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Tuesday, October 4

TBD

ALWC

Orioles @ Blue Jays

TBD at TBD

TBS / SNET

Wednesday, October 5

TBD

NLWC

Giants @ Mets

Bumgarner (0-0) at Syndergaard (0-0)

ESPN

Thursday, October 6

TBD	ALDS Gm 1	Red Sox @ Indians	Porcello (0-0) at Bauer (0-0)	TBS
TBD	ALDS Gm 1	AL Wild Card @ Rangers	TBD at TBD	TBS

Friday, October 7

TBD	NLDS Gm 1	Dodgers @ Nationals	TBD at TBD	FS1 / MLBN
TBD	NLDS Gm 1	NL Wild Card @ Cubs	TBD at TBD	FS1 / MLBN
TBD	ALDS Gm 2	Red Sox @ Indians	Price (0-0) at Kluber (0-0)	TBS
TBD	ALDS Gm 2	AL Wild Card @ Rangers	TBD at TBD	TBS

Saturday, October 8

TBD	NLDS Gm 2	Dodgers @ Nationals	TBD at TBD	FS1 / MLBN
TBD	NLDS Gm 2	NL Wild Card @ Cubs	TBD at TBD	FS1 / MLBN

Sunday, October 9

TBD	ALDS Gm 3	Indians @ Red Sox	Tomlin (0-0) at TBD	TBS
TBD	ALDS Gm 3	Rangers @ AL Wild Card	TBD at TBD	TBS

Monday, October 10

TBD	NLDS Gm 3	Nationals @ Dodgers	TBD at TBD	FS1 / MLBN
TBD	NLDS Gm 3	Cubs @ NL Wild Card	TBD at TBD	FS1 / MLBN
TBD	ALDS Gm 4*	Indians @ Red Sox	TBD at TBD	TBS
TBD	ALDS Gm 4*	Rangers @ AL Wild Card	TBD at TBD	TBS

* if necessary
Tuesday, October 11

TBD	NLDS Gm 4*	Nationals @ Dodgers	TBD at TBD	FS1
TBD	NLDS Gm 4*	Cubs @ NL Wild Card	TBD at TBD	FS1

* if necessary
Wednesday, October 12

TBD	ALDS Gm 5*	Red Sox @ Indians	TBD at TBD	TBS
TBD	ALDS Gm 5*	AL Wild Card @ Rangers	TBD at TBD	TBS

* if necessary
Thursday, October 13

TBD	NLDS Gm 5*	Dodgers @ Nationals	TBD at TBD	FS1
TBD	NLDS Gm 5*	NL Wild Card @ Cubs	TBD at TBD	FS1

* if necessary
Friday, October 14

TBD

ALCS Gm 1

AL Lower Seed @ AL Higher Seed

TBD at TBD

TBS

Saturday, October 15

TBD	NLCS Gm 1	NL Lower Seed @ NL Higher Seed	TBD at TBD	FOX / FS1
TBD	ALCS Gm 2	AL Lower Seed @ AL Higher Seed	TBD at TBD	TBS

Sunday, October 16

TBD

NLCS Gm 2

NL Lower Seed @ NL Higher Seed

TBD at TBD

FOX / FS1

Monday, October 17

TBD

ALCS Gm 3

AL Higher Seed @ AL Lower Seed

TBD at TBD

TBS

Tuesday, October 18

TBD	NLCS Gm 3	NL Higher Seed @ NL Lower Seed	TBD at TBD	FOX / FS1
TBD	ALCS Gm 4	AL Higher Seed @ AL Lower Seed	TBD at TBD	TBS

Wednesday, October 19

TBD	NLCS Gm 4	NL Higher Seed @ NL Lower Seed	TBD at TBD	FOX / FS1
TBD	ALCS Gm 5*	AL Higher Seed @ AL Lower Seed	TBD at TBD	TBS

* if necessary
Thursday, October 20

TBD

NLCS Gm 5*

NL Higher Seed @ NL Lower Seed

TBD at TBD

FOX / FS1

* if necessary
Friday, October 21

TBD

ALCS Gm 6*

AL Lower Seed @ AL Higher Seed

TBD at TBD

TBS

* if necessary
Saturday, October 22

TBD	NLCS Gm 6*	NL Lower Seed @ NL Higher Seed	TBD at TBD	FOX / FS1
TBD	ALCS Gm 7*	AL Lower Seed @ AL Higher Seed	TBD at TBD	TBS

* if necessary
Sunday, October 23

TBD

NLCS Gm 7*

NL Lower Seed @ NL Higher Seed

TBD at TBD

FOX / FS1

* if necessary
Tuesday, October 25

TBD

WS Gm 1

NL Champion @ AL Champion

TBD at TBD

FOX

Wednesday, October 26

TBD

WS Gm 2

NL Champion @ AL Champion

TBD at TBD

FOX

Friday, October 28

TBD

WS Gm 3

AL Champion @ NL Champion

TBD at TBD

FOX

Saturday, October 29

TBD

WS Gm 4

AL Champion @ NL Champion

TBD at TBD

FOX

Sunday, October 30

TBD

WS Gm 5*

AL Champion @ NL Champion

TBD at TBD

FOX

* if necessary
Tuesday, November 1

TBD

WS Gm 6*

NL Champion @ AL Champion

TBD at TBD

FOX

* if necessary
Wednesday, November 2

TBD

WS Gm 7*

NL Champion @ AL Champion

TBD at TBD

FOX

 

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(EARLY LOOK) MLB Baseball Consensus: Public Picks
Time	Teams	Runline	Moneyline	Total
(EDT)		Picks	Percentage	Picks	Percentage	Picks	Percentage
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
7:00pm odds	(933) San Francisco Giants (934) New York Mets	26 30	46% 54%	181 53	77% 23%	O 37 U 11	77% 23%

 

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Here are my results from tonight, hope you all had a great night as well. See you all Wednesday night!!!

5k Toronto -168 (Blowout Winner 5-2)

5k Toronto -1.5 +145 (Easy Winner 5-2)

5k Toronto Under 8.5 -105 (Winner 7 Runs)

Tillman has struggled in his career against the Blue Jays, especially in Toronto where he is 0-3 with a 9.00 ERA with seven homers surrendered over his last 6 starts at the Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays are hitting .299 as a team against Tillman, and several of their hitters are hitting well above .300 with multiple RBI’s against Tillman, so they should do some damage. Also, I am confident siding with Stroman who held the Texas Rangers two only five earned runs in 13 innings in last year’s ALDS, while Tillman conceded seven runs in 9.1 innings in his two starts in the 2014 playoffs. The Blue Jays are at home and the Rogers Centre will be rocking, and I can’t trust the Orioles who have generally struggled in Toronto, so I am going with the Blue Jays in this one.

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MLB Baseball Consensus: Public Picks
Time	Teams	Runline	Moneyline	Total
(EDT)		Picks	Percentage	Picks	Percentage	Picks	Percentage
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
8:05pm odds	(933) San Francisco Giants (934) New York Mets	2148 1697	56% 44%	8520 3763	69% 31%	O 3762 U 2935	56% 44%

 

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Wednesday MLB Power Baseball Results (2-0) 100% +$10,000 . MLB Playoffs (5-0) 100% +$27,250

Here are my results from tonight, hope you all had a great night as well. See you all Thursday night!!!

5k San Francisco -112 (Easy Winner 3-0)

5k San Francisco Under 6 -118 (Easy Winner 3 Runs)

After struggling since the All-Star break, they flipped some kind of switch as their playoff hopes were under fire. They've won four straight, and Madison Bumgarner looks good again, with wins in his last two after a string of shaky performances. Noah Syndergaard and Bumgarner hooked up at CitiField on May 1, and Bumgarner tossed six shutout innings in a 6-1 win. He's 5-0 with a 1.80 ERA all-time against the Mets. The Mets have been playing well, but it's hard to go against the Giants in a playoff elimination game.

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[h=1]MLB Baseball Consensus: Public Picks[/h]
Time	Teams	Runline	Moneyline	Total
(EDT)		Picks	Percentage	Picks	Percentage	Picks	Percentage
Thursday, October 6, 2016
4:35pm score	(937) Toronto Blue Jays (938) Texas Rangers	1648 3292	33% 67%	5492 8853	38% 62%	O 3464 U 4657	43% 57%
8:05pm odds	(935) Boston Red Sox (936) Cleveland Indians	2801 1363	67% 33%	9987 3603	73% 27%	O 3960 U 3067	56% 44%

 

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Thursday's ALDS Betting Preview: Blue Jays at Rangers & Red Sox at Indians

Toronto Blue Jays at Texas Rangers (-135, 9)

Series tied 0-0

The Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays don't like each other very much and aren't afraid to show it on the field. Both teams try to keep their emotions in check when they meet in the American League Division Series for the second straight season, with the top-seeded Rangers hosting Game 1 on Thursday.

The Blue Jays battled back from a 2-0 deficit to win the series in five games last October, capped off by a memorable bat flip by Jose Bautista after a go-ahead home run in Game 5. Bautista was hit by a pitch the final time the teams faced off during the regular season May 15 and went hard into second base attempting a takeout slide against Rougned Odor, who took exception and knocked Bautista back with a hard right hand to kick off one of the more vicious benches-clearing incidents across the majors this season. "I expect it to be a good game, good series," Toronto third baseman Josh Donaldson told ESPN after the Blue Jays' wild- card victory over Baltimore on Tuesday. "Two quality teams going at each other. Hopefully all that stuff's put in the past and we go out there and play great baseball." The Blue Jays got a walk-off, three-run homer from Edwin Encarnacion in the 11th inning Tuesday to take out the Baltimore Orioles in the wild-card game and head into the ALDS with momentum.

LINE HISTORY: The Rangers open Game 1 as -140 favorites and were bet up ever so slightly to -141. Since then, the line has come back on the Jays, currently sitting at Rangers -135. The total for this game was pegged at 9. Check out the complete line history here.

WEATHER REPORT: There is a slight chance of thunderstorms in the area, but otherwise temperatures will be in the high 80's. It should be noted there is an expected pitchers wind gusting in from right field at seven to nine miles per hour.

INJURY REPORT:

Blue Jays - C R. Martin (probable Thursday, finger), CP R. Osuna (doubtful Thursday, shoulder), RP J. Benoit (out indefinitely, calf).

Rangers - 2B R. Odor (probable Thursday, shin).

WHAT BOOKS SAY: "We haven't posted a line for the Toronto-Texas series because we don't know who is pitching yet. Perhaps baseball should enact a listed starting pitcher rule, at least during the postseason." - Odds consultant Scott Cooley of BookMaker.eu.

WHAT SHARPS SAY: "Toronto heads to Texas off an emotional home win on Tuesday night, so the Blue Jays are in a difficult scheduling spot. Texas also holds a slight pitching edge with Cole Hamels against Marco Estrada. However, the Blue Jays were actually the better team this season and had a 91-71 X_WL record (expected won-loss based on run margin), while the Rangers were just 82-80 X_WL. The reason the Rangers had a better real won/loss record is because they were 36-11 in games decided by exactly one run this season, while Toronto was just 21-25."

PITCHING MATCHUP: Blue Jays RH Marco Estrada (9-9, 3.48 ERA) vs. Rangers LH Cole Hamels (15-5, 3.32 ERA)

Estrada was strong down the stretch, allowing a total of two runs in 19 innings over his final three turns, to bounce back from a rough stretch over the previous month. The 33-year-old Californian did some of his best work in the playoffs last season with a 2-1 record and a 2.33 ERA in three starts to go along with 15 strikeouts and one walk. One of those wins came at Texas, where Estrada breezed through 6 1/3 innings on one run and five hits to help Toronto avoid elimination in Game 3.

The Rangers try to take a commanding lead in the series by throwing aces Hamels and Yu Darvish in the first two games, with Hamels getting the nod in the opener. The former World Series hero for the Philadelphia Phillies struggled down the stretch, allowing five or more runs in four of his final six starts, but went at least six innings in each of the last four. Hamels started twice in the postseason against Toronto in 2015 and went 0-1 while allowing a total of nine runs (four earned) in 13 1/3 innings.

TRENDS:

* Blue Jays are 9-2 in their last 11 games versus a left-handed starter.
* Rangers are 18-3 in Hamels' last 21 home starts.
* Under is 6-1 in Blue Jays last seven games following a win.
* Over is 6-1-1 in Hamels' last eight starts overall.

 

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Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Indians (+128, 8.50)

Series tied 0-0

Boston's David Ortiz makes his last playoff run and starts it against a team managed by Terry Francona, who helped guide Ortiz and the Red Sox to World Series titles in 2004 and 2007. Francona must find a way to work around Ortiz with a pitching staff at less-than full strength when the Cleveland Indians host Boston in Game 1 of the American League Division Series on Thursday.

The Red Sox had a chance to earn home field advantage throughout the playoffs but closed with five losses in the last six games to drop into third place and make it necessary to travel to Cleveland for Game 1. Ortiz went 3-for-20 with one extra-base hit in those six games while being showered with tributes, but the bigger issue for Boston was closer Craig Kimbrel suffering the loss in two of those games and issuing six walks in two total innings over his three appearances. The Indians' pitching issues have more to do with health as Carlos Carrasco (fractured finger) will miss the playoffs, Danny Salazar (forearm) is limited to the bullpen and Cy Young candidate Corey Kluber (quad) starts Game 2 on 10 days' rest. "He'll throw an extended side on Tuesday, which will line him up for Friday," Francona told reporters of Kluber. "Klub really wanted to pitch Thursday. We've been talking about it for three or four days, but I just kind of overruled him."

LINE HISTORY: The Indians opened this game as +120 home dogs and bettors have faded them to the current number of Indians +128. The total has been set at 8.5. Check out the complete line history here.

WEATHER REPORT: It should be a beautiful night for playoff baseball in Cleveland. The forecast calls for clear skies with temperatures in the mid 60's at gametime. There will be a slight hitters wind blowing out to left field at approximately six miles per hour.

WHAT BOOKS SAY: "Unsurprisingly, it's all Boston money in this series. Our clients are just piling on the BoSox. Right now, we've got about 85 percent of the wagers on the road team, and we've moved 13 cents in that direction." - Odds consultant Scott Cooley of BookMaker.eu.

WHAT SHARPS SAY: "Boston faltered down the stretch, and because of that, they are on the road in Cleveland. The Red Sox actually finished the season with a 98-64 X_WL record (expected won-loss based on run margin) which was the second best in MLB behind the Cubs. The Indians had just a 91-70 X_WL record. The reason Cleveland had a better real record is because they were 28-21 in games decided by exactly one run this season, while Boston was just 20-24." - Covers Expert Steve Merril.

PITCHING MATCHUP: Red Sox RH Rick Porcello (22-4, 3.15 ERA) vs. Indians RH Trevor Bauer (12-8, 4.26)

Porcello emerged as an AL Cy Young candidate in the second half and went 8-1 over his final 11 starts, yielding three or fewer earned runs in each of those outings. The New Jersey native had a string of 11 straight starts completing at least seven innings come to an end in his last two starts as he surrendered a total of six runs and 16 hits in 12 1/3 innings against Tampa Bay and Toronto. Porcello earned a home win over Cleveland on May 22 and is 10-4 with a 3.35 ERA in 22 career starts against the Indians.

Bauer might have slotted fourth in a fully healthy Cleveland rotation and struggled down the stretch with a 7.20 ERA in his last five starts. The lone quality start in that bunch came Saturday, when the UCLA product held Kansas City to three runs on six hits and two walks while striking out nine in six innings. Bauer faced Boston twice this season - once in relief - and allowed a total of six runs and 10 hits in six innings.

TRENDS:

* Red Sox are 11-2 in their last 13 road games versus a right-handed starter.
* Indians are 7-0 in their last seven home games versus a right-handed starter.
* Under is 5-0 in Red Sox last five overall.
* Over is 4-0 in Bauer's last four home starts.

 

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5k Boston -125 (Lost 4-5)
5k Boston Under 8.5 +105 (Lost 9 Runs)

I really like the Red Sox in this match up. Bauer really struggled down the stretch, posting a weak 6.39 ERA over his last six starts, and has now allowed 11 runs in 7.2 career innings pitched against Boston, so I am confident the Red Sox can score some runs. Also, Porcello has had a lot of success against Cleveland, featuring a dazzling 1.87 ERA over the last four seasons against Cleveland, so I am very confident he can contain the Indians lineup and lead his team to a big game one victory.

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[h=1]MLB Baseball Consensus: Public Picks[/h]
(EDT)		Picks	Percentage	Picks	Percentage	Picks	Percentage
Friday, October 7, 2016
1:05pm odds	(957) Toronto Blue Jays (958) Texas Rangers	293 831	26% 74%	1446 2178	40% 60%	O 568 U 1320	30% 70%
4:35pm odds	(955) Boston Red Sox (956) Cleveland Indians	26 4	87% 13%	190 104	65% 35%	O 98 U 47	68% 32%
5:35pm odds	(951) Los Angeles Dodgers (952) Washington Nationals	675 987	41% 59%	3286 3194	51% 49%	O 1453 U 2210	40% 60%
9:15pm odds	(953) San Francisco Giants (954) Chicago Cubs	277 651	30% 70%	1368 1818	43% 57%	O 762 U 889	46% 54%

 

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Toronto Blue Jays at Texas Rangers (-120, 9)

Blue Jays lead series 1-0

The Toronto Blue Jays attempt to take a commanding lead in their American League Division Series when they visit the Texas Rangers for Game 2 on Friday afternoon. Less than 48 hours after outlasting Baltimore in 11 innings in the Wild-Card Game, Toronto put the boots to Texas ace Cole Hamels by tagging the left-hander for seven runs over 3 1/3 frames en route to a 10-1 triumph in the series opener.

Jose Bautista homered and drove in four runs, Troy Tulowitzki collected three RBIs and Josh Donaldson went 4-for-4 while plating a pair as the Blue Jays drew first blood in their attempt to knock off the Rangers in the ALDS for the second straight year. Toronto is hoping Bautista can solve Texas' Yu Darvish in Game 2 as the slugger is 1-for-18 lifetime versus the three-time All-Star. Elvis Andrus recorded two of the Rangers' four hits in the opener while Shin-Soo Choo drove in their lone run with a groundout in the ninth inning. Jonathan Lucroy, who recorded 11 homers and 31 RBIs in 47 games for Texas after being acquired from Milwaukee, looks to continue to batter Toronto Game 2 starter J.A. Happ as he is 7-for-19 lifetime with five RBIs against the left-hander.

LINE HISTORY: The Rangers have opened Game 2 as -120 home favorites. The total opened at 9.

WEATHER REPORT: The forecast is calling for mostly cloudy skies with temperatures in the low 70's and a 60 percent chance of rain. There will also be a moderate hitters wind gusting out to right field at approximately nine to 11 miles per hour.

PITCHING MATCHUP: Blue Jays LH J.A. Happ (20-4, 3.18 ERA) vs. Rangers RH Yu Darvish (7-5, 3.41)

Happ is coming off the best season of his career, finishing as one of the major league's three 20-game winners while also posting a career best in strikeouts (163). The 33-year-old native of Illinois won his only start against Texas this year, limiting the Rangers to one run and six hits over seven innings on May 5. Happ has posted a 4.82 ERA in eight career postseason games, including one start at Colorado on Oct. 11, 2009 in which he yielded three runs and five hits over three frames while with Philadelphia.

Darvish finished his injury-plagued campaign strong, allowing fewer than two runs in three of his final four outings - including a six-inning victory over Tampa Bay in his final start on Sept. 30 in which he gave up one run and three hits while registering a season-high 12 strikeouts. The 30-year-old from Japan is 3-2 with a 2.45 ERA in seven career turns against the Blue Jays but did not face them this year. Darvish lost the only previous postseason start, yielding three runs - two earned - and five hits over 6 2/3 innings in the 2012 AL Wild-Card Game versus Baltimore.

TRENDS:

* Blue Jays are 4-0 in Happ's last four road starts.
* Rangers are 8-2 in Darvish's last 10 starts.
* Under is 18-3-1 in Darvish's last 22 starts versus American League East opponents.
* Under is 12-2 in Blue Jays' last 14 games versus a right-handed starter.

 

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Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Indians (OFF)

Indians lead series 1-0

David Price looks to continue his success at Progressive Field as the Boston Red Sox try to even the American League Division Series at one contest apiece when they visit the Cleveland Indians for Game 2 on Friday. The veteran left-hander boasts a 5-0 record in seven outings at Cleveland in his career, but has struggled in the postseason with a 2-7 mark and 5.12 ERA in 14 games – eight of them starts.

Price, who has never won a postseason start, hopes to keep the ball in the park after the Indians belted three homers in the third inning and held on for a 5-4 victory in the series opener Thursday. Cleveland’s Jason Kipnis hit one of those blasts and finished with three hits to go along with two RBIs in Game 1 while catcher Roberto Perez came up big with a homer, a single and two runs scored. The Indians need a big performance from scheduled starter Corey Kluber after their top relievers Andrew Miller and Cody Allen each threw 40 pitches Thursday. Kluber was deemed healthy after a quad strain caused him to miss his final start of the regular season, and the former Cy Young winner makes his first playoff appearance.

LINE HISTORY: The line for this game is currently off the board.

WEATHER REPORT: It should be a beautiful afternoon for baseball in Cleveland. The forecast is calling for clear skies with temperatures in the mid 70's. There will also be a six to seven mile per hour hitters wind gusting out to center field.

SERIES PRICE (PER SPORTS INTERACTION):

Series price not on the board.

PITCHING MATCHUP: Red Sox LH David Price (17-9, 3.99 ERA) vs. Indians RH Corey Kluber (18-9, 3.14)

Price finished the season strong by going 8-1 with a 3.27 ERA over his last 11 starts and has won 10 of 12 decisions with a 2.24 ERA in 14 lifetime games against the Indians. The 31-year-old Vanderbilt product ended up fourth in the AL in strikeouts with 228 and completed 230 innings — the second most of his career. Carlos Santana is 10-for-31 with four doubles versus Price, who beat Cleveland with six innings of two-run ball April 5.

Kluber was one of the best pitchers in the majors after the All-Star break, registering a 9-1 record with a 2.52 ERA in 14 starts. The 30-year-old Alabama native finished one strikeout behind Price at 227 – his third straight season with at least that many. David Ortiz and Jackie Bradley Jr. have each gone deep twice while Mookie Betts is 4-for-10 with one blast against Kluber, who went 1-1 with a 4.38 ERA in two starts versus the Red Sox this season.

TRENDS:

* Red Sox are 1-6 in their last seven overall.
* Indians are 6-1 in Klubers last seven starts versus a team with a winning record.
* Over is 7-1 in Price's last eight road starts.
* Over is 5-1-1 in Indians last seven overall.

 

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Los Angeles Dodgers at Washington Nationals (+138, 6)

Series tied 0-0

Everybody agrees that Clayton Kershaw is one of the top pitchers in baseball but his postseason history hasn't come close to matching his regular season success. The left-hander gets another opportunity to alter his October reputation when the Los Angeles Dodgers open the National League Division Series against the host Washington Nationals on Friday.

Kershaw, a three-time NL Cy Young Award winner, is 2-6 with a 4.59 ERA in 13 career postseason appearances (10 starts) and bristles at the notion that he is an underachiever on baseball's big stage. "Nobody talks about the success I've had in the postseason," Kershaw told reporters. "That's fine. Ultimately, what it comes down to is if we win the World Series, everybody will stop saying everything, good or bad. That mindset is what I have to think about." Washington counters with Max Scherzer and the right-hander - a candidate to win his second Cy Young award - has experienced mixed results in the playoffs by going 4-3 with a 3.73 ERA in 12 career appearances (10 starts). Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy (strained buttocks muscle) said he expects to be in the starting lineup and manager Dusty Baker said he thought the 2015 playoff hero looked good during Thursday's workout.

LINE HISTORY: The Nationals opened as +126 home dogs going up against Kershaw and have been faded to as high as +138. Since then they have come back down to the current number of Nationals +133. The total for this matchup is a super low 6.

WEATHER REPORT: There will be a slight 20 percent chance of rain in D.C. tomorrow with temperatures in the low 70's. There will also be a slight five to six mile per hour wind blowing out to center field.

PITCHING MATCHUP: Dodgers LH Clayton Kershaw (12-4, 1.69 ERA) vs. Nationals RH Max Scherzer (20-7, 2.96)

Kershaw has thrived against Washington with a 10-2 mark and 2.02 ERA in 14 career appearances (13 starts), including a victory June 20 when he gave up one run and six hits over seven innings. The left-handed hitting Murphy smacked two homers off Kershaw in last season's NLDS as a member of the New York Mets. Kershaw missed more than two months with back issues but finished the season strong by compiling an 0.72 ERA over his last four starts.

Scherzer didn't face the Dodgers this season and is 2-4 with a 3.29 ERA in 10 career appearances (eight starts) against Los Angeles. The 32-year-old won his past eight decisions and aims to carry his regular-season success into the postseason when he faces Kershaw. "It's what you play this game for. You don't measure yourself against the worst; you measure yourself against the best," Scherzer said at Thursday's press conference. "And I think this is best opponent I could possibly face with the Dodgers and Kershaw throwing."

TRENDS:

* Dodgers are 1-6 in their last seven road games.
* Nationals are 5-0 in Scherzer's last five home starts.
* Under is 8-1-1 in Kershaw's last 10 road starts.
* Under is 9-2 in Scherzer's last 11 home starts.