Baseball Playoffs Begin Wednesday With Three Games

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Baseball Playoffs Begin Wednesday With Three Games

Along with the arrival of NFL and college football, nothing confirms that fall has arrived more convincingly than the start of the baseball playoffs. The National League and American League playoffs get underway on Wednesday with three games and continue on Thursday with an additional three contests. The winners of the opening round series will face off for the League Championships, with the National League and American League winners eventually meeting in the World Series.

The Tampa Bay Rays will host the Texas Rangers in the first series to get underway on Wednesday afternoon. The Rays outlasted the New York Yankees by 1 game in the AL East and in the process posted the best record in the American League. Texas will start midseason acquisition Cliff Lee, while Tampa will counter with 19 game winner David Price. The Rays are a -128 favorite in game one with takeback on the Rangers priced at +115. The total for the game is set at 7 UN -120.

In the other American League series, the New York Yankees will travel to Minnesota to play game 1 against the Twins at Target Field. The Yankees entered the postseason as the AL Wild Card team after finishing second in the East and will start lefthander C.C. Sabathia against the Twins’ Francisco Liriano. The Yankees are a -142 road favorite with takeback on the Twins at +132. The total on the game is posted at 7.5 UN -115.

In the other game on Wednesday’s docket, the National League East Champion Philadelphia Phillies host the Cincinnati Reds at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies started off slow in the 2010 season but were almost unbeatable after the All Star Break and eventually finished with the best record in the majors. Philadelphia will start Roy Halladay in the opening game of the series, while Cincinnati counters with Edinson Volquez. The Phillies are a -205 home favorite in Game 1, with the priced at +175. The total on the game is set at 7 UN -115.

On Thursday, the other National League series gets going as the NL West Champion San Francisco Giants host the NL Wild Card winning Atlanta Braves. Defending Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum gets the assignment for San Francisco while the Braves send veteran Derek Lowe to the hill. San Francisco is a -151 home favorite with the Braves priced at +136. The total on the game is 6.5 OV -120.