The Colorado Rockies bring the National League Championship Series to Denver for games-three Sunday needing two victories against the fading Arizona Diamondbacks to make it to the the World Series for the first time in franchise history. The wild-card Rockies have won 19 of their last 20 games including a five game undefeated streak in the playoffs.
The Rockies will pin their hopes on right hander Josh Fogg (10-9, 5.00 ERA) while Arizona sends veteran Livian Hernandez to the mound (12-11, 4.85 ERA) with hopes of slowing down the surging Rockies.
Oddsmakers at online wagering giant Bodog (Bodoglife.com) currently have the Rockies listed as -160 moneyline favorites versus the Diamondbacks who are getting +145 ml juice, while the game's total is sitting at 10.
Colorado is getting +125 on the run line while the RL on the Diamondbacks keeping within 1 ½ runs is -145. The total price is -104 for an OVER while the UNDER price is -115.
Early wagering trends have gamblers laying down 65 percent of wagers on the Rockies and 90 percent of bettors love the Rockies on the RL. The total is expected to go OVER the posted 10 runs by 72 percent of early bets.
While the OVER is a favorite with bettors the best total value might be the UNDER as it has prevailed in five of Arizona’s last six games on the road and in five of their last six games at home or on the road. The total has also gone UNDER in five of Arizona’s last six games when playing Colorado.
Colorado is 5-0 SU in its last five games and 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home. The Rockies are 5-1 SU in their last six games when playing Arizona.
Willy Taveras walked home the game-winning run on Friday, lifting the Rockies to a 3-2 win over the Diamondbacks at Chase Field and a 2-0 lead in the NLCS.
The Rockies were -115 road favorites, and the five runs scored were UNDER the posted total of 9.
Ubaldo Jimenez allowed a run on five hits over five innings, and Taveras was 1-for-4 with an RBI for the Rockies.
Doug Davis gave up two runs on five hits over five innings for Arizona, and Jose Valverde took the loss. Chris Young had an RBI single for the Diamondbacks.
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