#939/940 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* Over 7.5 Runs – St Louis Cardinals @ Los Angeles Dodgers, Wednesday at 8:10 PM ET – At first glance and considering Scherzer is on the mound for the Dodgers and this is playoff baseball, one might be leery of playing an over. However, Scherzer was hit hard in each of his last two starts this season. He got rocked for 5 earned runs each time and both games, as you would expect, went over their respective totals. Though he had success against the Cardinals this season, this St Louis team was so hot to close out the season, including at the plate, that it is just hard to doubt the St Louis hitters no matter who they are facing. They also showed strong late season trending to the over in road games. Speaking of strong trending to overs, the Dodgers final 5 games - all at home by the way - all resulted in overs. Not only that, LA scored an average of 9 runs per game in those five games. Wainwright starts for the Cardinals here and allowed 3 homers over 11 innings in his final two starts of the regular season. This included getting roughed up at Milwaukee for 5 earned runs in 4 innings in his final road start of the season. This total is in the 7.5 range and our computer math model shows this one getting very close, if not into, double digits in runs scored with each club enjoying some success at the plate and having a solid shot of getting to 4 runs apiece which, of course, would mean at least 9 runs (5-4 final at a minimum) in this one. Bet the Over