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Is Jake Arrieta-Gerrit Cole the best one-game playoff matchup ever?

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Jake Arrieta and Gerrit Cole are both pitching aces. Which will rise to the occasion in a winner-take-all game? Justin K. Aller/Getty Images
  • David Schoenfield, SweetSpot blogger Close
    • Senior writer of SweetSpot baseball blog
    • Former deputy editor of Page 2
    • Been with ESPN.com since 1995

There's a reason tonight's game is so anticipated: Not only we do get the Chicago Cubs and all their history, we get the 97-win Cubs against the 98-win Pittsburgh Pirates and we get Jake Arrieta (22-6, 1.