Baseball playoffs betting will begin with National League daytime game to bet on baseball playoffs action with as Philadelphia hosts Colorado at 2:35 eastern on TBS. Baseball betting fans will handicap whether or not the Phillies can repeat as world champions for those who bet on baseball action. This baseball playoffs betting matchup, in fact, pairs the last 2 champions of the National League as Colorado won the pennant in 2007. The scheduled probable starting pitchers for this baseball betting matchup are right hander Ubaldo Jimenez of the Colorado Rockies and left hander Cole Hamels of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Jimenez enters the baseball betting season with a record of 15-12 and a 3.47 earned run average. He will be one of the better known power pitchers in baseball betting as he whiffed 198 batters in 218 innings of work. Jimenez enters baseball betting in top form as in his last 3 starts he went 2-1 with a 2.70 earned run average.
Hamels had a record of 10-11 with a 4.32 earned run average. Hamels also impresses those who bet on baseball playoffs action as a strikeout pitcher as he tallied 168 K’s in 193 innings of work this year. Hamels enters baseball playoffs betting action in a slump as in his last 3 appearances he went 0-2 with a 7.02 earned run average.
The Colorado Rockies enter baseball playoffs betting as a team that broke even on the road with a mark of 41-40. The Rockies would appear to be an under team for baseball playoffs betting road action as just 33 of their road games this year went over the total.
The Philadelphia Phillies should be a solid team to bet on baseball action with at home as they were 45-36 on their home field this year. Just 33 of those home games went over the total. This baseball playoffs betting matchup features two of the top offensive clubs in the game as the Rockies finished 6th in overall run production while the Phillies finished 4th in runs scored.