Odds for Game 5 of World Series: CJ Wilson vs Chris Carpenter
Monday, October 24, 2011
by Bodog Sportsbook
It’s the final game of the season in Arlington for the Texas Rangers as they look to take a 3-2 series lead on the St Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of the 2011 World Series tonight. But to do so, they are going to need the regular-season version of C.J. Wilson to show up. Texas is a -127 favorite on Bodog Sportsbook’s Odds for Game 5 of World Series with live betting available.
Wilson is set to become a free agent after the season and perhaps has cost himself millions of dollars with a terrible postseason. The lefty is 0-3 with a 7.17 ERA in these playoffs. In Game 1 of this series he walked a career-high six and allowed three runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings. In five postseason starts, Wilson has yet to get past six innings and he made it through six just once. He's allowed 17 earned runs in 21 1/3 innings and has 13 walks to just 15 strikeouts.
Meanwhile, the Cardinals go with their ace in Chris Carpenter. He is 3-0 with a 3.52 ERA in the playoffs: The Cardinals have won Carpenter's last four starts. In Game 1 of the Fall Classic, a 3-2 St. Louis win, he went six innings before being lifted for pinch-hitter Allen Craig, who drove in the winning run. Carpenter allowed two runs on five hits and a walk. He struck out four. Carpenter has fared better on the road during the postseason with an ERA of 3.00, more than a point lower than his home ERA. Over two road starts, he's allowed four runs on eight hits and three walks and five strikeouts.
Which Cardinals offense shows up? The one that had 16 runs in Game 3 or the one that was blanked 4-0 last night? In addition, the Rangers scoring first in Game 4, ending the Cardinals’ streak of 10 straight games scoring first, one shy of the postseason record, set by the Tigers from 1972 to 1984. Cards star Albert Pujols, fresh off tying World Series records with three home runs and six RBI in Game 3, went hitless in four at-bats on Sunday, while David Freese saw his 13-game hitting streak end.
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