MLB
Detroit
at New York Yankees
Friday October 7th 1am
ESPN
America
Starting
Pitchers
Detroit: Fister (11-14,
3.01 ERA)
New York: Nova (17-4,
3.67 ERA)
Win
or go home, baby.
This
should be a great game. Both of these are fine pitchers, but
Fister getting knocked about in the first game, and Nova pitching shutout ball
until late in the same game, are not necessarily great indicators of what will
happen tonight.
Nova’s
regular season saw him win 16 games and post a 3.70 ERA, and he's been unbeaten
in 17 starts. In the final two months of the season, Fister ranked first in the
AL in ERA (1.79), second to Verlander for the league lead in wins (eight) and
led all Major League pitchers in strikeout-to-walk ratio (11.40).
What
I’m leading into here is that this game is one of those bets where the
predictive aspect is less important than the prices on offer. Is Nova a back at
best price 1.62? No.
The
Tigers have seen Nova now, the Bombers know they can reach Fister, it’s Yankee
stadium and the hammer is down.
Take
Detroit, save it on the totals.
Pick:
Tigers @2.58; 158; 79/50
Pick:
Over 9 @ 2.00; 100; Evens
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