Atlanta at Los Angeles

Los Angeles has a big edge in playoff experience and it showed on Thursday as the Dodgers belted three home runs and shut out the Braves 6-0 behind the pitching of Hyun-Jin Ryu. The Dodgers managed only five hits, but three were homers while Atlanta mustered only six singles. Now the Braves have to face Clayton Kershaw, who finished the regular season with a 9-5 record and 2.73 ERA overall and he was 6-1 with a 2.73 ERA the second half of the season. Kershaw faced the Braves once this year and gave up one run on six hits in 7 2/3 innings. Anibal Sanchez goes for Atlanta and he allowed seven runs (six earned) on 10 hits in 11 2/3 innings pitched against the Dodgers this year. Los Angeles has won five of the last six meetings and is 10-1 in Kershaw's last 11 starts versus the Braves. Also, Atlanta is 8-3 OVER when following a loss and 16-5 OVER its last 21 games against teams with winning records. Take the Dodgers on the runline and also play the OVER.