POWER SPORTS' *10* MLB GAME OF THE YEAR ~ **#1 PLAY OF 2020!**
(MLB) LA Dodgers vs. Tampa Bay, 10/23/2020 8:08 PM, Score: 6 - 2
Money Line: -155.00 LA Dodgers (Away)
Result: Win
10* LA Dodgers (8:08 ET): The World Series is now tied at a game apiece after the Rays took Game 2 by a score of 6-4. The Dodgers remain heavily favored to win the series and off a loss, a role they are 16-5 in this season, I am going big on them. This was the best team in baseball during the regular season - both by record and run differential - and it wasn’t even close. After going with a bullpen game in Game 2, they now hand the baseball to Walker Buehler, who has a 10-2 TSR in 2020 and threw six shutout innings his last time out. Despite six runs in Game 2, I still have my doubts about the Rays’ ability to score on a consistent basis.

Tampa Bay will go with Charlie Morton. The team has won his L5 starts including Game 7 of the ALCS where Morton pitched 5 ⅔ scoreless frames. He didn’t allow a run in 10 ⅔ innings of work in the ALCS and he’s allowed 1 ER or less in his five postseason starts. That makes for a worthy adversary, but the bottom line is that the Dodgers are still the better team with the better offense. Before Game 2, the Rays had scored 4 runs or less in 9 of 10 games, the lone exception being when they scored 5. In other words, Morton will have to be near perfect for his team to have a chance here. I don’t see that happening.

Wednesday was basically a “must-win” for the Rays as the Dodgers made it a bullpen game. Sure enough, they got to “opener” Tony Gonsolin early with a Brandon Lowe home run. Quietly, one of the Rays’ best relievers - Nick Anderson - has not looked great this postseason. He’s been scored on in five straight appearances and six of eight playoff games. Buehler has the better numbers compared to Morton over the course of the season, including a 1.76 ERA his L7 starts, a stretch which has seen him give up no more than 2 ER in any one start. Tampa Bay’s offense remains far too reliant on the HR ball and Buehler has allowed only two of those in 19 postseason innings. If Game 2 was a “must-win” for the Rays, this is a “must-win” for the Dodgers and I’ll back them to get the job done. 10* LA Dodgers