Trea Turner (once more) and the Phillies were given us off to a profusion get started on Wednesday sooner than Alex Bregman and the offenses — most commonly the Dodgers — failed us within the nightcap. The excellent news is the Dodgers aren’t round to debris me up any more. Extra excellent information is next the 2-2 generation I’m now 15-9 thus far right here in Easiest Bets for the playoffs. I additionally crash two of 3 Wednesday over on SportsLine.
Talking of which, my motto on SportsLine is “stick with what works.” You understand what has been operating? Trea Turner, child. I’ve performed his over all 5 video games within the playoffs thus far and he’s crash all of it 5 video games.
Braves (-152) at Phillies (+129), 8:07 p.m. ET
Founding pitchers: RHP Spencer Strider (20-5, 3.86) vs. LHP Ranger Suárez (4-6, 4.18)
It’s win or move house for the 104-win Braves, who had been the most productive workforce within the ordinary season from no matter level within the first part they took the mantle from the Rays. There used to be modest disputing from July in the course of the finish of the ordinary season that the Braves had been the supremacy canine. The Phillies have the option to do away with them in 4 video games right here.
This is identical pitching matchup as Recreation 1, when Suárez used to be stunning however handiest used to be left within the recreation for three 2/3 innings. Strider threw smartly, however were given deny run backup.
The play games: Trea Turner over 1.5 H+R+RBI (+105)
Thankfully it’s back off to one.5, even though we flew future the two.5 on Wednesday when he crash his house run (his H+R+RBI overall used to be 5).
Turner has long gone over 1.5 hits plus runs plus RBI each and every unmarried playoff recreation. From the hour he resurrected his season (Aug. 5) via those 5 playoff video games, Turner has 72 hits, 46 runs and 43 RBI in 52 video games, a mean of three.1 according to recreation in this prop, or two times what we want.
Turner is 0 for 17 in his occupation in opposition to Strider and that’ll scare some nation off, however he’s making touch. He’s handiest struck out two times in opposition to the Braves’ ace and the ones had been his first two at-bats. He’s had a quantity of touch and a few of it dried touch in opposition to Strider of past due. He’ll discover a hollow in Recreation 4.
If truth be told, I’ll say he singles, steals 2nd and nearest rankings on a Bryce Harper unmarried within the first inning Thursday.