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Eastern Conference Playoffs, 1st Round
Game 1, best-of-7 series
WASHINGTON 4, Montreal 2
Boston vs. BUFFALO: TOO CLOSE TO CALL
Western Conference Playoffs, 1st Round
Game 1, best-of-7 series
VANCOUVER 4, Los Angeles 3
The Twins have exited the Metrodome and now play outdoors at MLB’s newest ballpark – Target Field.
A Yale physicist released a report that predicts runs will be tougher to come by for the Twins this season because of the switch from indoors to outdoors.
“Cold air is more dense and thus more resistant than hot air,” Robert Adair said. “The same fly ball travels about four feet less for every 10-degree drop in temperature.”
If Adair’s numbers are accurate, less distance on fly balls is going to result in fewer home runs, triples and doubles and ultimately lower game totals.
The theory has proved to be correct so far as the Red Sox and Twins played under the posted total of 9 in the ballpark opener and pushed in the second game of the series. The second game would have gone well under had the teams’ bullpens not surrendered four runs in the eighth.
There is a chance of rain in this game tomorrow and runs should be hard to come by.
Pick: Under
Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs (-165)
Carlos Zambrano is a pitcher that tends to wear his emotions on his sleeve.
In his opening start, Big Z gave up eight earned runs (six in the first inning) in only 1.1 innings on the mound and he may have been a little amped up.
"Basically, this was my first start,” Zambrano said after his second start where he gave up only three runs in a winning effort. “I was excited today. I was hungry to go out there. My first outing was not good. I was anxious to go out there and pitch my game, and I did it today."
Jeff Suppan will be making his first start of the season for the Brewers after coming off the 15-day disabled list. Zambrano is 4 for 9 with three RBIs lifetime against Suppan while Chicago first baseman Derrek Lee is a career .431 hitter against the righty.
Look for the Cubbies to pull out the brooms and complete the sweep of Milwaukee on Thursday.
Eastern Conference Playoffs, 1st Round
Game 1, best-of-7 series
WASHINGTON 4, Montreal 2
Boston vs. BUFFALO: TOO CLOSE TO CALL
Western Conference Playoffs, 1st Round
Game 1, best-of-7 series
VANCOUVER 4, Los Angeles 3
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