NLDS Game 1: NL West Rivals Dodgers & DBacks Ready

NLDS Will be Run If Like Regular Season

The fans at Dodger Stadium will see the first game of the NLDS between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers. First pitch is set for 10:31 pm EST. The game will be televised by TBS.

The Dodgers had the best record in MLB season. That didn't matter to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Arizona took 11 of 19 game from Los Angeles during the regular season. The DBacks are hoping the same success transfers to the post-season. The Playoffs are a different animal.

Oddsmakers opened the Dodgers as -250-moneyline favorites versus the Diamondbacks, while the game's total opened at 7.5. The Dodgers are now -270-moneyline favorites. The total is now at 7.

DBacks Hope Dodgers are Rusty in NLDS After Layoff

The Diamondbacks will give the ball to starter Taijuan Walker in this one. Right hander Walker is 9-9 this season with a 3.49 ERA.

The Dodgers haven't played since the regular-season finale Sunday. The Diamondbacks had to fight their way to an an 11-8 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday.

The NL Wild-Card game caused the DBacks to use staff Ace Zack Grienke and Bobby Ray.

Walker was 2-0 with a 3.24 ERA in three starts against Los Angeles this season. He is 2-1, 4.79 in four career outings vs. the Dodgers.

Torey Lovullo still had not decided on his starting lineup. One question would be third base. Jake Lamb played there in the wild-card game. He had four hits. The issue is that he is a left-handed hitter. That makes it a challenge to face the lefty Kershaw.

Dodgers Turn to Ace Kershaw in NLDS

It'll be Clayton Kershaw toeing the rubber for the Dodgers in this contest. Left hander Kershaw is 18-4 with a 2.31 ERA so far this season.

Kershaw has had success against Arizona this year, and throughout his career. He went 2-0 with a 0.59 ERA in two starts vs. the Diamondbacks this season. He is 14-8, 2.55 in 26 career starts against Arizona.

Kershaw has experienced his troubles in the postseason. He has posted a career mark of 4-7 with a 4.55 ERA in 18 games. 14 of those have been starts.

 

Recent Form

Team	record	money	vs LHP	vs RHP	Fave	Dog	O/U	Diff
Arizona	94-69	$1,543.00	25-17	69-52	62-41	32-28	74-81-8	0.96
LA Dodgers	104-58	-$153.00	33-15	71-43	101-54	3-4	78-79-5	1.17

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

T Walker (9-9) ERA: 3.49

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Sep 30, 2017	KC	L	3-4	U	5	-$100.00
Sep 23, 2017	MIA	L	6-12	O	3.2	-$100.00
Sep 17, 2017	SF	L	2-7	O	5	-$100.00

C Kershaw (18-4) ERA: 2.31

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Sep 30, 2017	COL	W	5-3	U	4	$48.00
Sep 24, 2017	SF	W	3-1	U	8	$28.00
Sep 18, 2017	PHI	L	3-4	U	6	-$100.00

Bullpen

Arizona's relievers have pitched 15.2 innings in the last 3 games.
LA Dodgers's relievers have pitched 18 innings in the last 3 games.

Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent

Arizona Diamondbacks - T Walker

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Sep 6, 2017	3-1	ARI	6	4	1	1	3	4	Win
Apr 21, 2017	13-5	ARI	5.2	7	4	4	1	6	No Decision
Apr 16, 2017	3-1	ARI	5	4	1	1	1	7	Win
Apr 15, 2015	5-2	LA	4	6	5	5	4	3	Loss

Los Angeles Dodgers - C Kershaw

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Jul 4, 2017	4-3	LA	7	2	0	0	2	11	Win
Apr 14, 2017	7-1	LA	8.1	4	1	1	1	8	Win
Jun 15, 2016	3-2	LA	7.1	5	2	2	1	11	Win
Sep 24, 2015	6-3	LA	5	6	3	3	1	9	Win
Apr 11, 2015	6-0	ARI	6.1	10	6	5	3	5	Loss

NLDS Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	5.05	7	3.58	2
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	4.38	17	3.30	1
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	4.75	12	4.09	4
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	4.91	12	3.86	3

Head To Head Detail

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
Sep 6, 2017	ARI	3	LA	1	-187	8.5	U	Taijuan Walker (R)	Kenta Maeda (R)	8	4	4	3	11	7
Sep 5, 2017	ARI	3	LA	1	-142	7.5	U	Zack Greinke (R)	Hyun-Jin Ryu (L)	4	6	9	1	11	8
Sep 4, 2017	ARI	13	LA	0	-166	8.5	O	Robbie Ray (L)	Rich Hill (L)	14	3	2	1	11	16
Aug 31, 2017	LA	1	ARI	8	-101	8.5	O	Kenta Maeda (R)	Zack Greinke (R)	5	10	3	3	8	9
Aug 30, 2017	LA	4	ARI	6	117	9	O	Hyun-Jin Ryu (L)	Robbie Ray (L)	6	11	5	3	12	4
Aug 29, 2017	LA	6	ARI	7	107	9	O	Rich Hill (L)	Zack Godley (R)	10	10	2	1	10	10
Aug 10, 2017	LA	8	ARI	6	165	9	O	Yu Darvish (R)	Anthony Banda (L)	9	10	3	3	6	14
Aug 9, 2017	LA	3	ARI	2	-106	9	U	Alex Wood (L)	Zack Greinke (R)	5	7	6	1	9	7
Aug 8, 2017	LA	3	ARI	6	111	9.5	U	Kenta Maeda (R)	Zack Godley (R)	9	8	2	3	8	8
Jul 6, 2017	ARI	4	LA	5	-146	7.5	O	Robbie Ray (L)	Rich Hill (L)	7	8	1	10	11	16

NLDS Betting Trends

Arizona Diamondbacks
Arizona is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Arizona is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Arizona is 10-5 ATS in its last 15 games on the road
Arizona is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games on the road
Arizona is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Arizona's last 11 games on the road
Arizona is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers
Arizona is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona's last 7 games when playing LA Dodgers
Arizona is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers
Arizona is 6-12 SU in its last 18 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Arizona's last 8 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers
LA Dodgers is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
LA Dodgers is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Dodgers's last 9 games
LA Dodgers is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
LA Dodgers is 5-10 ATS in its last 15 games at home
LA Dodgers is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
LA Dodgers is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of LA Dodgers's last 10 games at home
LA Dodgers is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Arizona
LA Dodgers is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Dodgers's last 7 games when playing Arizona
LA Dodgers is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona
LA Dodgers is 12-6 SU in its last 18 games when playing at home against Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Dodgers's last 8 games when playing at home against Arizona

Team Vs Division Or Conference

Arizona Diamondbacks

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	94-69	53-29	41-40	62-36	36-31	74-81-8	25-17	69-52
Last 10	6-4	5-2	1-2	6-3	0-1	6-4	3-1	3-3
vs Div	46-31	27-13	19-18	28-18	20-13	38-37-2	16-13	30-18
vs AL	12-8	8-2	4-6	8-3	5-5	9-10-1	3-0	9-8
vs NL	82-61	45-27	37-34	54-33	31-26	65-71-7	22-17	60-44

Los Angeles Dodgers

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	104-58	57-24	47-34	101-53	4-5	78-79-5	33-15	71-43
Last 10	8-2	5-1	3-1	8-2	0-0	3-6-1	3-1	5-1
vs Div	41-35	23-15	18-20	41-35	1-0	39-36-1	22-11	19-24
vs AL	16-4	9-1	7-3	15-4	1-0	9-9-2	3-0	13-4
vs NL	88-54	48-23	40-31	86-49	3-5	69-70-3	30-15	58-39

Team Last 5 Games

Arizona Diamondbacks

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Oct 4, 2017	COL	11-8	W	-148	8.5	Z Greinke	3.2	Jon Gray	H
Oct 1, 2017	KC	14-2	W	-125	9	Robbie Ray	1.2	J Vargas	A
Sep 30, 2017	KC	3-4	L	108	9	T Walker	5	Jake Junis	A
Sep 29, 2017	KC	1-2	L	-153	9	Z Greinke	4	I Kennedy	A
Sep 27, 2017	SF	4-3	W	-135	10	Braden Shipley	3.1	J Samardzija	H

Los Angeles Dodgers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
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
Sep 29, 2017	COL	1-9	L	-147	11.5	H Ryu	2	C Bettis	A
Sep 27, 2017	SD	10-0	W	-250	7.5	R Hill	7	C Richard	H
Sep 26, 2017	SD	9-2	W	-230	8	A Wood	6	Dinelson Lamet	H

Weather in
Los Angeles - United States

 99°F

Sunny
Humidity is 37%
Wind is West 2 mph
Visibility is 10.004077 mi
Pressure is N/A inHg

Forecast for Los Angeles

 

Next up:
Arizona at Los Angeles Saturday, October 7

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NLDS Game 1: Cubs Start Defense of Title Against Natties

Great Pitching Expected in NLDS

The Chicago Cubs and the Washington Nationals kick off their 2017 NLDS Series on Friday when they battle at Nationals Park. This series screams great pitching. First pitch in Game 1 is set for 7:30 pm EST. TBS will broadcast the game nationally.

Both teams have pitchers well versed in Post-Season play. The Cubs are defending their 2016 World Series title. The National have won the NL East four times since 2012, but have not advanced out of the first round.

Oddsmakers opened the Nationals as -140-moneyline favorites versus the Cubs, while the game's total opened at 7.

Cubs Will Lean on Experience in NLDS

Right hander Kyle Hendricks will take the mound for the Cubs to start this game. Hendricks is 7-5 this season with a 3.03 ERA.

Hendricks is 2-2 with a 2.67 ERA in five starts against Washington in his career. will face Stephen Strasburg (15-4, 2.52), who is 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA in five career starts against the defending World Series champion Cubs.

The Cubs will start Jon Lester in Game 2, Jose Quintana in Game 3 and Arrieta in Game 4, if necessary.

Nationals Look at Regular Season Success Against Cubs

It'll be Stephen Strasburg toeing the rubber for the Nationals in this contest. Right hander Strasburg is 15-4 with a 2.57 ERA so far this season.

Strasburg is 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA in five career starts against the defending World Series champion Cubs.

Washington won two of three games at home against the Cubs from June 27-29.

Max Scherzer beat Jake Arrieta 6-1 on June 27. Strasburg beat John Lackey 8-4 the next day.

The Cubs salvaged the third game 5-4 in a battle of the bullpens. The loss went to Blake Treinen. Less than a month later was traded to the Oakland Athletics.

The Nationals also won two of three in Chicago from Aug. 4-6. Tanner Roark won the opener 4-2 over Hendricks.

Lackey got the win in Game 2. A7-4 over Edwin Jackson. The Nationals won the third game 9-4. Matt Wieters hit a late grand slam off Carl Edwards Jr.

 

Recent Form

Team	record	money	vs LHP	vs RHP	Fave	Dog	O/U	Diff
Chi Cubs	92-70	-$759.00	21-14	71-56	81-60	11-10	74-79-9	0.78
Washington	97-65	$799.00	22-15	75-50	81-47	16-18	69-82-11	0.91

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

K Hendricks (7-5) ERA: 3.03

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Sep 28, 2017	STL	W	2-1	U	5	$125.00
Sep 23, 2017	MIL	L	3-4	U	6	-$100.00
Sep 16, 2017	STL	W	4-1	U	7.2	$67.00

S Strasburg (15-4) ERA: 2.57

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Sep 29, 2017	PIT	W	6-1	U	7.2	$51.00
Sep 23, 2017	NYM	W	4-3	U	5	$54.00
Sep 17, 2017	LA	W	7-1	O	6	$60.00

Bullpen

Chi Cubs's relievers have pitched 14.1 innings in the last 3 games.
Washington's relievers have pitched 11.2 innings in the last 3 games.

Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent

Chicago Cubs - K Hendricks

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Aug 4, 2017	4-2	WSH	7	5	3	3	2	5	Loss
Jun 13, 2016	4-1	WSH	5.1	6	4	3	4	4	Loss
May 5, 2016	5-2	CHC	6	2	0	0	2	4	Win
Jun 7, 2015	6-3	CHC	5	6	3	2	0	4	Win
May 26, 2015	3-2	CHC	7	4	1	1	2	4	No Decision

Washington Nationals - S Strasburg

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Jun 28, 2017	8-4	WSH	7	4	3	2	1	13	Win
Jun 15, 2016	5-4	WSH	7	6	1	1	1	8	No Decision
Aug 22, 2013	5-4	WSH	8.2	7	4	4	2	8	No Decision
May 11, 2013	8-2	CHC	5	5	4	0	2	7	Loss
Apr 5, 2012	2-1	WSH	7	5	1	1	1	5	No Decision

NLDS Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	5.07	4	4.15	6
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	4.77	10	4.26	10
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	5.06	5	4.29	7
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	5.20	6	4.02	5

Head To Head Detail

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
Aug 6, 2017	WSH	9	CHC	4	-192	9.5	O	Erick Fedde (R)	Jon Lester (L)	10	10	2	4	11	10
Aug 5, 2017	WSH	4	CHC	7	-162	11	P	Edwin Jackson (R)	John Lackey (R)	7	9	5	2	9	14
Aug 4, 2017	WSH	4	CHC	2	-159	9	U	Tanner Roark (R)	Kyle Hendricks (R)	7	6	3	4	7	7
Jun 29, 2017	CHC	5	WSH	4	-113	9.5	U	Jon Lester (L)	Joe Ross (R)	8	6	3	5	8	10
Jun 28, 2017	CHC	4	WSH	8	-178	8.5	O	John Lackey (R)	Stephen Strasburg (R)	6	11	2	3	15	6
Jun 27, 2017	CHC	1	WSH	6	-168	7.5	U	Jake Arrieta (R)	Max Scherzer (R)	2	9	1	7	7	6
Jun 26, 2017	CHC	5	WSH	4	-148	10	U	Eddie Butler (R)	Gio Gonzalez (L)	9	12	6	1	11	8
Jun 15, 2016	CHC	4	WSH	5	-147	7.5	O	Jason Hammel (R)	Stephen Strasburg (R)	11	9	3	4	11	10
Jun 14, 2016	CHC	4	WSH	3	115	8	U	John Lackey (R)	Gio Gonzalez (L)	7	5	5	3	12	10
Jun 13, 2016	CHC	1	WSH	4	-128	7.5	U	Kyle Hendricks (R)	Max Scherzer (R)	2	10	0	5	16	5

NLDS Betting Trends

Chicago Cubs
Chi Cubs is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games
Chi Cubs is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Chi Cubs's last 15 games
Chi Cubs is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Chi Cubs is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chi Cubs's last 8 games on the road
Chi Cubs is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Washington
Chi Cubs is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi Cubs's last 7 games when playing on the road against Washington

Washington Nationals
Washington is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
Washington is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Washington's last 9 games
Washington is 4-10 ATS in its last 14 games at home
Washington is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Chi Cubs
Washington is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 7 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs

Team Vs Division Or Conference

Chicago Cubs

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	92-70	48-33	44-37	81-58	11-12	74-79-9	21-14	71-56
Last 10	7-3	2-1	5-2	4-3	3-0	4-6	0-1	7-2
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	80-62	43-28	37-34	71-52	9-10	63-72-7	17-10	63-52

Washington Nationals

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	97-65	47-34	50-31	81-46	17-19	69-82-11	22-15	75-50
Last 10	5-5	2-2	3-3	4-4	1-1	3-6-1	0-1	5-4
vs Div	47-29	24-15	23-14	42-24	6-5	38-34-4	10-4	37-25
vs AL	10-10	5-5	5-5	7-6	3-4	8-12	3-2	7-8
vs NL	87-55	42-29	45-26	74-40	14-15	61-70-11	19-13	68-42

Team Last 5 Games

Chicago Cubs

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Oct 1, 2017	CIN	1-3	L	-182	9	Mike Montgomery	3	Deck McGuire	H
Sep 30, 2017	CIN	9-0	W	-205	8	J Lester	5	Jackson Stephens	H
Sep 29, 2017	CIN	5-4	W	-171	7	J Quintana	4.2	Robert Stephenson	H
Sep 28, 2017	STL	2-1	W	125	8	K Hendricks	5	L Lynn	A
Sep 27, 2017	STL	5-1	W	104	8	J Lackey	6	M Wacha	A

Washington Nationals

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Oct 1, 2017	PIT	8-11	L	-192	8.5	G Gonzalez	4.1	Steven Brault	H
Sep 30, 2017	PIT	1-4	L	-270	7	M Scherzer	3.1	Jameson Taillon	H
Sep 29, 2017	PIT	6-1	W	-195	7.5	S Strasburg	7.2	G Cole	H
Sep 28, 2017	PIT	5-4	W	-117	9	E Jackson	6	I Nova	H
Sep 27, 2017	PHI	5-7	L	-144	9	T Roark	4.2	Mark Leiter Jr.	A

Weather in
Washington - United States

 81°F

Very cloudy
Humidity is 56%
Wind is South 2 mph
Visibility is 10.004077 mi
Pressure is N/A inHg

Forecast for Washington

 

Next up:
Chicago at Washington Saturday, October 7

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ALDS Game 2: Yankees Try to Avoid 2-0 Hole to Indians

Yankees Send Sabathia to Mound in Game 2

The New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians play Game 2 of their ALDS Series on Friday when they battle at Progressive Field. The game is set to start at 5:08 pm EST. The game is being broadcast by MLB Network.

The pitching matchup for Game 2 of the American League Division series will feature two of the last three Indians pitchers to win the Cy Young Award. CC Sabathia won the award in2007 and Corey Kluber won in 2014.

Oddsmakers have the Indians as a -205-moneyline favorite. The total is at 7.

CC Sabathia will be the starting pitcher for the Yankees on this day. Left hander Sabathia is 14-5 this season with a 3.69 ERA.

Sabathia has had a career resurgence at age 36. He will be facing the Indians for the first time since Aug. 6, 2016. He was the losing pitcher in a 5-2 decision. Sabathia pitched 5 2/3 innings, giving up three runs on four hits with five strikeouts and four walks.

In 11 career starts against his former team, Sabathia is 4-3 with a 3.65 ERA. Sabathia is very familiar with the postseason. He is 9-5 with a 4.53 ERA in 19 postseason games (18 starts).

Indians Look to Ace Kluber to Put Yankees in Hole

Meanwhile, it'll be Corey Kluber who starts for the Indians. Right hander Kluber is 18-4 with a 2.25 ERA so far this season.

 

Terry Francona's decision to start Kluber in Game 2 of the ALDS instead of Game 1 raised some eyebrows. It couldn't have worked out better. Trevor Bauer pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings to anchor a 4-0 Indians victory in Game 1.

Kluber could be on the verge of winning his second Cy Young Award. He led the AL or was tied for the league lead in wins, complete games (five), shutouts (three), ERA, WHIP (0.87), hits per nine innings (6.23), walks per nine innings (1.59) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (7.36).

Kluber has six career postseason starts. All of them last year. Kluber is 4-1 with a 1.83 ERA. That includes his start against the Cubs in Game 7 of the World Series. It was Kluber's third straight start on short rest. He was out of gas and gave up four runs in four innings.

Kluber was 4-0 with an 0.89 ERA in his other five postseason starts.

In two starts against the Yankees this year, Kluber was 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA. In six career starts against New York, he is 5-1 with a 1.80 ERA.

Recent Form

Team	record	money	vs LHP	vs RHP	Fave	Dog	O/U	Diff
NY Yankees	92-72	$176.00	24-23	68-49	71-55	21-16	84-77-3	1.21
Cleveland	103-60	$627.00	36-24	67-36	96-56	6-4	61-93-9	1.58

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

C Sabathia (14-5) ERA: 3.69

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Sep 30, 2017	TOR	W	2-1	U	5.2	$63.00
Sep 25, 2017	KC	W	11-3	O	6	$49.00
Sep 19, 2017	MIN	W	5-2	U	6	$63.00

C Kluber (18-4) ERA: 2.25

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Sep 30, 2017	CHW	L	1-2	U	5	-$100.00
Sep 24, 2017	SEA	W	4-2	U	7	$51.00
Sep 17, 2017	KC	W	3-2	U	7	$40.00

Bullpen

NY Yankees's relievers have pitched 17 innings in the last 3 games.
Cleveland's relievers have pitched 10 innings in the last 3 games.

Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent

New York Yankees - C Sabathia

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Aug 6, 2016	5-2	CLE	5.2	6	3	3	4	5	Loss
Jul 9, 2016	7-6	NYY	5.2	7	5	5	2	2	No Decision
Aug 23, 2015	4-3	CLE	2.2	4	2	2	4	1	No Decision
Aug 12, 2015	2-1	CLE	6	9	2	2	2	2	Loss
Jun 5, 2013	6-4	NYY	9	7	4	4	1	9	Win

Cleveland Indians - C Kluber

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Aug 28, 2017	6-2	CLE	8	3	2	2	1	7	Win
Aug 3, 2017	5-1	CLE	9	3	1	1	1	11	Win
Aug 6, 2016	5-2	CLE	8	5	2	2	1	8	Win
Jul 8, 2016	10-2	CLE	8	5	1	1	0	8	Win
Aug 9, 2014	3-0	CLE	6	4	0	0	1	10	Win

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	5.28	2	3.46	1
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	4.96	4	3.35	2
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	5.04	7	4.07	3
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	5.00	10	4.26	8

Indians Vs Yankees Head To Head Detail

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
Oct 5, 2017	NYY	0	CLE	4	-135	8	U	Sonny Gray (R)	Trevor Bauer (R)	3	5	3	6	14	9
Aug 30, 2017	CLE	9	NYY	4			O	Ryan Merritt (L)	Jordan Montgomery (L)	13	8	5	3	9	2
Aug 30, 2017	CLE	2	NYY	1	-124	9.5	U	Trevor Bauer (R)	Jaime Garcia (L)	8	5	4	4	13	9
Aug 28, 2017	CLE	6	NYY	2	-103	6.5	O	Corey Kluber (R)	Luis Severino (R)	6	3	4	1	12	8
Aug 6, 2017	NYY	8	CLE	1	-120	7.5	O	Luis Severino (R)	Carlos Carrasco (R)	12	2	3	1	10	10
Aug 5, 2017	NYY	2	CLE	1	-131	8.5	U	Jordan Montgomery (L)	Danny Salazar (R)	5	6	4	0	15	12
Aug 4, 2017	NYY	2	CLE	7	-119	9	P	Jaime Garcia (L)	Trevor Bauer (R)	11	8	2	4	10	10
Aug 3, 2017	NYY	1	CLE	5	-197	8	U	Sonny Gray (R)	Corey Kluber (R)	3	5	1	3	11	7
Aug 7, 2016	CLE	2	NYY	3	100	8	U	Carlos Carrasco (R)	Masahiro Tanaka (R)	8	5	3	2	12	12
Aug 6, 2016	CLE	5	NYY	2	171	8	U	Corey Kluber (R)	CC Sabathia (L)	10	6	6	1	10	10

ALDS Betting Trends

New York Yankees
NY Yankees is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
NY Yankees is 17-7 SU in its last 24 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 5 games
NY Yankees is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
NY Yankees is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees's last 7 games on the road
NY Yankees is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland

Cleveland Indians
Cleveland is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Cleveland is 21-4 SU in its last 25 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland's last 6 games
Cleveland is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Cleveland is 18-3 SU in its last 21 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland's last 6 games at home
Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing NY Yankees

Team Vs Division Or Conference

New York Yankees

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	92-72	52-30	40-42	71-48	22-21	83-77-3	24-23	68-49
Last 10	6-4	6-2	0-2	6-2	0-2	4-6	1-1	5-3
vs Div	44-32	27-12	17-20	30-20	15-11	41-33-2	13-12	31-20
vs AL	77-67	44-28	33-39	60-46	18-19	73-67-3	20-23	57-44
vs NL	15-5	8-2	7-3	11-2	4-2	10-10	4-0	11-5

Cleveland Indians

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	103-60	50-32	53-28	96-55	8-5	60-93-9	36-24	67-36
Last 10	7-3	5-2	2-1	7-3	0-0	3-7	1-0	6-3
vs Div	50-26	21-16	29-10	50-26	1-0	26-47-3	21-11	29-15
vs AL	97-46	46-26	51-20	90-42	7-4	52-82-8	33-20	64-26
vs NL	6-14	4-6	2-8	6-13	1-1	8-11-1	3-4	3-10

Team Last 5 Games

New York Yankees

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Oct 5, 2017	CLE	0-4	L	125	8	S Gray	3.1	T Bauer	A
Oct 3, 2017	MIN	8-4	W	-245	7.5	Luis Severino	0.1	E Santana	H
Oct 1, 2017	TOR	1-2	L	-183	8.5	Jordan Montgomery	5.1	Br Anderson	H
Sep 30, 2017	TOR	2-1	W	-159	8.5	C Sabathia	5.2	M Stroman	H
Sep 29, 2017	TOR	4-0	W	-235	9	Masahiro Tanaka	7	Joe Biagini	H

Cleveland Indians

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Oct 5, 2017	NYY	4-0	W	-135	8	T Bauer	6.2	S Gray	H
Oct 1, 2017	CHW	3-1	W	-197	9	J Tomlin	5.1	C Volstad	H
Sep 30, 2017	CHW	1-2	L	-370	7	C Kluber	5	Carson Fulmer	H
Sep 29, 2017	CHW	10-1	W	-290	8.5	T Bauer	6	M Pelfrey	H
Sep 28, 2017	MIN	5-2	W	-268	7.5	C Carrasco	8.1	E Santana	H

Weather in
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 69°F

Cloudy
Humidity is 90%
Wind is South-southwest 9 mph
Visibility is 8.885609 mi
Pressure is N/A inHg

Forecast for Cleveland

 

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ALDS Game 2: Astros Look to Go up 2-0 on Red Sox

Good Pitching Matchup in ALDS Game 2

The Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros will play on Friday when they meet at Minute Maid Park. This ALDS Game 2 matchup will start at 2:05 pm EST. Fox Sports 1 has the telecast.

Oddsmakers have the Astros as -185-moneyline favorites and the total is at 8.

Drew Pomeranz will be the starting pitcher for the Red Sox on this day. Left hander Pomeranz is 17-6 this season with a 3.32 ERA.

Pomeranz was on the hill when Boston clinched the AL East on Sept. 30 against the Astros. He allowed one run on three hits and two walks with three strikeouts over six innings in a 6-3 victory.

Pomeranz did not factor in the decision in a 2-1 win over the Astros on June 16. He allowed just one run on four hits and three walks with four strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings. He is 2-2 with a 3.69 ERA over 12 career games against Houston.

Today's game will mark the third career postseason appearance for Pomeranz. Today is his first start. He worked out of the bullpen for the Red Sox in the 2016 ALDS against the Cleveland Indians.

ALDS Game 2 sees Keuchel in Prime Form

It'll be Dallas Keuchel toeing the rubber for the Astros in this contest. Left hander Keuchel is 14-5 with a 2.90 ERA so far this season.

 

The 2015 Cy Young Award winner had to take a backseat when Houston acquired right-hander Justin Verlander on Aug. 31.  Keuchel was forced to give up his position as the face of the rotation. It was not an insult to give it up to the 2011 American League MVP and Cy Young Award winner.

That shift was confirmed when Verlander earned the nod for Game 1 of the American League Division Series. The move bumping Keuchel to Game 2 on Friday at Minute Maid Park. Verlander pitched well in the 8-2 Astros victory.

Keuchel labored to recover from midseason neck discomfort. He found his stride down the stretch of the season. He went 2-1 with a 2.00 ERA during his final three starts. In three career appearances against the Red Sox, Keuchel is 0-1 with a 9.88 ERA.

Pitching at Minute Maid Park is meaningful for Keuchel. He is 36-21 with a 2.94 ERA at home in his career. He finished 15-0 with a 1.46 ERA at Minute Maid Park in 2015. In the his ALDS start against the Kansas City Royals, he allowed one run on five hits with seven strikeouts over seven innings in a 4-2 victory.

Recent Form

Team	record	money	vs LHP	vs RHP	Fave	Dog	O/U	Diff
Boston	93-70	$53.00	18-19	75-51	76-53	17-17	70-85-8	0.68
Houston	102-61	$1,157.00	22-24	80-37	98-52	4-9	82-72-9	1.24

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

D Pomeranz (17-6) ERA: 3.32

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Sep 30, 2017	HOU	W	6-3	P	6	$101.00
Sep 25, 2017	TOR	L	4-6	O	2	-$100.00
Sep 19, 2017	BAL	W	1-0	U	6.1	$101.00

D Keuchel (14-5) ERA: 2.90

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Sep 26, 2017	TEX	W	14-3	O	6	$70.00
Sep 21, 2017	CHW	L	1-3	U	6	-$100.00
Sep 16, 2017	SEA	W	8-6	O	6	$51.00

Bullpen

Boston's relievers have pitched 11 innings in the last 3 games.
Houston's relievers have pitched 9.2 innings in the last 3 games.

Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent

Boston Red Sox - D Pomeranz

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Sep 30, 2017	6-3	BOS	6	3	1	1	2	3	Win
Jun 16, 2017	2-1	BOS	6.1	4	1	1	3	4	No Decision
May 18, 2015	2-1	OAK	4.1	2	1	1	5	2	No Decision
Apr 26, 2015	7-6	HOU	5	6	5	3	3	4	No Decision
Apr 15, 2015	6-1	HOU	5	6	4	4	1	5	Loss

Houston Astros - D Keuchel

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
May 12, 2016	11-1	BOS	6	10	8	8	3	4	Loss
Aug 15, 2014	5-3	HOU	7	6	3	3	3	8	No Decision

ALDS Game 2 Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	4.83	10	4.31	9
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	4.88	7	4.01	5
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	5.55	1	4.15	5
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	4.91	12	3.99	4

Head To Head Detail

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
Oct 5, 2017	BOS	2	HOU	8	-130	7	O	Chris Sale (L)	Justin Verlander (R)	8	12	2	2	6	8
Oct 1, 2017	HOU	4	BOS	3	122	8.5	U	Collin McHugh (R)	Hector Velazquez (R)	8	7	4	1	11	12
Sep 30, 2017	HOU	3	BOS	6	101	9	P	Lance McCullers Jr. (R)	Drew Pomeranz (L)	8	10	4	4	8	12
Sep 29, 2017	HOU	3	BOS	2	102	9.5	U	Charlie Morton (R)	Doug Fister (R)	6	5	3	3	8	9
Sep 28, 2017	HOU	12	BOS	2	-101	9	O	Brad Peacock (R)	Eduardo Rodriguez (L)	17	6	6	3	10	5
Jun 18, 2017	BOS	6	HOU	5	-118	9	O	David Price (L)	Joe Musgrove (R)	8	14	2	6	10	8
Jun 17, 2017	BOS	1	HOU	7	-111	9	U	Rick Porcello (R)	David Paulino (R)	3	11	1	1	6	5
Jun 16, 2017	BOS	2	HOU	1	-126	9	U	Drew Pomeranz (L)	Mike Fiers (R)	7	6	2	5	6	6
May 15, 2016	HOU	9	BOS	10	105	10.5	O	Chris Devenski (R)	Sean O'Sullivan (R)	8	14	5	3	10	4
May 14, 2016	HOU	5	BOS	6	-121	10	O	Collin McHugh (R)	Clay Buchholz (R)	11	14	6	5	9	5

ALDS Game 2 Betting Trends

Boston Red Sox
Boston is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Boston is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Boston's last 16 games on the road
Boston is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Houston
Boston is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Houston
The total has gone OVER in 15 of Boston's last 23 games when playing Houston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston's last 6 games when playing on the road against Houston

Houston Astros
Houston is 12-6 ATS in its last 18 games
Houston is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Houston's last 9 games
Houston is 11-3 ATS in its last 14 games at home
Houston is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Houston's last 8 games at home
Houston is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Boston
Houston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Boston
The total has gone OVER in 15 of Houston's last 23 games when playing Boston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston's last 6 games when playing at home against Boston

Team Vs Division Or Conference

Boston Red Sox

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	93-70	48-33	45-37	76-49	20-21	70-85-8	18-19	75-51
Last 10	4-6	2-5	2-1	3-2	1-4	5-4-1	0-2	4-4
vs Div	41-35	18-20	23-15	31-27	12-8	34-40-2	10-13	31-22
vs AL	77-66	39-32	38-34	60-47	19-19	64-74-5	18-19	59-47
vs NL	16-4	9-1	7-3	16-2	1-2	6-11-3	0-0	16-4

Houston Astros

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	102-61	49-33	53-28	98-49	9-10	82-72-9	22-24	80-37
Last 10	8-2	2-1	6-1	8-2	0-0	6-3-1	3-2	5-0
vs Div	50-26	24-15	26-11	49-23	3-2	34-38-4	11-10	39-16
vs AL	87-56	42-30	45-26	83-46	8-8	70-64-9	18-23	69-33
vs NL	15-5	7-3	8-2	15-3	1-2	12-8	4-1	11-4

Team Last 5 Games

Boston Red Sox

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Oct 5, 2017	HOU	2-8	L	120	7	C Sale	5	J Verlander	A
Oct 1, 2017	HOU	3-4	L	122	8.5	Hector Velazquez	4	C McHugh	H
Sep 30, 2017	HOU	6-3	W	101	9	D Pomeranz	6	L McCullers	H
Sep 29, 2017	HOU	2-3	L	102	9.5	Doug Fister	5.1	C Morton	H
Sep 28, 2017	HOU	2-12	L	-101	9	Eduardo Rodriguez	1.2	B Peacock	H

Houston Astros

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Oct 5, 2017	BOS	8-2	W	-130	7	J Verlander	6	C Sale	H
Oct 1, 2017	BOS	4-3	W	-132	8.5	C McHugh	6	Hector Velazquez	A
Sep 30, 2017	BOS	3-6	L	-111	9	L McCullers	4.1	D Pomeranz	A
Sep 29, 2017	BOS	3-2	W	-112	9.5	C Morton	5.1	Doug Fister	A
Sep 28, 2017	BOS	12-2	W	-109	9	B Peacock	5	Eduardo Rodriguez	A

Weather in
Houston - United States

 82°F

Sunny
Humidity is 75%
Wind is Northeast 7 mph
Visibility is 10.004077 mi
Pressure is N/A inHg

Forecast for Houston

 

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Boston home to Houston Sunday, October 8

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