Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants.
Stadium: Dodger (Los Angeles).
Series to 3 wins. Third game. The score in the series is 1-1.
Of course, the classic baseball rivalry between the Giants and Dodgers is a hard-fought and exciting one. The teams traded victories in San Francisco, and now the series moves to Los Angeles. Let’s pick a few bets on the third game of this great action at once.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have done the most important thing so far
Dave Roberts’ team failed to win the division and had to earn a playoff place in a wild-card game. The hard-fought win over the St. Louis Cardinals impacted the first game of the series with San Francisco. There the exhausted Cardinals were unable to oppose the Giants, 0-4.
The second game, and not surprisingly either, turned out to be quite different. The Dodgers pulled themselves together and crushed a major opponent - 9-2. Cody Bellinger, 2 RBI, was great, much to the delight of Dodgers fans. Three runs scored by Chris Taylor for his team. 2 RBI are for A.J. Pollock. Julio Urias did a great job on the slide, striking out five batters in 5 innings on one bases-on-ball and allowing just one run. The main thing done, for now, the Dodgers won the away game.
In the third game, Max Scherzer will pitch. A pitcher who needs no further introduction.
San Francisco are now in a tough situation
Going to Los Angeles with a 1-1 was hardly in the Giants’ plans. Gabe Kepler’s team now definitely needs to take the game away.
Most likely, the Giants’ painful defeat in Game 2 of the series can be attributed to the manager’s and his staff’s mistake. Unlike his opponent Roberts, Kepler did not change his starting pitcher after five innings. Kevin Gausman, who did a great job in the first half, came out to pitch in the 6th and failed. A 2-1 lead for the Dodgers turned into a 6-2 run that was impossible to come back from.
In the third game on the slide, Alex Wood will start. The game will be the 21st playoff appearance of the 30-year-old pitcher’s career. And Wood has pitched 18 of them for the LA Dodgers.
Expert Betting Tips
Eleven runs for two in the previous game are the exception to the rule. The Giants and Dodgers are among the teams that know how to bring down their opponent’s offensive potential. Especially in the playoffs. Scherzer and Wood will be on the slide in the upcoming meeting. The former is a legend. The latter is very familiar with the Dodgers batting lineup, where he spent quite a few seasons. It’s almost sure to be a low-productive game. Moreover, the third match is the crucial match as the winner will only have to win once.
Betting options:
- Total Under 8 for 1.73;
- Total Under 7.5 for 1.90.