(3-1) * NLCS / ALCS Championship series
(2-1) * World Series
Sat. * Arizona +130
1-unit per play unless other wise noted
***Tail or Fade at your own Risk***
Tonight I like Short & Sweet: woof woof
Texas Rangers ML-10 DraftKings @ Arizona Diamondbacks * 8:00 pm * Gm #3
GOOD LUCK Gentlemen either way >>>>
Excerpted Notes to ponder over: Pick your own poison, I’ve made mine.
Monday's Game 3 will feature three-time Cy Young Award winner and eight-time All-Star Max Scherzer starting for Texas. Rookie right-hander Brandon Pfaadt, in turn, will make the fifth postseason start of his career (all this year) for Arizona.
Scherzer, 39, is 0-1 with a 9.45 earned run average in two postseason starts against the Houston Astros this month. He has totaled 6 2/3 innings this postseason, but he has pitched 140 innings over 29 career playoff appearances (24 starts) with a 7-8 record and 3.86 ERA.
"He could give us length. I've talked to him about this. He's comfortable pretty much throwing like he normally does," Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said. "Maybe not quite as long as he's been over 100 pitches, whatever, but pretty close."
Pfaadt has been a revelation for the Diamondbacks and manager Torey Lovullo, who tabbed the 25-year-old to start Game 7 of the National League Championship Series in Philadelphia last week. Pfaadt delivered, allowing two runs in four innings.
Pfaadt, in Game 3 of the NLCS with his team facing a 2-0 series deficit, shut out the Phillies on two hits with nine strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings. Arizona won that game at Chase Field.
"You want to be as consistent as possible, and I think that's where the routine comes into play, and just follow that to a ‘T' and trust your ability," Pfaadt said after Game 2.