maybe a pass

Las Vegas - Looks like it'll be Aaron Nola against Christian Javier. So, if the Phillies won last night, which they did, then we gotta tickle the Astros and Javier. Nola has been really UGLY the last two times out in the playoffs. What does ugly look like? How about 13 hits and 11 earned runs in just 9 innings against Houston and San Diego. Those numbers DO NOT make me comfortable. The numbers that do JUMP off the page belong to Javier. And actually, they're not really numbers, they're BAGELS! Yea, Christian has not allowed an earned run in his last five outings. That's 28 innings of work, and TWENTY EIGHT DONUTS! So, it's Javier off an Astros loss last night, but just a light tickle, very light.

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