Dodgers vs Diamondbacks Betting Preview
A National League West battle begins Monday night when the Los Angeles Dodgers (96-43, 47-25 away) visit the Arizona Diamondbacks (66-73, 37-34 home). Los Angeles is the best team in baseball and currently have a 6.5 game lead over Houston for the best record in MLB. Arizona has had a nice second half but are still fourth in the NL West. This game will air live on ESPN+.
Los Angeles has been balanced at the dish this season as Trea Turner leads the team with 96 RBIs and Freddie Freeman with a .331 batting average. Mookie Betts leads the team with 33 home runs. The Dodgers are batting .261 and the pitching staff has combined for a 2.84 ERA and 1.05 WHIP.
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Christian Walker has been the power source for the Diamondbacks as he leads the team with 32 home runs and 79 RBIs. Josh Rojas has a team high .272 batting average this season. Arizona is hitting .227 and the pitching staff has combined for a 4.18 and 1.30 WHIP.
Dodgers vs Diamondbacks Pick & Prediction
Last time out, Los Angeles earned a series win at San Diego with an 11-2-win Sunday. The Padres scored one run in the second and third innings, but the Dodgers tied the game up at two in the top of the fifth. Los Angeles took the lead with two runs in the sixth and blew the game wide open with six runs scored in the seventh. The Dodgers added another insurance run in the top of the ninth. Trea Turner went 2-5 with one home run, two RBIs and two runs scored in the win. Mookie Betts went 2-4 with two doubles and two runs scored for the Dodgers. Andrew Heaney improved to 3-2 and Joe Musgrove fell to 9-7 on the year.
Arizona lost their series in Colorado but did manage to earn a 12-6 win on Sunday. The Diamondbacks took the lead with four runs in the fourth inning, but Colorado answered right back in the fourth inning with three runs of their own. Arizona scored one more in the sixth, five in the seventh, and two last runs in the ninth. Colorado put up another three spot in the bottom of the eighth inning. Josh Rojas went 2-6 with three RBIS and two runs scored in the win. Jake McCarthy went 4-6 with one triple, three RBIs and one run scored for Arizona. Zac Gallen improved to 12-2 and Ryan Feltner fell to 2-8 on the season.
Pitching Matchup: Tyler Anderson (14-3, 2.73 ERA, 1.03 WHIP) vs Ryne Nelson (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.57 WHIP)
Tonights Pick:
Los Angeles always has crazy trends and that is still true right now. The Dodgers are 4-1 in their last five games, 8-0 in their last eight against Arizona and 14-3 in their last 17 against National League West opponents. Arizona has been struggling as they are 1-4 in their past five, but the Dbacks are 5-2 in their last seven games at home.
Los Angeles is the best team in the league and have the more favorable pitching matchup Monday night. Give me the Dodgers by a few.
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MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers
Arizona Diamondbacks
Team Records
LAD | Team Records | ARI |
---|---|---|
8-7 | Home | 7-6 |
4-3 | Road | 3-5 |
7-7 | vRHP | 6-4 |
5-3 | vLHP | 4-7 |
3-6 | vs>.500 | 2-7 |
9-4 | vs<.500 | 8-4 |
4-6 | Last10 | 6-4 |
11-9 | Last20 | 9-11 |
12-10 | Last30 | 10-11 |
Team Stats
LAD | Team Stats | ARI |
---|---|---|
4.26 | ERA | 4.66 |
.239 | Batting Avg Against | .253 |
1.24 | WHIP | 1.35 |
.288 | BABIP | .300 |
7.8% | BB% | 8.6% |
23.0% | K% | 21.9% |
70.6% | LOB% | 70.1% |
.252 | Batting Avg | .254 |
.456 | SLG | .420 |
.795 | OPS | .742 |
.339 | OBP | .323 |
Pitchers
T. Anderson | R. Nelson | |
---|---|---|
178.2 | Innings | 125.0 |
28 | GS | 24 |
15-5 | W-L | 6-7 |
2.57 | ERA | 5.47 |
6.95 | K/9 | 5.90 |
1.71 | BB/9 | 2.66 |
0.71 | HR/9 | 1.58 |
77.8% | LOB% | 69.0% |
6.4% | HR/FB% | 12.2% |
3.31 | FIP | 5.16 |
4.10 | xFIP | 5.23 |
.218 | AVG | .288 |
19.5% | K% | 15.2% |
4.8% | BB% | 6.8% |
4.04 | SIERA | 5.20 |
Recent Starts
Date | Opp | W/L | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | ST-PC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/29 DET | Alexander ML N/A | W5-1 TOTAL N/A | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 47-69 |
4/23 SD | Darvish ML N/A | L2-3 TOTAL N/A | 4.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 51-80 |
10/3 LAA | Detmers ML N/A | L3-7 TOTAL N/A | 1.2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 24-37 |
9/28 OAK | Bassitt ML N/A | W4-2 TOTAL N/A | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40-46 |
9/25 LAA | Barria ML N/A | L1-14 TOTAL N/A | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 37-54 |
No R. Nelson History
Betting Trends
LAD | Betting Trends | ARI |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
2-1-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 1-2-0 |
2-1-0 | ATS W/L/P | 1-2-0 |
7.67 | Avg Score | 7.67 |
3.67 | Avg Opp Score | 7.67 |
AWAY | HOME | |
2-1-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-1-0 |
2-1-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-1-0 |
7.67 | Avg Score | 4.33 |
3.67 | Avg Opp Score | 3.33 |
LAD | Betting Trends | ARI |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
4-1-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 1-4-0 |
4-1-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-3-0 |
7.2 | Avg Score | 6.2 |
3.4 | Avg Opp Score | 7 |
AWAY | HOME | |
2-3-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 3-2-0 |
3-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 3-2-0 |
5.4 | Avg Score | 4 |
3.6 | Avg Opp Score | 5.6 |
LAD | Betting Trends | ARI |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
6-4-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 5-5-0 |
6-4-0 | ATS W/L/P | 6-4-0 |
6.5 | Avg Score | 5.4 |
4.1 | Avg Opp Score | 4.5 |
AWAY | HOME | |
6-4-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 5-5-0 |
5-5-0 | ATS W/L/P | 5-5-0 |
5.3 | Avg Score | 5.7 |
3.2 | Avg Opp Score | 6.5 |