In Game 6, Aaron Nola went five innings, but fell two outs short of the line we needed. The Diamondbacks jumped on him early with a pair of solo home runs in a three-run second inning en route to a 5-1 victory.
As a result, the Diamondbacks were able to force a Game 7 and hand the Phillies their first home loss this postseason.
In Game 7, Brandon Pfaadt will start for the D'bcks while Ranger Suarez will get the ball for the Phillies. The two combined for 16 strikeouts in Game 3, but I would not expect a repeat of that tonight.
Instead, I will be backing a pair of hitters in Ketel Marte and Bryce Harper. Find my top MLB player prop picks and predictions for NLCS Game 7 between the Diamondbacks and Phillies below.
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Diamondbacks vs Phillies Game 7 Player Props
Ketel Marte Over 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBI
-130 at DraftKings
When we last backed Ketel Marte, he was working on a 12-game hitting streak in the postseason. He cashed our hit combo with Trea Turner in Game 4 and he has not stopped hitting since.
In Game 6, he went 2-for-5 with two runs batted in. He now has a 15-game hitting streak in the postseason, tied for the longest streak to begin a postseason career in MLB history.
I expect him to break that record tonight working against Ranger Suarez. Marte is 8-for-18 with two doubles and a run batted in against Suarez in his career. The doubles came in Game 3 when he went 2-for-3 against Suarez before his walk-off hit in the bottom of the ninth.
Marte has scored a run in five of his 11 games this postseason. He has also driven in a run in six games this postseason. As a result, he has hit this line in 9-of-11 games during that stretch. He has averaged 2.8 hits + runs + runs batted per game in that stretch as well.
With the left-hander Suarez starting tonight, manager Torey Lovullo will likely drop Corbin Carroll in the lineup. That means Marte will likely bat leadoff and have four to five chances to hit this combo.
Pick: Ketel Marte Over 1.5 Hits + Runs + Runs Batted In (-130 at DraftKings)
Bryce Harper Over 1.5 Total Bases
+125 at DraftKings
Unlike Marte, Bryce Harper has gone hitless in three of the last four games in this series. It is no coincidence that the Phillies scored just one run in two of those games. However, Harper did hit a home run in Game 5, his fifth of the postseason.
Harper is hitting .314 with five home runs, eight runs batted in and a 1.201 OPS this postseason. He has hit this line just four times in the playoffs, though that is partially due to being walked. Harper has been walked in nine of 12 playoffs games, including four games with two walks.
In all four games that he has hit this line this postseason, Harper has homered. He is +330 on DraftKings to hit a home run tonight.
I am targeting him tonight because it is a Game 7 in his home ballpark. Harper is one of the clutchest players in the game and I expect him to show up in a big way tonight.
That may be with a home run or possibly an RBI double. However, he gets it done, I expect him to have two total bases tonight.
Pick: Bryce Harper Over 1.5 Total Bases (+125 at DraftKings)
