NL Divisional Series Game 1
The Central Division champion St. Louis Cardinals will visit the East Division champion Atlanta Braves to begin a best-of-five string to determine who will advance to the NL Championship Series to face the winner of the Washington Nationals vs. Los Angeles Dodgers string.
With the Braves winning both series to get a 4-2 record 18, the teams last played in May.
The Braves were able to get critical starters and place players and needed a comfortable lead in the East Division for much of the second half of the season the needed rest necessary to make a deep run into the playoffs. Because of this, they are moving with veteran left-hander Dallas Keuchel (8-8, 3.75) to pitch Game 1.
Keuchel is pitching well and has posted a 3.07 ERA letting 14 earned runs on 43 hits like four home runs, 15 walks enabled and 31 strikeouts spanning 41 innings of work. He didnt face the Cardinals since the 2016 season, so the results are meaningless with this playoff game.
Hes turned into a stud in road starts this year. Hes compiled a 2.74 ERA using a 1.155 WHIP in 10 starts spanning 62??2/3 innings of work.
There are just five present members of the Cardinals roster that have faced Keuchel within their careers and only Paul Goldschmidt includes a large sample size that is meaningful.
Hes batting just 0.167 (3-for-18) in 20 plate appearances without a home runs. Keuchel has a enormous advantage going up.
The Cardinals will hand the ball to right-hander Miles Mikolas (9-14, 4.16) for Sport 1. Hes been a continuous starter for the Cardinals this season.
Over his last seven starts hes compiled a 2-1 record with four no-decisions, a 3.67 ERA letting 17 earned runs on 40 hits such as six home runs, seven falls permitted, and 38 strikeouts spanning 41??2/3 innings of work.
He has not done well in street games, but making this selection. In 17 road starts this year hes 4-8 with a lofty 5.40 ERA along with a 1.415 WHIP spanning 88??1/3 innings of work.
Mikolas to complete at least six innings of work, will not complete innings than the machine learning summary calls, also also will dent in at least three innings. In home games where the Braves have met or surpassed these performance measures, they have made a listing.
The wager is on the Atlanta Braves -136 favorite at 5Dimes Sportsbook.
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