for the league’s biggest individual award this year. Their home run and RBI totals are similar, with Arenado producing 37 long balls and batting in 130 runs to Goldschmidt’s 36 dingers and 120 RBIs. But the momentum is with Arenado heading into the one-anddone game: he batted .330 with a 1.034 OPS in September, compared to Goldschmidt’s .171 average and .555 OPS through the final month of the regular season.

NEED TO KNOW

The winner will take on NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers . . . Arizona (93-69) took the season series 11-8 over Colorado (87-75) . . . This will be the second playoff meeting between the two franchises; the Rockies swept the Diamondbacks in the 2007 NL Championship Series . . . the teams split their games at Chase Field this season.

ON DECK

NLDS Game 1 in Los Angeles on Friday at 10:30 p.m. for the winner. Laura Armstrong