Everything changed in this series with that rain delay. Now Carpenter could go Friday night should be interesting and I think the Cardinals will get there with Jaime Garcia on the mound for much of the same reasons that I had him in game #2 which he pitched well enough to win 7 IP 3 H and 0 ER. It took the first time in nearly 30 playoff games that a team leading after the 7th inning lost as Motte blew the save and we lost, but...
I love the Cardinals tonight Jaime Garcia should give the Rangers trouble in this cold game. Rangers are not excited for this weather and they have struggled to score more than 4 runs per game vs. LHP in their road games. Before game #2 the Rangers had a .571 OPS vs. LHP in the post season and now they have gotten worse with a .522. Josh Hamilton just is not himself and creates a huge hole in the #3 spot advantage to the Cardinals who will face Colby Lewis who as I mentioned is over rated on the road.. now
Lewis had a 3.43 ERA on the road and he faced probably the easiest road starts with 6 vs. the Mariners and A's he faced just 3 top 11 OPS teams vs. RHP and he had a 7.90 ERA in those games. I think the Cardinals are primed to get him out of the game early now having already seen him as he pitched 6.2 IP 6 base runners and 1 ER in game #2. I don't think he'll have the same experience. Cardinals are 35-28 in their last 57 inter league games vs. a rh starter and 16-5 in their last 21 overall games vs. a rH starter at home. They score more than a run more at home vs. RHP than they do vs. LHP and they have a .766 OPS this post season vs. RHP.
