The Cardinals have not lost a series since April and that's because they have been great on the road winning 20 of their last 27 games and they are also great at turning a loss into a win the next day as they are 35-16 in their last 51 games following a loss. They have 4 hitters that are riding 9+ game hit streaks and have dominating RHP which they will face on Sunday night in Bronson Arroyo who is 8-15 with a mediocre 4.54 ERA in 35 games vs. the Cardinals over his career. The Cardinals continue to have hot bats hitting .313 and scoring 6.03 runs per 9 over their last 10 games vs. RHP while the Reds have been struggling .228 and 2.83 runs per 9. Lance Lynn will get the nod and he's been great this year vs. the Reds only allowing 2 runs over 13 innings over 2 starts.
The Heat have bounced back from losses better than anyone this year so I do think they will take this game, but it will be close in the first half. I think we are getting great value with the total as it was 190 in game 1 and it was looking like it was on pace to easily go over the way the game was going, but then both teams started missing shots in the 2nd half and the Spurs missed plenty of wide open threes. I don't expect that to happen here. Miami has been great offensively after losing their first game of a series scoring 115 and 114 in their last two series and the Spurs are good enough offensively that the Heat will let them do what they want this is a team that scored over 100 points on the road and have plenty of offensive options. I expect this to be very much like game 1's first half throughout as both teams play their best going up and down the court and the Heat can play some of their normal line ups that allow them to spread the court vs. the Spurs defense.
