He has a clear-cut plan as he takes the mound against the Phillies tonight.<\/p>\n
“You just want to keep those first couple of guys off the bases when you have Chase and Ryan (Howard) coming to the lineup.”<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the pair are a combined 4-for-11 against Billingsley, who gave up three runs on seven hits while walking five batters in six innings of that Aug. 25 loss to Myers and the Phils.<\/p>\n
Howard, who went 0-for-4 on Thursday and is hitting an ice-cold 2-for-15 (.133) with five walks and five strikeouts this postseason.<\/p>\n
Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez, who narrowly missed hitting a two-run homer against Hamels on Thursday and is an incendiary 7-for-14 with two homers and four RBIs in four playoff games, has struggled mightily against Myers n his career, going just 3-for-19 (.158) against Myers with eight RBI.<\/p>\n
Here is a look at the key trends for each ballclub, followed by my in-depth analysis and MLB Free Picks.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Dodgers are 5-1 in Billingsley\u2019s last 6 starts. MLB Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n Los Angeles Dodgers -1\u00bd +150 Philadelphia Phillies +1\u00bd -170 Over 8\u00bd -105 Analysis<\/strong>: I won\u2019t get into overanalyzing this selection tonight as I really don\u2019t think it\u2019s that hard of a pick despite what other so-called MLB \u2018pundits\u2019 may think.<\/p>\n Take the Phils to go up 2-0 on the Dodgers with Myers tossing another gem and Philadelphia\u2019s left-handed hitters getting to the impressive right-handed Billingsley at some point!<\/p>\n Game 2 NLCS – MLB Free Prediction: I won\u2019t get into overanalyzing this selection tonight as I really don\u2019t think it\u2019s that hard of a pick despite what other so-called MLB \u2018pundits\u2019 may think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[3261,110,112,991,3075,3258,66514,678,680,681,2722,3260,3047,3072,3259,1028],"class_list":["post-2616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlb-baseball","tag-baseball-odds","tag-baseball-pick","tag-baseball-predictions","tag-picks","tag-dodgers-vs-phillies","tag-la-dodgers","tag-mlb-baseball","tag-mlb-betting","tag-mlb-free-picks","tag-mlb-gambling","tag-mlb-lines","tag-mlb-playoff-odds","tag-mlb-playoffs","tag-nlcs","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2616"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3150,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616\/revisions\/3150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Dodgers are 5-1 in Billingsley\u2019s last 6 starts on grass.
\nThe Phillies are 21-6 in Myers’ last 27 starts vs. National League West.
\nThe Phillies are 5-2 in Myers’ last 7 home starts.
\nThe Over is 5-0-1 in Billingsley\u2019s last 6 starts overall.
\nThe Under is 4-0-1 in Myers’ last 5 starts during game 2 of a series.
\nThe Phillies are 4-0 in Myers’ last 4 home starts vs. Dodgers.
\nThe Under is 4-0-1 in Myers’ last 5 home starts vs. Dodgers.
\nThe Phillies are 8-1 in Myers’ last 9 starts vs. Dodgers.<\/p>\n
\nChad Billingsley \u2013R -108<\/p>\n
\nBrett Myers \u2013R -102<\/p>\n
\nUnder 8\u00bd -115<\/p>\nMLB Free Picks: Phillies 4 Dodgers 3<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"