The MLB Historical system play is on the LA. Dodgers at 8:05 eastern. As seen be low in the grid. Road teams like the Cubs that won game 1 and then lost game 2 at home are a paltry 5-11, with most of those losses as road favorites. The Cubs are 2-5 of late on the road vs leftys and 0-2 on the road off a home game where they had 4 or less hits. LA has won 2 of 3 here vs the Cubs and have Hill on the Mound. Hill has a 2.42 home era which is nearly a full run lower than the 3.36 road Era that Arietta has. Hill has allowed 2 runs or less in 8 straight home starts and has the benefit of making his first appearance vs the Cubs. Arrietta has lost his last 2 road October starts, allowing 6 runs in 11 innings, and 3 of his 4 team starts vs the Dodgers. Look for the Dodgers to take game 3 at home.



HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Tied WL @ HH:

Considering win order; considering site order: The team tied WL with site order HH (Cubs) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2016 NHL and NBA Finals:

series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 160-130 (.552)

series record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 36-35 (.507)

series record, MLB only, all rounds: 21-20 (.512)

series record, MLB only, Semifinals round: 8-8 (.500)

Game 3 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 149-141 (.514)

Game 3 record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 34-37 (.479)

Game 3 record, MLB only, all rounds: 19-22 (.463)

Game 3 record, MLB only, Semifinals round: 5-11 (.313) Chicago