The Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates take the field on Tuesday night for the second game of a three game series.

The Texas Rangers open up a 4 game series with the Seattle Mariners on Monday night from Globe Life Park in Arlington.

The Detroit Tigers might be down 3-2 in the ALCS, but if you had to have two games that you had to win on the road to save your season, you’d think that this is the situation that they would want to be in. They’re throwing their Cy Young Award winner on Saturday night at Fenway Park in their effort to stay alive against the Boston Red Sox.

We’re getting to the point in the ALCS that the Detroit Tigers really have to win a game. The Boston Red Sox already know that they have done enough to get this series back to Fenway Park if need be, but they can put their foot down and take command with a ‘W’ on the ALCS odds on Wednesday night in Motown.

The St. Louis Cardinals are now five wins away from their 12th World Series title in franchise history. They have to finish off the Los Angeles Dodgers first, and their first of three chances comes on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium, where we are making our MLB picks for the game.

After a wild Game 2 at Fenway Park, there might not be a more important game in the entire 2013 MLB season than the Game 3 that we are expecting on Tuesday afternoon between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are facing a de facto must-win situation in MLB betting action on Monday night, as they are in an 0-2 hole against the St. Louis Cardinals. If they don’t figure out how to best the ace of the staff for St. Louis, their season very well could be over, as there is only one team that has ever fought back from a 3-0 series deficit to win in the bigs.

It’s going to be tough for the Boston Red Sox to get from here all the way to the World Series, as they are down 0-1 and are facing a couple very tough tasks over the course of the next few days. It starts in Game 2 with the Detroit Tigers, who are hoping to put a chokehold on this series on Sunday night.

The ALCS between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers is one of the most hotly contested series that we have seen in MLB betting action in quite some time. Join us here at TCSP as we break down Game 1 and make our ALCS picks for what should be a great first game.

The truth of the matter is that the two best playoff teams in the National League are left standing at this point. The Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals are clearly going to be amongst the World Series contenders, and it would be a shock to think that either team would go down without a big time fight in the second season. Game 1 starts on Friday night, and we have our NLCS picks set to go for this series.