On Tuesday in MLB Action the Power Angle Play is on the St. Louis Cardinals. Game 962 at 4:05 eastern. As Seen below Game 3 teams in this round are 20-12 many nice road dog winners if they lost game 1 at home then won game 2 at home. The Cards are 6-2 as a road dog off a home win if they scored 5 or more runs and have won 4 of 5 here vs the Giants. Hudson for the Giants has lost 5 of his last 6 starts and has a 5.26 era vs The Cardinals. Lackey has won 6 of his last October starts and has a 1.69 era in his last 3 starts. San Francisco has not seen him either as he makes his first start in 5 years against them. Look for the Cards to take the lead.


St. Louis Cardinals have a series record of 14-6 and a Game 3 record of 15-5 (with an active six-Game 3 winning streak), while the San Francisco Giants have a series record of 3-3 and a Game 3 record of 2-4. Teams, like the Cards which lost Game 1 by three runs and win Game 2 by one run have a 4-0 series record and a 3-1 Game 3 record; one of the three teams to win both Game 3 and the series in this situation was the St. Louis Cardinals in series 43 (the 1942 MLB Finals).




HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Tied LW:
Considering win order; ignoring site order: The team tied LW irrespective of site order (St. Louis) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2014 )
series record, MLB only, all rounds: 47-39 (.547)
series record, MLB only, Semifinals round: 19-13 (.594)
Game 3 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 266-308 (.463)
Game 3 record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 71-77 (.480)
Game 3 record, MLB only, all rounds: 40-46 (.465)
Game 3 record, MLB only, Semifinals round: 20-12 (.625)