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“1 UNIT” NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFF TOTAL (Pirates at Cardinals OVER 6’ in an 8:07 eastern start on TBS-----Cole versus Wainwright): It is easy to see why we have a low-balled total since game-four of this National League Divisional series (2-1 final) was extremely low scoring as host Pittsburgh was able to compile just ONE HIT. In addition St. Louis sends staff ace and the only veteran member of the staff Adam Wainwright to the mound. But it should be pointed out that the Cardinals highest scoring output in this series was the opener with Wainwright on the mound. This evening is also the second time this season that the various Cardinals batters have a chance to face impressive Pittsburgh rookie hurler Gerrit Cole who handcuffed them in the game-two. This has basically been a very low scoring series for the St. Louis offense which lead all of baseball during the regular season with “runners in scoring position” which makes this a law-of-averages wager. While Pittsburgh is built on pitching centerfielder Andew McCutchen is a bonifide MVP candidate and is showing it (.357 batting average) in this series. His teammate Pedro Alvarez has now driven in a run in all 5 of the postseason games played by the Pirates so far. Not only did Alvarez tie for the National League homerun title in the regular season, he has already gone deep three different times in this set versus St. Louis pitching. For those into percentages this is an outstanding wager as 8 of the most recent ten games between the Pirates and Cardinals in St. Louis have gone OVER the total. But the big news is that in his career when facing the various personnel in the Pittsburgh batting order, Adam Wainwright has gone an incredible “13-2” OVER the number
“1 UNIT” NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFF TOTAL (Pirates at Cardinals OVER 6’ in an 8:07 eastern start on TBS-----Cole versus Wainwright): It is easy to see why we have a low-balled total since game-four of this National League Divisional series (2-1 final) was extremely low scoring as host Pittsburgh was able to compile just ONE HIT. In addition St. Louis sends staff ace and the only veteran member of the staff Adam Wainwright to the mound. But it should be pointed out that the Cardinals highest scoring output in this series was the opener with Wainwright on the mound. This evening is also the second time this season that the various Cardinals batters have a chance to face impressive Pittsburgh rookie hurler Gerrit Cole who handcuffed them in the game-two. This has basically been a very low scoring series for the St. Louis offense which lead all of baseball during the regular season with “runners in scoring position” which makes this a law-of-averages wager. While Pittsburgh is built on pitching centerfielder Andew McCutchen is a bonifide MVP candidate and is showing it (.357 batting average) in this series. His teammate Pedro Alvarez has now driven in a run in all 5 of the postseason games played by the Pirates so far. Not only did Alvarez tie for the National League homerun title in the regular season, he has already gone deep three different times in this set versus St. Louis pitching. For those into percentages this is an outstanding wager as 8 of the most recent ten games between the Pirates and Cardinals in St. Louis have gone OVER the total. But the big news is that in his career when facing the various personnel in the Pittsburgh batting order, Adam Wainwright has gone an incredible “13-2” OVER the number
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