NL ERA Leader Hendricks Against Kershaw

The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs will square off in NLCS Game 2 on Sunday. Historic Wrigley Field will host the action.  FOX Sports1 will televise the game that is set to get underway around 8:08 pm EST. The Dodgers will give the ball to ace Clayton Kershaw this NLCS Game 2 match up. Left hander Kershaw is 13-4 this season with a 1.95 ERA. Kershaw has pitched in 4 of LA’s 7 postseason games. He has 1 win and 1 save along with a no-decision, where the bullpen blew a 3-run lead when he left. It’ll be Kyle Hendricks toeing the rubber for the Cubs in this contest. Right hander Hendricks is 16-8 with a 2.14 ERA so far this season. Hendricks led the NL in ERA this season. He unseated his foe in this game. Hendricks has shown no problems since a comeback line drive off the bat of Giants outfielder Angel Pagan drilled him in the right forearm in Game 2 of the NLDS Oddsmakers currently have the Dodgers listed as 123-moneyline favorites versus the Cubs, while the game’s total is sitting at 6½. Last time out for Chicago, they were a 8-4 winner as they won game 1 of the NLCS. Moneyline bettors who got the Cubs at -213 were rewarded, while the 12 combined runs moved the game OVER for totals bettors.

Stats and Matchups

Los Angeles: Team record: 94-74 SU LA Dodgers is 1-8 ATS in its last 9 games LA Dodgers is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games The total has gone OVER in 8 of LA Dodgers’s last 11 games Chicago: Team record: 107-59 SU Chi Cubs is 12-6 ATS in its last 18 games Chi Cubs is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games The total has gone OVER in 6 of Chi Cubs’s last 8 games Next up: Los Angeles home to Chicago Tuesday, October 18 Get your 2016 NLDS game odds at Bovada today.