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Washington -110
Its that time of the year again for one team to get hot at the end of the baseball season and ride that hot streak all the way to the World Series. We saw it happen last year with the Cardinals and some experts beleived they were witnessing the same thing when the Cards took down a popular World Series pick in Atlanta. However, that steam engine cooled down yesterday when they were defeated by Gio Gonzalez and the Nationals 3-2.
Up next for the Cardinals is Jaime Garcia, a crafty lefty with playoff experience. On deck for the Nationals, Jordan Zimmerman, a young gun whose last playoff game he pitched came in college at the Division III regionals. Both lineups have had some degree of success against these two hurlers. The nats lineup is a lifetime 8-18 (.444) off Garcia with 2 HR's 2 walks and 2 strikeouts. The cards lineup is a lifetime 12-28 (.428) with 4 XBH 3 walks and 4 strikeouts. While those numbers are a little skewed because the sample size is so small, there really is not definate winner in that matchup.
However, when you look at this year and the way these two pitchers have performed, there isnt a slight edge, there is a major edge and it goes to WASHINGTON.
Garcia comes in with a 7-7 record but more telling he has pitched in 20 games and the cards are 8-12 in those game. He has throw 9 of those games at Busch, where the game is being played tonight, and has recorded a very modest 5-4 record. On the flip side Zimmerman comes in with a 12-8 record but the nats are 21-11 when he starts and an astounding 11-5 when he starts on the road.
The value here is undeniable and to get the Nationals at -110 is an absolute steal.
good luck to all
Its that time of the year again for one team to get hot at the end of the baseball season and ride that hot streak all the way to the World Series. We saw it happen last year with the Cardinals and some experts beleived they were witnessing the same thing when the Cards took down a popular World Series pick in Atlanta. However, that steam engine cooled down yesterday when they were defeated by Gio Gonzalez and the Nationals 3-2.
Up next for the Cardinals is Jaime Garcia, a crafty lefty with playoff experience. On deck for the Nationals, Jordan Zimmerman, a young gun whose last playoff game he pitched came in college at the Division III regionals. Both lineups have had some degree of success against these two hurlers. The nats lineup is a lifetime 8-18 (.444) off Garcia with 2 HR's 2 walks and 2 strikeouts. The cards lineup is a lifetime 12-28 (.428) with 4 XBH 3 walks and 4 strikeouts. While those numbers are a little skewed because the sample size is so small, there really is not definate winner in that matchup.
However, when you look at this year and the way these two pitchers have performed, there isnt a slight edge, there is a major edge and it goes to WASHINGTON.
Garcia comes in with a 7-7 record but more telling he has pitched in 20 games and the cards are 8-12 in those game. He has throw 9 of those games at Busch, where the game is being played tonight, and has recorded a very modest 5-4 record. On the flip side Zimmerman comes in with a 12-8 record but the nats are 21-11 when he starts and an astounding 11-5 when he starts on the road.
The value here is undeniable and to get the Nationals at -110 is an absolute steal.
good luck to all
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