Rasmussen meets his old club with the Brewers a game up

Three hitters, one line each: a hit, a run or an RBI. Yandy Díaz and Junior Caminero from Tampa Bay's order, Jackson Chourio from the top of Milwaukee's.

Yandy Díaz 1+ hits, runs and RBIs at 72¢. A hit, run or RBI in 116 of 153 starts this season (76%), and in 8 of 10 postseason games. Went 0 for 4 leading off Game 1.

Jackson Chourio 1+ hits, runs and RBIs at 71¢. 96 of 121 starts (79%), and 2 for 4 with a run and an RBI leading off Game 1. 8 RBIs in 9 postseason games.

Junior Caminero 1+ hits, runs and RBIs at 69¢. 126 of 159 starts (79%) and 42 home runs, with an .871 OPS against right-handers. 1 for 3 with a walk batting fourth in Game 1.

At the asks the 3 legs cost 35.3% together, so $100 pays $283.50, 2.84x. What beats it: All three hit right-handed against right-handed starters who are hard on them: Logan Henderson held right-handed hitters to a .545 OPS and Drew Rasmussen to .510. Díaz went 0 for 4 in Game 1, and the Brewers' bullpen allowed one run over four innings behind Jacob Misiorowski.

Milwaukee drafted Drew Rasmussen in the sixth round in 2018, two Tommy John surgeries already on his record, and he debuted for the Brewers two years later. On May 21, 2021 they traded him to Tampa Bay with J.P. Feyereisen for Willy Adames and Trevor Richards. “The greatest blessings in my career have come because of the Milwaukee Brewers,” he told MLB.com.

Kevin Cash held him out of Game 1 so he could pitch on five days’ rest instead of four. “We want him to be at full strength and feeling really good when he gets on the mound,” Cash said. Nick Martinez started instead, gave up two runs in the first inning and took the loss. Rasmussen has a 1.29 ERA over 21 postseason innings and has gone at least six innings in all three of his starts.

Logan Henderson is a rookie making his third start of this postseason; he has allowed three earned runs in nine innings, and Milwaukee won both games. He has not gone more than six innings since Sept. 3, which puts the game on a Brewers bullpen that came into the series with a 1.33 ERA over 40 2/3 postseason innings, per CBS Sports, and allowed one run over four more on Friday.

Game 1 split the top of the orders. Jackson Chourio went 2 for 4 with a run and the seventh inning single that made it 3-1, William Contreras 2 for 3 with a walk, and Jonathan Aranda 3 for 3 for Tampa Bay. Yandy Díaz went 0 for 4, and the bottom five of the Rays’ order went 1 for 17.