{"id":372449,"date":"2025-10-01T15:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T19:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=372449"},"modified":"2025-10-01T15:00:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T19:00:50","slug":"reds-vs-dodgers-predictions-game-2-mlb-wild-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/reds-vs-dodgers-predictions-game-2-mlb-wild-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds vs. Dodgers Game 2 wild-card SGP predictions: Hernandez, L.A. should close out at home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers can advance to the NLDS with a win on Wednesday night over the Cincinnati Reds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Cincinnati&#8217;s back is against the wall after a 10-5 loss last night at Dodger Stadium. Yoshinobu Yamamoto has already shut down the Reds once this year, and the Dodgers will look for him to do that again tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my +700 Reds vs. Dodgers predictions, featuring prop bets on Teoscar Hernandez and Tyler Stephenson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reds vs. Dodgers predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-10146156-2d6b-49a8-b097-37743fd550b5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/baseball\/competitions\/10065\"><strong>Full MLB betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/mlb-injury-report\"><strong>MLB injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/top-players\/hitting\/OPS-on-base_plus_slugging\"><strong>MLB player stats<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/standings\/division\"><strong>MLB standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Dodgers -1.5 | Hernandez over 1.5 bases | Stephenson under 1.5 bases (+700)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dodgers -1.5 (-138):<\/strong> The Dodgers&#8217; dominance of the Reds continued on Tuesday night, and I expect the defending champs to close this one out in convincing fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>L.A. is 6-1 with a +20 run differential against Cincy this year. The Dodgers have covered a -1.5 run line in four straight meetings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In Yoshinobu Yamamoto&#8217;s lone start vs. the Reds this season, he tossed 7.0 innings of one-run ball in a 5-2 win.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Yamamoto&#8217;s July 28 start against the Reds sparked a stellar run to close out the regular season. Over his final 10 outings, the right-hander posted a 2.10 ERA and a 10.8 K\/9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He only allowed three runs and 11 hits over his final 34.0 IP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cincinnati&#8217;s Zack Littell, meanwhile, posted a 4.39 ERA and a 6.9 K\/9 in his final 10 outings of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Offensively, the Reds entered the postseason with the worst wRC+ among NL playoff teams (92). The Dodgers (113 wRC+) rank first in that field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L.A. simply overmatches Cincy in every facet and should get this done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MLB SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hernandez over 1.5 total bases (+125):<\/strong> Hernandez was a spark plug for L.A.&#8217;s offence last night, going 3-for-5 with a pair of home runs and four RBI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One swing of the bat could easily cash this bet, especially against Littell, who had the second-highest HR\/9 among 52 qualified pitchers (1.74).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hernandez is 2-for-4 vs. Littell. The former Blue Jay is 8-9 vs. this prop in his past 17 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Littell is a great pitcher to target on bases props because his strikeout and walk numbers are low, while his contact quality allowed is high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Baseball Savant, Littell ranks in the 98th percentile in walk rate, the 12th percentile in K rate and the 21st percentile in barrel rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stephenson under 0.5 hits (-118):<\/strong> Stephenson has a seventh-percentile xBA (.226) and went hitless in 37 of 82 starts this year (45.1%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, his 33.9% K rate is the fifth-highest among 277 hitters with at least 300 plate appearances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephenson went 0-for-3 with three strikeouts vs. Yamamoto this season in their lone matchup against each other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reds vs. Dodgers predictions as of 2:55 p.m. on 10\/01\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers can advance to the NLDS with a win on Wednesday night over the Cincinnati Reds. 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