NLDS Game 3 Preview: Dodgers Look to Close out DBacks

DBacks Turn to Greinke to Stave off Elimination from Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks will battle in Game 3 of their NLDS Series on Monday at Chase Field.First pitch is scheduled for 10:08. TBS will televise the game nationally.

Oddsmakers opened the Dodgers as -120-moneyline favorites versus the Diamondbacks, while the game's total opened at 9. The line now has the Diamondbacks as -113-moneyline favorites. The total is holding at 9.

Starting this game for the Diamondbacks will be Zack Greinke. The right hander has a 3.32 ERA to go along with a 17-7 record this season.

The Diamondbacks' starting pitching has not given them much of a chance so far. That is something Greinke has to do to keep Arizona alive in its first playoff appearance since 2011. Arizona has not won a playoff series since the 2007 NLDS against the Chicago Cubs.

Greinke's short outing in the NL wild-card game against Colorado has had a ripple effect in this series. Greinke could not get out of the fourth inning so fellow start Robbie Ray was forced into action in long relief.

Greinke was 13-1 at home in the regular season. He has given up 15 hits and 12 runs in his 7 2/3 innings in his last two starts at Chase Field. Greinke could not hold a 6-0 lead in the wild-card game. He gave up five hits and four runs in the fourth inning before being removed.

Dodgers Look to Advance to NLCS

Right hander Yu Darvish will take the mound for the Dodgers to start this game. Darvish is 10-12 this season with a 3.81 ERA.

Darvish joined the Dodgers near the trade deadline. He was 4-3 with a 3.44 ERA in nine starts with them. He struck out 10 in five innings of a 5-2 victory over Arizona at Chase Field on Aug. 10.

He lost both career postseason starts while with the Texas Rangers. Darvish gave up five runs on four homers in five innings of a 5-3 loss to the Blue Jays in the second game of the ALDS last year.

The Dodgers' 6-8 hitters, Logan Forsythe, Austin Barnes and Yasiel Puig were 8-for-12 with five RBIs in Game 2. Puig has a team-high five hits, including a triple in Game 1.

Third baseman Justin Turner had three hits, including a homer. He matched a franchise playoff record five RBIs in a 9-5 Game 1 victory. That helped the Dodgers show the power that led them to a franchise home run record this season.

The Dodgers led the NL in team ERA, and Arizona was third.

 

 

Recent Form

Team	record	money	vs LHP	vs RHP	Fave	Dog	O/U	Diff
LA Dodgers	106-58	-$43.00	34-15	72-43	103-54	3-4	80-79-5	1.2
Arizona	94-71	$1,343.00	25-19	69-52	62-41	32-30	76-81-8	0.9

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

Y Darvish (10-12) ERA: 3.81

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Sep 25, 2017	SD	W	9-3	O	7	$38.00
Sep 19, 2017	PHI	L	2-6	O	5.1	-$100.00
Sep 13, 2017	SF	W	4-1	U	7	$43.00

Z Greinke (17-7) ERA: 3.32

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Oct 4, 2017	COL	W	11-8	O	3.2	$68.00
Sep 29, 2017	KC	L	1-2	U	4	-$100.00
Sep 22, 2017	MIA	W	13-11	O	4	$46.00

Bullpen

LA Dodgers's relievers have pitched 14.2 innings in the last 3 games.
Arizona's relievers have pitched 16 innings in the last 3 games.

Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent

Los Angeles Dodgers - Y Darvish

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Aug 10, 2017	8-6	LA	5	5	2	2	2	10	Win
Aug 1, 2013	7-1	TEX	7	5	0	0	0	14	Win
May 27, 2013	5-4	ARI	7.2	7	4	4	0	14	No Decision

Arizona Diamondbacks - Z Greinke

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Sep 5, 2017	3-1	ARI	7	4	1	1	1	6	No Decision
Aug 31, 2017	8-1	ARI	6	4	1	1	2	6	Win
Aug 9, 2017	3-2	LA	6.2	4	3	3	4	8	Loss
Apr 14, 2017	7-1	LA	5	10	5	5	3	4	Loss
Sep 16, 2016	3-2	LA	6	4	3	1	4	4	Loss

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	4.80	12	4.15	5
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	4.59	13	4.32	12
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	5.05	6	3.60	2
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	5.71	2	3.86	2

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	O/U	Away Pitcher	Home Pitcher	Away Hits	Home Hits	Away Walks	Home Walks	Away Strikeouts	Home Strikeouts
Oct 7, 2017	ARI	5	LA	8	-142	8	O	Robbie Ray (L)	Rich Hill (L)	7	12	3	5	10	12
Oct 6, 2017	ARI	5	LA	9	-252	7.5	O	Taijuan Walker (R)	Clayton Kershaw (L)	8	12	4	4	7	9
Sep 6, 2017	ARI	3	LA	1	-187	8.5	U	Taijuan Walker (R)	Kenta Maeda (R)	8	4	4	3	11	7
Sep 5, 2017	ARI	3	LA	1	-142	7.5	U	Zack Greinke (R)	Hyun-Jin Ryu (L)	4	6	9	1	11	8
Sep 4, 2017	ARI	13	LA	0	-166	8.5	O	Robbie Ray (L)	Rich Hill (L)	14	3	2	1	11	16
Aug 31, 2017	LA	1	ARI	8	-101	8.5	O	Kenta Maeda (R)	Zack Greinke (R)	5	10	3	3	8	9
Aug 30, 2017	LA	4	ARI	6	117	9	O	Hyun-Jin Ryu (L)	Robbie Ray (L)	6	11	5	3	12	4
Aug 29, 2017	LA	6	ARI	7	107	9	O	Rich Hill (L)	Zack Godley (R)	10	10	2	1	10	10
Aug 10, 2017	LA	8	ARI	6	165	9	O	Yu Darvish (R)	Anthony Banda (L)	9	10	3	3	6	14
Aug 9, 2017	LA	3	ARI	2	-106	9	U	Alex Wood (L)	Zack Greinke (R)	5	7	6	1	9	7

NLDS Betting Trends

Los Angeles Dodgers
LA Dodgers is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games
LA Dodgers is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
LA Dodgers is 2-7 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
LA Dodgers is 4-15 ATS in its last 19 games when playing Arizona
LA Dodgers is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 7 of LA Dodgers's last 9 games when playing Arizona
LA Dodgers is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Arizona
LA Dodgers is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Dodgers's last 5 games when playing on the road against Arizona

Arizona Diamondbacks
Arizona is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games
Arizona is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Arizona is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona's last 7 games at home
Arizona is 15-4 ATS in its last 19 games when playing LA Dodgers
Arizona is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing LA Dodgers
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Arizona's last 9 games when playing LA Dodgers
Arizona is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers
Arizona is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers

Team Vs Division Or Conference

Los Angeles Dodgers

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	106-58	59-24	47-34	103-53	4-5	80-79-5	34-15	72-43
Last 10	8-2	6-1	2-1	8-2	0-0	5-5	4-1	4-1
vs Div	43-35	25-15	18-20	43-35	1-0	41-36-1	23-11	20-24
vs AL	16-4	9-1	7-3	15-4	1-0	9-9-2	3-0	13-4
vs NL	90-54	50-23	40-31	88-49	3-5	71-70-3	31-15	59-39

Arizona Diamondbacks

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	94-71	53-29	41-42	62-36	36-33	76-81-8	25-19	69-52
Last 10	5-5	4-1	1-4	5-2	0-3	6-4	2-2	3-3
vs Div	46-33	27-13	19-20	28-18	20-15	40-37-2	16-15	30-18
vs AL	12-8	8-2	4-6	8-3	5-5	9-10-1	3-0	9-8
vs NL	82-63	45-27	37-36	54-33	31-28	67-71-7	22-19	60-44

Team Last 5 Games

Los Angeles Dodgers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Oct 7, 2017	ARI	8-5	W	-142	8	R Hill	4	Robbie Ray	H
Oct 6, 2017	ARI	9-5	W	-252	7.5	C Kershaw	6.1	T Walker	H
Oct 1, 2017	COL	6-3	W	-150	11	Ross Stripling	2	Kyle Freeland	A
Sep 30, 2017	COL	5-3	W	-210	9	C Kershaw	4	German Marquez	A
Sep 29, 2017	COL	1-9	L	-147	11.5	H Ryu	2	C Bettis	A

Arizona Diamondbacks

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Oct 7, 2017	LA	5-8	L	132	8	Robbie Ray	4.1	R Hill	A
Oct 6, 2017	LA	5-9	L	231	7.5	T Walker	1	C Kershaw	A
Oct 4, 2017	COL	11-8	W	-148	8.5	Z Greinke	3.2	Jon Gray	H
Oct 1, 2017	KC	14-2	W	-125	9	Robbie Ray	1.2	J Vargas	A
Sep 30, 2017	KC	3-4	L	108	9	T Walker	5	Jake Junis	A

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