On Thursday the MLB Power Angle play is on the St. Louis Cardinals. Game 969 at 8:05 eastern. The Cards offer excellent value as a dog here and as Seen below teams like the Giants are no cinch to win game 5 at home when up 3-1 in this exact sequence scenario. These teams are under .500 at 2-3 with all being favored. The Cardinals know if they can get back home they have a solid chance and they are 5-1 on the road off a road loss where they scored 4 or less runs on 10 or more hits. They have won 10 of the last 12 vs leftys and should do much better seeing Bumgarner the 2nd time around. Bumgarner for whatever reason is more effective on the road than he is at home as he has a3.92 home era and has lost 3 of 4 at home in October starts and is 0-3 at home vs St. Louis allowing 14 runs in 16 innings. Wainwright is 3-0 his last 3 road starts and has a 2,07 road era. He has won 6 of his last 7 decisions and 9 of 12 as a road dog. He has gone 3-0 here allowing just 2 runs in 14 innings. Look for the Cardinals to get one back.







HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading WLWW @ VVHH:
Considering win order; considering site order: The team leading WLWW with site order VVHH (San Francisco) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2014
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 63-14 (.818)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 19-4 (.826)
series record, MLB only, all rounds: 8-3 (.727)
series record, MLB only, Semifinals round: 3-2 (.600)
Game 5 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 26-51 (.338)
Game 5 record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 10-13 (.435)
Game 5 record, MLB only, all rounds: 6-5 (.545)
Game 5 record, MLB only, Semifinals round: 2-3 (.400)