Cole Hamels will be going for his 16th win through 32 starts while only recording 5 losses in those 2016 games. He has undoubtedly been the teams “Ace” and will start the first game of the playoffs for these Texas Rangers. Hamels has had difficulties with his walks this year by currently ranking 8th in MLB with no one else in the top 10 having 15+ wins except Jake Arrieta at the 10 spot.
If Hamels is able to go 6.1 innings in this game then he will hit the 200 innings pitched mark for the 8th time in his career.