Dodgers vs Brewers NLCS Game 1 Same Game Parlay: Beginner-Friendly Picks for Skubal vs Misiorowski

Game 1 of the NLCS is here, and it’s the matchup every baseball fan wanted: Dodgers ace Tarik Skubal against Brewers phenom Jacob Misiorowski, live from American Family Field in Milwaukee on Sunday night. First pitch is set for 8:00 p.m. ET, and if you’re new to same game parlays, this is a perfect one to learn on because the game itself sets up so cleanly around pitching.

A same game parlay (SGP) just means combining multiple bets from one game into a single ticket — all of them have to hit for you to win, but the payout grows with each leg you add. Below is a simple, beginner-friendly three-leg parlay built around what everyone actually expects to happen in this game: two elite starters making life miserable for opposing hitters. Before locking anything in, it’s worth checking the latest MLB odds to confirm the numbers haven’t shifted.

Leg 1: Jacob Misiorowski Over 7.5 Strikeouts

Misiorowski has been nothing short of electric in his first full big-league season, finishing 16-5 with a 1.80 ERA and a ridiculous 13.0 strikeouts per nine innings across 174 2/3 regular-season frames. That’s not a hot streak — that’s who he is every fifth day.

The Dodgers lineup, led by Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, and Shohei Ohtani, is dangerous, but it’s also a lineup with swing-and-miss in it, which plays right into what Misiorowski does best. His strikeout total is set at 7.5 for this start, priced at +107 on the over. Given that he’s averaged well over a strikeout per inning all season, and the Dodgers haven’t faced him since August, betting the over here is one of the more straightforward reads on the board tonight.

Leg 2: Total Runs Under 6

When two pitchers this good share a mound, runs tend to be hard to come by — and that’s exactly why the total for this game sits at just 6, among the lowest you’ll see all postseason. Skubal was brilliant in his own right this year, going 12-7 with a 2.72 ERA and a minuscule 0.96 WHIP, and he was even better away from Dodger Stadium, posting a 1.70 ERA on the road.

Both pitchers also have recent history here: Misiorowski held the Dodgers to just one run when the two teams met in August, and Skubal allowed only a single run in his last postseason start against Atlanta. Add in a Brewers bullpen that’s been excellent all October, and the under at 6 (priced around -110 to -115 depending on your book) is a logical pairing with the strikeout prop above — both bets are really just saying the same thing: expect a pitchers’ duel.

Leg 3: William Contreras 2+ Hits

For the final leg, we pivot to the Brewers’ best everyday bat. Contreras has hit .270 this season with 27 doubles and 18 home runs, and over his last five games he’s been locked in at a .368 clip with two home runs and three RBIs. Facing a lefty like Skubal, Contreras — a switch-hitter who’s shown real pop from the right side — gives Milwaukee’s lineup its best shot at stringing together multiple knocks in a game that otherwise figures to be light on offense.

Priced at +240 for 2-plus hits, this leg is the value piece of the parlay. It’s the one leg that isn’t about shutting an offense down — it’s about betting that the best hitter on the field finds his way on base twice even in a tough pitching matchup.

The Full Parlay

Put it together and you have: Jacob Misiorowski Over 7.5 Strikeouts (+107), Total Under 6 (-110), and William Contreras 2+ Hits (+240). Each leg leans on a real, verifiable trend — two dominant starters and one hot bat — rather than a random guess, which is exactly the kind of parlay beginners should look to build. Stack enough confirmed trends together and the combined odds on a ticket like this can get well into plus-money territory, all from a game that figures to be one of the most-watched of the entire postseason.

Always check your sportsbook’s live board before placing this, since postseason lines move fast leading up to first pitch, but the shape of this parlay — dominant pitching plus one hot hitter — lines up with everything both teams have shown all October.