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| MLB Playoffs: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Philadelphia Phillies |
All of the latest odds for every game of the MLB Playoffs can be found at online sportsbook, Bet Phoenix. The series that appeared to be the most prone to a three-game sweep when the postseason started -- putting the most heavily favored team in baseball in its home ballpark with two National League Cy Young Award candidates on the mound -- has quickly become unpredictable. But the fairy-tale Cardinals continued to defy the odds on Sunday night, scraping and clawing their way back to win Game 2 of the NL Division Series after ace Chris Carpenter, pitching on short rest, was knocked out after just three innings. Fernando Salas pitched two perfect innings, and Octavio Dotel, who has become somewhat of a right-handed specialist (lefties batted 82 points higher off him in the regular season), improbably shut the door on two consecutive left-handers, as the Cards' bullpen (ranked 11th in the NL) dominated over six scoreless innings for a 5-4 win. Phillies left-hander Cliff Lee, who entered Sunday 7-2 with a 2.13 ERA in the postseason, fell apart after three dominating innings, yielding five runs on 12 hits. This all came just one night after Kyle Lohse was perfect through 3 1/3 innings and Roy Halladay allowed three runs in the first. But even the most predictable baseball can be unpredictable in October, and the Cardinals are trying to become just the fourth team in 33 tries since the Wild Card was introduced in 1995 to come back from a 1-0 deficit in a Division Series. Now, with the series back to square one, the underdog Cards are suddenly looking like the favorites. Not only are they headed back to St. Louis for the first time since clinching a postseason berth, but on the mound will be Jaime Garcia, who held the Phils to just two runs (one earned) over 15 innings in two starts this season. While runs were expected to be rare in the first two games of the series, the expectation is the same for Game 3, with Cole Hamels starting opposite Garcia. Hamels lost his only start against the Cardinals this year, allowing four runs over seven innings. After putting together a first half of the season that could rival anyone's, the 27-year-old lefty has started to fade over the past month, putting together a 3.79 ERA and allowing nine home runs over six appearances. This will be a pivotal game for both teams as they try and take control of the series with a victory. 
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On Tuesday the St. Louis Cardinals vs. Philadelphia Phillies series will begin again as these teams head into game three.
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