World Series game 4 preview: Odds, predictions and best bets
The Texas Rangers have seized control of the World Series with their Game 3 win, and sportsbooks have them as favorites: -310 according to FanDuel mobile betting app. The Arizona Diamondbacks have something working in their favor: both Game 4 and Game 5 will be played in Phoenix.
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The Rangers win in Game 3 guarantees that this series will at least go back to Arlington. That’s unless the Rangers win the next two games. Odds for the Fall Classic winner, according to DraftKings Sportsbook. With DraftKings, you can get a no sweat SGP for any sport, every day. It’s one of the many great promos available at the sportsbook.
- Arizona (-310)
- Texas (+250)
With both teams planning a bullpen game, the Game 4 odds are murky. The moneyline is basically even: pick your favorite team to win, bet $110, and win $210 (including your stake) if you’re correct.
For now, a baserunning gaffe that may have cost the Diamondbacks the game, is all most Arizona baseball fans can talk about:
Andrew Heaney (0-0, 6.00 ERA) vs. Joe Mantiply (2-0, 4.26 ERA)
Normally we would share the K rates for the starting pitchers, but this game will be the dreaded “bullpen game” for both managers. Texas skipper Bruce Bochy and Arizona’s Torey Lovullo will send out a continuous string of relievers to attempt to draw a win in Game 4. Neither Heaney, who hasn’t pitched longer than three batters in almost two weeks, nor Mantiply will go that far in this contest. Expect six to nine outs at the most.
Luckily, each team has 8-9 relief pitchers at his disposal, like a quiver of arrows. The Diamondbacks probably have a few more tired shoulders, but it shouldn’t be an issue. The team that wins will be the one whose pitchers can get out of scoring chances more readily. In Game 3, the Rangers used that twin killer, the double play to escape jams. The D’backs need a big, two-out hit to break through.
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- Arizona To Win
- Under 9.5 Runs
In the last 15 years, the team that won Game 4 of the World Series went on to capture the title 11 times. When a team goes up 3 games to 1, that record is 4-1. You simply don’t want to be down 3 games to 1. The Diamondbacks won’t let that fate befall them, and the Snakes will eke out a low-scoring win in Game 4, dominated by bullpen pitching and defense.
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