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Houston Astros designated hitter Michael Brantley hit .278 with two home runs and 7 RBI during the regular season after returning from injury in September.<\/p>\n
Brantley is only hitting .217 (5-23) with a home run and two RBI through six postseason starts. He has only recorded 2+ Hits + Runs + RBI in 2 of the 6 starts but has recorded a hit in four of those games.<\/p>\n
Texas Rangers starting pitcher Max Scherzer finished the regular season with a 13-6 record, 3.77 ERA, 1.12 WHIP and 174 strikeouts through 152.2 innings of work.<\/p>\n
This will be his second postseason appearance of the 2023 campaign, and he was shelled by the Astros for five runs on five hits last Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Scherzer also allowed 7 earned runs on 6 hits including three home runs in only three innings pitched in his last regular season start against Houston. Brantley has dominated Scherzer throughout his career, going 20-54 (.370) with three home runs, 8 doubles and 11 RBI.<\/p>\n
He did fall short of 2+ HRR for us in Wednesdays game but “Uncle Mike” is veteran that is looking to win back-to-back rings and I’m counting on a big performance tonight.<\/p>\n\n
The Prop Pick: Michael Brantley OVER<\/em> 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs (-110)<\/h2>\nHitter Prop Prediction 2: Jonah Heim UNDER<\/em> 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs (-135)<\/span><\/h2>\nTexas Rangers catcher Jonah Heim batted .258 with 18 home runs and 95 RBI across 508 plate appearances during the 2023 regular season. Heim is also 10-44 (.227) with two home runs and six RBI in eleven postseason contests.<\/p>\n
He has recorded a hit 9 of those 11 games and cleared 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBI in 6 of those 11 games. However, Heim is only 1-11 (.091) with no extra-base hits against tonight’s opposing starting pitcher Cristian Javier.<\/p>\n
Javier finished the regular season with a 10-5 record, 4.56 ERA, 1.27 WHIP and 159 strikeouts across 162 innings of work. He has started twice in the postseason and only allowed a combined two runs on four hits across 10.2 innings pitched.<\/p>\n
Heim was completely shut down, going 0-4 in Javiers start last week. This is a must-win in a decisive Game 7 and Javier has pitched well against the majority of the Rangers lineup. Let’s ride the trend and play a Heim under 1.5 HRR tonight.<\/p>\n\n
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