I had the OVER in Game 2 on Sunday night, and it lost, with Atlanta winning 3-2 to even the series. Atlanta got here by beating Philadelphia two games to one in the Wild Card round. Los Angeles finished 100-62 to Atlanta's 94-68, and its lineup ranks second in the majors in OPS at .762 to Atlanta's .718. Most of the money is on the Dodgers. The pitching matchup is closer than those records. Chris Sale carries a 2.16 ERA into Game 3 and struck out 200 batters while walking 31 in 162.2 innings. Yoshinobu Yamamoto has a 2.53 ERA and the lower WHIP at 0.87, but Sale beat him 1-0 on August 27 by pitching nine innings and striking out 11 without allowing a run, while Yamamoto gave up one run in 6.1 innings. Atlanta has won six of the eight meetings between these teams this season, including the playoff series. I'm on the Braves tonight.
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Who was the public on? 80% of the public money was on Los Angeles Dodgers to win on the moneyline. And, 54% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Los Angeles would win by a score of 3.4 to 2.9 with Los Angeles winning on the moneyline, Atlanta winning on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Who was the public on? 68% of the public money was on Los Angeles Dodgers to win on the moneyline. And, 65% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Los Angeles would win by a score of 3.1 to 3.0 with Los Angeles winning on the moneyline, Atlanta winning on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Los Angeles at Atlanta
6:00 PM Eastern
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 84% of the public money was on Los Angeles Dodgers to win on the moneyline. And, 86% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Atlanta would win by a score of 3.2 to 1.8 with Atlanta winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Atlanta at Los Angeles
8:00 PM Eastern
Atlanta lost Game 1 by a 5-3 score, but Sean Murphy still took Tarik Skubal deep in the sixth, and Ozzie Albies homered off reliever Tanner Scott in the ninth. The Braves put the ball in the seats against the Dodgers' best arms. Blake Snell's 1.90 ERA is real, and I know it's what the total is built around. He didn't pitch for the Dodgers until May, though, and in that first start against these same Braves he struggled in a 7-2 Atlanta win. Ronald Acuña Jr., Matt Olson, Austin Riley, Albies and Murphy give Atlanta enough power to turn one mistake into a crooked number. The other side has the bigger scoring upside. All five Dodgers runs on Saturday came after Dylan Dodd left, and Teoscar Hernández, Kyle Tucker and Max Muncy all went deep once the Braves went to their bullpen. Atlanta has to cover innings with relievers again, and a lineup with Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman at the top will keep making them work. One strong starter doesn't hold a total down for nine innings when both bullpens are pitching in October, and that's the kind of spot our ledger is built on. Take the OVER tonight.
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Who was the public on? 87% of the public money was on Los Angeles Dodgers to win on the moneyline. And, 50% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Los Angeles would win by a score of 4.2 to 1.8 with Los Angeles winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 71% of the public money was on Los Angeles Dodgers to win on the moneyline. And, 81% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Los Angeles would win by a score of 3.9 to 3.8 with Los Angeles winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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