Thu 10/9/14 1:47 PM

Bumgarner will start Game 1 of the NLCS against the Cardinals on Saturday, Jim Bowden of ESPN.com reports. Bumgarner's throwing error in the seventh inning of Game 3 kept the Nationals alive in the Division Series, but the Giants would clinch a trip to the NLCS just a day later. The lefty will be on normal rest when he takes the hill Saturday, and while he's expected to oppose Adam Wainwright (elbow), the Cards will have Lance Lynn on hand in case Wainwright is a late scratch or can't go deep in the game.