After back-to-back days with single League Championship Series games, we are back to a doubleheader on Thursday. The first of them is ALCS Game 3, as the venue shifts to Cleveland with the Guardians and the Tampa Bay Rays tied at 1-1. I'm sure hoping this goes the full seven.
And it's our final day game of the 2026 MLB season thanks to a switch, unless of course we get another unforeseen change. But three of the four teams still standing don't have weather concerns at their ballparks. Bet $5+ on ALCS Game 3 to get $200 in bonus bets at DraftKings Sportsbook: This was to be a 6 p.m.
ET first pitch from Progressive Field, but with rain in the forecast it was moved up to 1 ET. It might be cloudy with highs of 68 and cross winds that shouldn't factor in much. They would have at night.
Of course, the Rays and Brewers play indoors, while the Dodgers play in sunny L.A. Thus, Cleveland was our only real weather possibility. Who doesn't love matinee playoff baseball?
Kinda stinks for the fans, but I don't see an advantage one way or another, except perhaps for pitchers later in the game with shadows around home plate. Sitting at -133 at DraftKings, the Guardians are taking 87% of handle but only 38% of tickets at DraftKings. On the total of 6.5, there's a decent lean to the Over.
On the updated series line, Tampa Bay is -135 and Cleveland +115 with the favored exact result Rays in six at +320. In all best-of-7 series with the current 2-3-2 format, teams that have split the first two games at home have won the series 50 of 90 times (56%). And in all best-of-7 series tied 1-1, the Game 3 winner has gone on to win 71 of 102 times (69.3%), including 13 of 18 in the ALCS.
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