tampa bay/ florida
being the battle of the state........i have some intrest in this game
The over is 11-4 in Dempster's last 15 starts.
TB is 3-7 in Alvarez' last 10 starts.
TB is 8-17 in game one of a series overall.
TB is 2-6 in their last eight overall.
Dempster for florida is 2-0 in his last 3 starts
Alvarez for tampa is 0-1
Dempsters whip in the last 3 games is 1.21 era 2.37
Alvarez's whip in last 3 games is 1.71 era 5.57
Fla available bullpen whip is 1.40 era 3.76
TB available bullpen whip is 1.75 era 6.39
the reason that bullpens are important in this game ia that Dempster in his 16 starts has reached the ninth once. He avg. 7 innings an outing.
Alverez averages less than 5 innings a start. he has not gotten past the sixth inning in any of his 7 starts.
this game belongs to fla. and i belive it will go over tonight.
FLORIDA -140..............................L
