Cardinals vs. Nationals: Who Will Take the Rubber Match?

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00:00rubber match today under the arch in st louis the cards a home favorite minus 142 that updated

00:06number over understands at nine who takes the series today in st louis i don't know it's an

00:13interesting matchup too because miles michaelis has been a little bit better over the past 60 days

00:17than what his numbers technically are if you're just looking on the surface like a 5.57 over 60

00:21days that guy stinks get him out of baseball but his xfip number is right around average at a 104

00:26xfip minus i should say his xfip is a little bit high at 4.24 but there's no denying like you can

00:31you can hit the ball off michaelis look at his power numbers against like 116 batters at his face

00:36spent a 382 iso against and a 438 weighted on base percentage lefties he can't get them out so you

00:43know who you go back with where we started the show abrams wood and then the fan you'll low in the

00:48middle of that lineup if you take those three guys they're probably going to do damage and understand

00:52this too 86 degree temperatures out there in st louis with a light wind blowing out to left field

00:57so if i'm looking at anything from this game from a nationals perspective maybe it's a team total but

01:02low wood and abrams certainly make the most sense in that lineup here if you go against michael

01:07soroka he's a right-handed pitcher he can't get lefties out donovan pops up burleson pops up

01:12gorman pops up new bar pops up the more i look at this game that nine might be in some danger

01:17today because you have some power matchups and also just fading the ballpark atmosphere which

01:22means 86 degrees don't care who's pitching that's hitting weather in st louis today so there's a

01:28couple good lineups today which i'm glad we went over this game 7 45 start tonight wait for those

01:32lineups to come out because left-handed batters should roll tonight across the board that includes

01:39james wood rbi number 69 nice yesterday seventh most in major league baseball not many bright spots for

01:46washington but a few young studs in the organization we saw mackenzie gore get the win

01:51yesterday on the bump dylan cruz a high draft pick a few years ago and james wood has been lights out at

01:58the plate this year where are the pieces of optimism drs for the atlanta braves well yesterday ronald acuna

02:05jr going deep twice he now has 11 this year the braves picked up a victory in sacramento against the

02:13athletics trying to win the series and the rubber match today spencer strider gets the start against

02:18the a's it's a minus 188 price in favor of atlanta in california's capital total stands at 10 what's

02:26the play tonight in sac town which is incredible that line is at 10 and spencer strider's on the

02:31mound has he been the spencer strider that we know and love previously no he isn't but spencer strider

02:36still has the ability to get strikeouts era last 60 days is around a four you don't love that but

02:40his exit number very manageable 3.57 now it's supposed to be 95 degree temperatures tonight

02:46in sacramento which the heat is on that's what it says here on my on my thing sacramento

02:52sacramento i'm saying 95 out here let me see la la's 80 degrees it's showing tonight and san diego is

02:59showing 74 degrees but for some reason sacramento is that is that i guess inland traps the heat a little

03:04bit more is that what we sacramento is not as close to the sea in northern california as obviously when

03:09you think about san francisco or the a's former home of oakland