Category: Baseball

The Los Angeles Dodgers were impressive last night in their 6-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, taking a 2-1 lead in the Fall Classic. With a win tonight, the Dodgers will have a stranglehold on the series and the chances of that happening are looking very favorable. Their bats are hot and they are expected to face the southpaw Ryan Yarbrough. Yarbrough was not impressive in the regular season, going 1-4 with a 3.56 ERA, but he is 1-0 in the postseason with a 3.38 ERA and a 1.31 WHIP. LA is expected to send lefty Julio Urías to the hill. He has been spectacular all year. Urías is a perfect 4-0 in the postseason with a nasty ERA of 0.56 and a 0.63 WHIP. Tampa’s bats went silent once again last night, mustering just 4 hits and striking out 13 times. Against a guy like Urías, numbers like that will not cut it. The Rays usually bounce back after a loss but time may running out.
TONIGHT’S PICK: LOS ANGELES DODGERS

With the World Series tied at 1 apiece, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays will send two flamethrowers to the hill tonight, and their numbers have been scary. Tampa will give the nod to Charlie Morton. He is 3-0 this postseason with an ERA of just 0.57 and a 0.96 WHIP. Are you kidding me? LA will have Walker Buehler toeing the rubber. Buehler is 1-0 in the postseason with a nasty ERA of 1.89 and a 1.37 WHIP. How do you not consider the under in this one?
TONIGHT’S PICK: UNDER 7.5

Clayton Kershaw pitched a gem last night and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 8-3 to take Game 1 in the World Series. The Rays’ bats need to start producing and they will have a golden opportunity to do just that tonight. Tony Gonsolin is the probable starter for LA. Gonsolin has been getting lit up this postseason, going 0-1 with a bloated ERA of 9.95 and a 1.74 WHIP. Dave Roberts has eluded that this will probably be a bullpen game so expect Gonsolin to be on a short leash. Tampa will counter with the lefty Blake Snell. Snell, who won the 2018 AL Cy Young, has gone 2-2 this postseason with a 3.20 ERA and a 1.32 WHIP. One thing the Rays are is resilient and after a loss they are 16-5 in their last 21. Expect them to bounce back tonight and knot up the series.
TONIGHT’S PICK: TAMPA BAY RAYS

Clayton Kershaw is slated to get the nod tonight for the Dodgers when Los Angeles and Tampa kick off the Fall Classic in Arlington. Kershaw has silenced some of critics who say he folds in the postseason. This postseason he is 2-1 with a 3.32 ERA and is healthy. That doesn’t bode well for the Tampa Bay Rays. Tyler Glasnow is expected to take the rubber tonight for Tampa. Glasnow, who is 2-1 this postseason with a 4.66 ERA, admitted he is a little overwhelmed facing Kershaw so nerves could be a factor for the Rays’ starter. LA launched 16 homers in the NLCS and Cody Bellinger, Corey Seager and Mookie Betts are hot. Consider the Dodgers.
TONIGHT’S PICK: LOS ANGELES DODGERS

The Los Angeles Dodgers will face Atlanta’s young flamethrower Ian Anderson tonight in a “winner take all” Game 7 of the NLCS. Baseball is a streaky sport and the Dodgers are streaking. Anderson took care of business the last time he faced the Dodgers but their bats were cold and now they are not.
TONIGHT’S PICK: LOS ANGELES DODGERS

The Tampa Bay Rays will turn to Charlie Morton to throw strikes today and wrap up the AL pennant against the pesky Houston Astros. Morton has been brilliant this postseason, with a record of 2-0 and an ERA of only 0.90. Lance McCullers Jr. will be on the hill for the Astros. McCullers is 0-1 in the postseason with a 4.09 ERA. If Morton keeps it close, and he will, the Rays prevail.
TONIGHT’S PICK: TAMPA BAY RAYS

The Los Angeles Dodgers are pinned in a corner and facing elimination tonight in the NLCS but there are too many superstars on this squad for them to go down without a fight. Expect the Dodgers to come out swinging tonight. Dustin May is slated to take the hill for LA and this guy is a really good young hurler with a postseason ERA of only 1.13. The Braves’ starter has yet to be announced but Atlanta’s skipper Brian Snitker said he will not start the flamethrower Max Fried, which is good for the Dodgers, but what managers say and do are two different animals. Regardless of who starts for Atlanta, LA stays alive.
TONIGHT’S PICK: LOS ANGELES DODGERS