4** MLB POD GAME 2 #WORLDSERIES

[Pick Bot]

Under 7 +105 4* MLB POD
Lackey is over rated but he's got great control walking less than 2 guys per 9 and the Cardinals could be without Beltran here. Cardinals are a tough bunch I expect them to bounce back in this series but I don't think this is an easy game for them. Red Sox bats will quiet they only had 8 hits yesterday to pair with the 8 runs and left 13 guys on base. That is rare and now the Cardinals send out Michael Wacha who has been unhittable this post season. Wacha will have the benefit of Wegner behind the plate.

Wegner is above the league average in strike %, near the top in strike out %, and near the bottom in BB% among MLB umpires this year. Both clubs are hitting worse in the last 10 games than they were all year with less than 4 runs per 9 vs. RHP and both teams have to face a pitcher they haven't faced before. Both bullpens are pitching extremely well, Cardinals 2.32 ERA in their last 10, Boston 1.12 in their last 10. The cold October weather has finally hit the Northeast and runs will be at a premium with pitching dominating. Wegner is more of a pitcher's umpire than a hitters and the under has gone 13-6 when the total is 7 runs or less with him behind the plate since 2006 and 25-12 in his last 37 inter league games. Lackey is the one question mark here, but he's pitched lights out at Fenway with a 2.71 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP this year. It's going to be a nail biter that goes deep into the night.