Dirty's Online Gambling Headlines: NLCS Game 1: Dodgers Host Cubs in Rematch of 2016

Dodgers Looking for Revengs in NLCS

The2017 NLCS has the defending World Champion Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers meet in a rematch of last years battle. The first pitch is set for 8:08 pm EST. TBS will televise the game.

The Dodgers are working on a 29-year dry spell of their own. They haven't even been to the World Series since their underdog team upset the mighty Oakland Athletics for their last title. That year was 1988 and the miracle shot from Kirk Gibson. They have made 10 postseason appearances since and have come up empty each time.

Dodgers Have Rested Kershaw

The Dodgers will enter the NLCS with a well-rested Clayton Kershaw. He is starting Game 1. Kershaw will be followed by Rich Hill, Yu Darvish and Alex Wood.

Kershaw having plenty of rest before a playoff series is a rare. He did not pitch until Game 2 of the 2016 NLCS. That was after getting the save in the deciding victory of the NLDS. He returned to the mound again in Game 6 of the 2016 NLCS. He appeared tired and vulnerable as the Cubs pounced.

Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager was limited in recent days with a sore back. The team announced Saturday that Seager was left off the 25-man NLCS roster due to the injury.

Dodgers went 52-9 at one stretch this season. They also went 1-16 late in the year. It appeared to be a collective exhale. A three-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLDS has the Dodgers looking more like the team that dominated most of the season.

Cubs Ready for NLCS After Travel Issues

Chicago's plane had a travel issue while flying overnight to Los Angeles early Friday. The plane was diverted to Albuquerque when a family member of somebody on the charter flight fell ill. The pilots then had to go off duty because of accumulated flight time. The Cubs finally arrived hotel at 12:30 p.m. Friday.

Quintana went 7-3 with a 3.74 ERA with the Cubs after being acquired from the Chicago White Sox. He threw 5 2/3 innings against the Nationals in Game 3 of the NLDS. He allowed one unearned run on two hits. Quintana recorded two outs and threw 12 pitches in the Game 5 clincher on Thursday night.

The Cubs had their woes during a sluggish first half of the season. They scored more runs than anybody in the NL since the All-Star break after a huge turnaround. Their OPS was best in the league as well. Only one NL team hit more home runs in the second half.

Team	record	money	vs LHP	vs RHP	Fave	Dog	O/U	Diff
Chi Cubs	95-72	-$639.00	22-15	73-57	82-61	13-11	76-82-9	0.74
LA Dodgers	107-58	$44.00	34-15	73-43	104-54	3-4	80-80-5	1.21

C Kershaw (19-4) ERA: 2.43

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Oct 6, 2017	ARI	W	9-5	O	6.1	$40.00
Sep 30, 2017	COL	W	5-3	U	4	$48.00
Sep 24, 2017	SF	W	3-1	U	8	$28.00

Chi Cubs's relievers have pitched 13.1 innings in the last 3 games.
LA Dodgers's relievers have pitched 11.2 innings in the last 3 games.

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
No Recent Starts vs. Opponent.

Los Angeles Dodgers - C Kershaw

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
May 28, 2017	9-4	LA	4.1	11	4	4	2	6	No Decision
Oct 22, 2016	5-0	CHC	5	7	5	4	0	4	Loss
Oct 16, 2016	1-0	LA	7	2	0	0	1	6	Win
Aug 28, 2015	4-1	LA	8	3	1	1	1	14	Win
Jun 22, 2015	4-2	CHC	7	4	3	3	2	9	Loss

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	5.02	6	3.58	2
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	4.77	10	3.34	1
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	4.79	12	4.28	7
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	5.00	11	4.05	6

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	O/U	Away Pitcher	Home Pitcher	Away Hits	Home Hits	Away Walks	Home Walks	Away Strikeouts	Home Strikeouts
May 28, 2017	CHC	4	LA	9	-160	6.5	O	Jon Lester (L)	Clayton Kershaw (L)	11	11	3	5	12	10
May 27, 2017	CHC	0	LA	5	-116	7.5	U	John Lackey (R)	Brandon McCarthy (R)	3	6	1	6	8	11
May 26, 2017	CHC	0	LA	4	-136	7	U	Jake Arrieta (R)	Alex Wood (L)	2	5	3	3	10	12
Apr 13, 2017	LA	0	CHC	4	-120	7.5	U	Hyun-Jin Ryu (L)	Brett Anderson (L)	6	8	4	4	5	9
Apr 12, 2017	LA	2	CHC	0	-122	7	U	Brandon McCarthy (R)	John Lackey (R)	5	5	6	3	14	9
Apr 10, 2017	LA	2	CHC	3	-151	7.5	U	Alex Wood (L)	Jon Lester (L)	6	6	3	7	10	10
Oct 22, 2016	LA	0	CHC	5	116	6.5	U	Clayton Kershaw (L)	Kyle Hendricks (R)	2	7	1	0	7	8
Oct 20, 2016	CHC	8	LA	4	148	7	O	Jon Lester (L)	Kenta Maeda (R)	13	9	4	2	9	6
Oct 19, 2016	CHC	10	LA	2	-109	7	O	John Lackey (R)	Julio Urias (L)	13	6	3	5	8	8
Oct 18, 2016	CHC	0	LA	6	-112	6.5	U	Jake Arrieta (R)	Rich Hill (L)	4	10	2	1	10	8

Chicago Cubs
Chi Cubs is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Chi Cubs is 18-6 SU in its last 24 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi Cubs's last 6 games
Chi Cubs is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Chi Cubs is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Chi Cubs is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing LA Dodgers
Chi Cubs is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chi Cubs's last 7 games when playing LA Dodgers
Chi Cubs is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers
Chi Cubs is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Chi Cubs's last 12 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers
LA Dodgers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
LA Dodgers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Dodgers's last 6 games
LA Dodgers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
LA Dodgers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Dodgers's last 5 games at home
LA Dodgers is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Chi Cubs
LA Dodgers is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Dodgers's last 7 games when playing Chi Cubs
LA Dodgers is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs
LA Dodgers is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of LA Dodgers's last 12 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs

Chicago Cubs

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	95-72	49-34	46-38	82-58	13-14	76-82-9	22-15	73-57
Last 10	7-3	3-2	4-1	3-1	4-2	4-6	1-1	6-2
vs Div	46-30	22-15	24-15	40-28	6-2	37-37-2	4-3	42-27
vs AL	12-8	5-5	7-3	10-6	2-2	11-7-2	4-4	8-4
vs NL	83-64	44-29	39-35	72-52	11-12	65-75-7	18-11	65-53

Los Angeles Dodgers

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	107-58	59-24	48-34	104-53	4-5	80-80-5	34-15	73-43
Last 10	9-1	6-0	3-1	9-1	0-0	5-5	4-0	5-1
vs Div	44-35	25-15	19-20	44-35	1-0	41-37-1	23-11	21-24
vs AL	16-4	9-1	7-3	15-4	1-0	9-9-2	3-0	13-4
vs NL	91-54	50-23	41-31	89-49	3-5	71-71-3	31-15	60-39

Chicago Cubs

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Oct 12, 2017	WSH	9-8	W	-118	7.5	K Hendricks	4	G Gonzalez	A
Oct 11, 2017	WSH	0-5	L	-104	7	J Arrieta	4	S Strasburg	H
Oct 9, 2017	WSH	2-1	W	100	7.5	J Quintana	5.2	M Scherzer	H
Oct 7, 2017	WSH	3-6	L	108	8.5	J Lester	6	G Gonzalez	A
Oct 6, 2017	WSH	3-0	W	135	7.5	K Hendricks	7	S Strasburg	A

Los Angeles Dodgers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Oct 9, 2017	ARI	3-1	W	-115	9	Y Darvish	5	Z Greinke	A
Oct 7, 2017	ARI	8-5	W	-142	8	R Hill	4	Robbie Ray	H
Oct 6, 2017	ARI	9-5	W	-252	7.5	C Kershaw	6.1	T Walker	H
Oct 1, 2017	COL	6-3	W	-150	11	Ross Stripling	2	Kyle Freeland	A
Sep 30, 2017	COL	5-3	W	-210	9	C Kershaw	4	German Marquez	A