Friday October 14th 1am
ESPN
America
Starting
Pitchers
Milwaukee: Wolf
(13-11, 3.93 ERA)
St. Louis: Lohse (14-9,
3.53 ERA)
Wolf
has a 10.43 ERA in his last three starts and a 3-2 record, with a 5.34 ERA in
five starts against St. Louis this year. He’s a difficult pitcher to get a read
on at Busch Stadium – he’s had four QS there in his career, but he’s also got
knocked about a couple of times.
Lohse
is 1-2 with a 2.37 ERA this season against the Brewers, and has a poor 2-8
lifetime record against them, but he pitched a beauty against them last time
out at home and is 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA in his last three starts at Busch
Stadium.
My
worry is that neither of these pitchers inspires and, although I think the
Cards will take this, Lohse is not a 1.74 back.
Instead,
I’ll consider this; Lohse is 0-2 with a 6.97 ERA in two career postseason
starts and Wolf is 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA in three career postseason starts, never
having gone more than 5⅓ innings.
It’s
not a great betting proposition, but I’ll have a small interest in Overs, which
looks the only price worth taking here.
Pick: Over 8.5 @
1.91; -110; 10/11
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