#MLB Betting Trends October 1, 2019
National League Wild Card Game
Brewers (89-73) @ Nationals (93-69)
Woodruff threw four scoreless innings in two opens since coming off IL in September; he is likely to go two innings here, then it is a bullpen game. Woodruff is 2-0, 0.96 in four career games (2 starts) vs Washington, and is 1-1, 1.46 in four career playoff games (1 start, total 12.1 IP), all of which were LY.
Scherzer is 1-2, 6.11 in his last three starts; he is 2-2, 2.29 in nine career games (8 starts) vs Milwaukee. He is 4-5, 3.73 in 16 career playoff games (13 starts), 0-2, 4.66 in four playoff games (3 starts) for Washington.
Milwaukee is 4-2 vs Washington this year; home side won five of the six games, with Brewers losing two of three games in Washington.
Brewers are in playoffs for only 4th time since 1982, but 2nd year in a row; they lost NLCS in seven games LY.
Nationals are in playoffs for 5th time in eight years; they lost in NLDS last four times they were in playoffs, three times in a 5th game.