Originally <a href='/showthread.php?p=20003812'>posted</a> on 10/23/2013:

Quote Originally Posted by LT Profits View Post
Since Game 7 of the NLCS was not necessary, Wainwright will be pitching World Series Game 1 on 8 days rest having not pitched since an unlucky Game 3 loss to the Dodgers where he allowed only two runs in seven innings but received literally no run support while taking the 3-0 loss. Well...

In case you were wondering, Wainwright has made 12 starts this year on more than the customary four days rest combining the regular season and the playoffs, and in those starts, he has a 1.61 ERA and 0.94 WHIP with 82 strikeouts vs. 16 walks in 95 innings, and four of his five Complete Games this year have come on extended rest!


Cardinals +113 Game 1 for me.
cards hit .238 this year vs. lefties in the reg season

cards hit .218 this year vs. lefties in the postseason

wainwright road/home splits are hugely different for this year and his whole career

when you struggle on the road, fenway isn't the place they'll go away....particularly in october

the best part people are arguing is how dangerous the cards will be with a dh....arent the sox used to playing teams with dh's? not to mention it's hard to think craig will be sharp

sox are an easy play here