ALCS Game 3 Odds: Rangers' Colby Lewis vs Doug Fister and the Tigers
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
by Bodog Sportsbook
The American League Championship Series could be all but over by the end of Tuesday night as the Texas Rangers visit the Detroit Tigers with a 2-0 series lead. Detroit is a -133 favorite on Bodog Sportsbook’s MLB baseball ALCS Game 3 Odds and Lines.
Normally the teams would have an off day for travel but that disappeared when Game 2 of the ALCS was postponed from Sunday to yesterday. The Rangers’ Nelson Cruz made history on Monday, hitting a walk-off grand slam as Texas won 7-3. It was the first walk-off grand slam in MLB postseason history. Detroit stranded 13 runners, making it 22 it has left on base so far in this series. The Tigers also lost outfielder Magglio Ordonez for the rest of the playoffs because of ankle problems. But fellow outfielder Delmon Young, who was thought to be out the rest of this series with a strained muscle, was in the Game 2 lineup.
Only three teams have overcome 0-2 deficits in the LCS since it became a seven-game series in 1985: the Royals and Cardinals, both in '85, and the 2004 Red Sox. All nine teams to win an ALCS game on a walk-off home run went on to win the series.
The Tigers turn to Doug Fister, who was very good in winning Game 5 of the ALDS at Yankee Stadium. But he was rocked in the start before that by the Yanks. Fister, acquired from Seattle at the trade deadline, faced Texas twice in the regular season, going 0-1 with a hefty 15.95 ERA. The Rangers start Colby Lewis. He hasn’t pitched since Oct. 3, when he allowed just one run and one hit in six innings in an ALDS win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Lewis faced Detroit twice during the season, going 1-1 with a 3.68 ERA.
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