*10* GAME 2 TOTAL POWER ~ *INSANE* 76-45 YTD MLB RUN!
(MLB) Tampa Bay vs. LA Dodgers, 10/21/2020 8:08 PM, Score: 6 - 4
Total: 8.00 | -105.00 Under
Result: Loss
10* Under Rays/Dodgers (8:08 ET): For the first 3 ½ innings of Game 1, our Under bet was looking pretty good. It was a scoreless tie entering the bottom of the 4th, but unfortunately the Dodgers would then “erupt” for eight runs over the next three innings, ensuring not only victory but an Over as well. Not that the Dodgers aren’t a capable team offensively (they led MLB in scoring during the regular season!), but that aforementioned “explosion” (of runs) we saw last night was largely tied to the curious decision by Rays manager Kevin Cash to let Tyler Glasnow throw 112 pitches, the most by any Rays starter all season.

Cash will certainly have a much shorter “leash” with Game 2 starter Blake Snell. I say this not just because Snell has yet to pitch a full six innings this year (5 IP or less in 10 of 15 starts), but also the Rays’ top three relievers - Anderson, Castillo, Fairbanks - were not used at all last night. With tomorrow being an off-day, you can expect to see that trio ASAP in tonight’s game. Snell was pulled early in his last start, despite four shutout innings (did allow a walk & single to start the 5th). He’d previously allowed just one run in 5 IP in his first of the two ALCS starts vs. Houston.

Tampa Bay hit just .201 collectively in the ALCS and that number drops to .183 when you factor out Randy Arozarena. Over the L10 games, they have scored more than four runs just one time and that was when they scored five in a Game 3 win over the Astros. They have not had more than eight hits in any of their L10 games. Over 70% of their runs scored this postseason have come via the home run, which is unsustainable. Unless they can get to Tony Gonsolin early tonight, it should be more struggles at the plate. Gonsolin is likely to be on an even shorter leash than Snell here as Dave Roberts will probably treat this as a “bullpen game.” 10* Under Rays/Dodgers