Re: MLB ALDS Game 1s
LAA +155?
This looks okay to me and I'm not sure it's going to get better.
People jumping on Red Sox a bit more on their home-field, best record in baseball, and Beckett's arm.
But BOS was only 2 games better than LAA this year. and Lackey is no slouch who also almost won 20 games and he seems to be pitching particularly well of late.
1 lousy start in his last 5.
Couple really good ones in his last 3:
Sep 28 vs. OAK 7ip, 2h, 0r
Sep 18 vs TB 8ip, 5h, 1r, 0bb, 10k
Beckett is obviously good and has proven himself as a big-game pitcher so I think he can handle the pressure here just fine. He had a bad outing his last time out vs. MIN
6ip, 10h, 5er, 2hra. But before that he had a string of 4 terrific starts so he's probably not in trouble or anything.
I just think that overall these teams match-up fairly well and the game should be a tad closer to even-ish than the line suggests.
BOS home-field is nothing to sneeze at but I don't think it's worth making BOS that much of a favorite.
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