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On location: Giants 8, Pirates 0, NL wild card 278

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The Pirates and Giants line up along their respective baselines for introductions. -- DEJAN KOVACEVIC

The Pirates and Giants line up along their respective baselines for introductions Wednesday night. — DEJAN KOVACEVIC

DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS

Getting ready for the first pitch …

Game: Pirates vs. San Francisco Giants, National League wild card, 8:07 p.m., PNC Park

Pitchers: RHP Edinson Volquez (13-7, 3.04) vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner (18-10, 2.98)

TV, radio: ESPN (national), 93.7 The Fan

Online: Live box score / Multimedia / Official media notes

Pirates’ lineup:

  1. 1. Josh Harrison, 3B
  2. 2. Jordy Mercer, SS
  3. 3. Andrew McCutchen, CF
  4. 4. Russell Martin, C
  5. 5. Starling Marte, LF
  6. 6. Neil Walker, 2B
  7. 7. Gaby Sanchez, 1B
  8. 8. Travis Snider, RF
  9. 9. Volquez, RHP

Giants’ lineup:

  1. 1. Gregor Blanco, CF
  2. 2. Joe Panik, 2B
  3. 3. Buster Posey, C
  4. 4. Pablo Sandoval, 3B
  5. 5. Hunter Pence, RF
  6. 6. Brandon Belt, 1B
  7. 7. Brandon Crawford, SS
  8. 8. Travis Ishikawa, LF
  9. 9. Bumgarner, LHP

On location: Buccaneers 27, Steelers 24 104

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Fans file toward west entrances at Heinz Field this morning under mostly sunny skies. -- DEJAN KOVACEVIC

Fans file toward west entrances at Heinz Field this morning under mostly sunny skies. — DEJAN KOVACEVIC

DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS

Getting ready for kickoff …

Game: Steelers (2-1) vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-3), 1:02 p.m., Heinz Field

TV, radio: Fox (national), 102.5 WDVE

Online: Game Center / Multimedia / Official media notes

UPDATE 11:45 a.m.: The Steelers’ inactives: QB Landry Jones, WR Martavis Bryant, CB Ike Taylor, LB Ryan Shazier, G Ramon Foster, NT Daniel McCullers, OL Wesley Johnson.