Probable Pitchers for Game #1, NLCS: San Francisco Giants @ St. Louis Cardinals Saturday, October 11, 8:00 PM EDT , Busch Stadium Madison Bumgarner, LHP @ Adam Wainwright, RHP • Madison Bumgarner: Bumgarner already has forged an impressive postseason profile for a guy who turned 25 on Aug. 1. He had dominant starts in the 2010 and 12 World Series, winning both while allowing no runs and five hits across 15 innings. • Adam Wainwright: Wainwright was knocked around for six runs on 11 hits in 4 1/3 innings in his NLDS start but will have had seven days of rest before this one. In the 2012 NLCS, Wainwright beat the Giants by limiting them to one run on four hits over seven innings. Its basically a repeat of what weve seen for the last four years. The San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals have combined to win the last four NL pennants, with three World Series titles in that span. Each team has plenty of time to set its rotation how it wants with Shelby Miller and Ryan Vogelsong each being the most recent starting pitcher used and also now having three full off days. That means we can expect a beauty of a pitching matchup in Game 1, when Adam Wainwright takes on Madison Bumgarner. No player in the series had more than 22 regular-season homers and the Cardinals were last in the NL in home runs. There are, however, plenty of players capable of going yard at any given moment and both teams came through with timely homers to get to this point. Again we are left to wonder how a series with two teams that look so evenly matched on paper will play out. Theres no real separation between Adam Wainwright and Madison Bumgarner on the mound, yet weve seen the Cardinals light up Kershaw. Im still not sure of the strength of Wainwrights arm. The Giants didnt do much on offense against the Nationals, but Buster Posey hit .389, and Hunter Pence and Brandon Belt each hit .278. Their best hitters were doing enough to get runs on the board and give the pitching staff a chance to win. When looking at the strengths and weaknesses of these teams, the Cardinals get a slight edge because they have a deeper lineup and starting rotation. Wainwright and Bumgarner is a wash, as is Lance Lynn and Jake Peavy. It may come down to John Lackey and Shelby Miller against Tim Hudson and Ryan Vogelsong, which favors St. Louis.
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 09:09:05 +0000
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