Dodgers Look to Sweep DBacks in NL West Battle

Dodgers Look to Expand NL West Lead

National League West division rivals, the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers, are set to wrap up their three game series on Thursday. Chavez Ravine, and Dodger Stadium, will host the game scheduled to start at 10:10 EST.

Oddsmakers opened the Dodgers as -155-moneyline favorites versus the Diamondbacks, while the game's total opened at 7.5. The line has held pretty steady all day.

The Los Angeles Dodgers did not allow a run in the past two games against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Left-handers Clayton Kershaw and Alex Wood each threw seven shutout innings in back to back games. The first-place Dodgers beat the second-place Diamondbacks 4-3 on Tuesday and 1-0 on Wednesday. This extended their lead over Arizona to 4 1/2 games in the National League West. Another left-hander will pitch tonight for the Dodgers.

Tonights Starters Been Pitching Well

Rich Hill is on the "hill" for Los Angeles. The Dodgers left-hander has a 4.00 ERA to go along with a 5-4 record this season. Hill last pitched on Saturday against the San Diego Padres. He went seven innings and recording a career-best 11 strikeouts. He allowed only four hits in an 8-0 victory.

Left hander Robbie Ray will take the mound for the Diamondbacks to start this game. Ray is 8-4 this season with a 3.06 ERA. Ray has been one of the top strikeout pitchers in the NL this season. He has 128 strikeouts and is tied for third in the NL with Washington's Stephen Strasburg. That puts them behind Max Scherzer of the Nationals (163) and Kershaw (146).

Ray has been at his best since mid-May. He has posted a 6-1 mark with a 1.81 ERA in his past eight starts. Opponents are only hitting .173 off him in that time-frame. He has been just as good on the road. Ray owns a 4-1 mark and a 1.32 ERA.

Oddsmakers opened the Dodgers as -155-moneyline favorites versus the Diamondbacks, while the game's total opened at 7.5. The line has held pretty steady all day.



 

Recent Form

Team	record	money	vs LHP	vs RHP	Fave	Dog	O/U	Diff
Arizona	52-33	$1,453.00	10-10	42-23	34-16	18-17	38-43-4	1.27
LA Dodgers	57-29	$329.00	17-9	40-20	54-26	3-3	41-43-2	1.8

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

Robbie Ray (8-4) ERA: 3.06

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Jun 30, 2017	COL	L	3-6	P	6	-$100.00
Jun 24, 2017	PHI	W	9-2	O	6.1	$45.00
Jun 18, 2017	PHI	W	5-4	P	5.1	$59.00

R Hill (5-4) ERA: 4.00

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Jul 1, 2017	SD	W	8-0	U	7	$50.00
Jun 26, 2017	LAA	L	0-4	U	7	-$100.00
Jun 21, 2017	NYM	W	8-2	O	5	$44.00

Bullpen

Arizona's relievers have pitched 7.2 innings in the last 3 games.
LA Dodgers's relievers have pitched 8.1 innings in the last 3 games.

Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent

Arizona Diamondbacks - Robbie Ray

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Apr 22, 2017	11-5	ARI	5.1	9	5	5	2	6	Win
Apr 17, 2017	4-2	ARI	6	3	2	1	4	10	No Decision
Sep 18, 2016	10-9	ARI	5.2	5	5	5	2	8	No Decision
Sep 7, 2016	3-1	LA	6	2	3	3	4	12	Loss
Jul 17, 2016	6-5	ARI	7	4	0	0	2	7	Win

Los Angeles Dodgers - R Hill

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Apr 16, 2017	3-1	ARI	3	5	2	2	2	2	Loss
Sep 15, 2016	7-3	ARI	5.1	4	4	4	1	8	Loss
Oct 6, 2007	5-1	ARI	3	2	3	3	2	3	Loss
Jul 21, 2007	3-2	ARI	6	4	2	1	4	6	No Decision
Aug 1, 2006	9-3	CHC	8	1	3	3	1	6	Win

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	5.12	5	3.36	1
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	4.10	26	2.91	1
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	5.16	4	3.85	2
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	5.50	6	3.70	1

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
Jul 5, 2017	ARI	0	LA	1	-242	7.5	U	Zack Godley (R)	Alex Wood (L)	4	4	3	3	14	10
Jul 4, 2017	ARI	3	LA	4	-315	7.5	U	Patrick Corbin (L)	Clayton Kershaw (L)	6	9	3	3	13	9
Apr 23, 2017	LA	6	ARI	2	141	9	U	Brandon McCarthy (R)	Shelby Miller (R)	9	7	5	1	5	8
Apr 22, 2017	LA	5	ARI	11	103	9	O	Kenta Maeda (R)	Robbie Ray (L)	11	14	5	3	9	7
Apr 21, 2017	LA	5	ARI	13	130	9.5	O	Alex Wood (L)	Taijuan Walker (R)	9	14	1	8	7	11
Apr 17, 2017	ARI	4	LA	2	-161	7.5	U	Robbie Ray (L)	Brandon McCarthy (R)	10	5	5	4	14	15
Apr 16, 2017	ARI	3	LA	1	-191	7.5	U	Taijuan Walker (R)	Rich Hill (L)	9	5	4	3	7	9
Apr 15, 2017	ARI	4	LA	8	-171	7.5	O	Patrick Corbin (L)	Kenta Maeda (R)	5	11	1	4	12	7
Apr 14, 2017	ARI	1	LA	7	-250	6	O	Zack Greinke (R)	Clayton Kershaw (L)	4	13	2	4	9	4
Sep 18, 2016	LA	9	ARI	10	118	9.5	O	Jose De Leon (R)	Robbie Ray (L)	10	16	7	8	14	12

MLB Betting Trends

Arizona Diamondbacks 52-33
Arizona is 15-7 SU in its last 22 games
Arizona is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games
Arizona is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Arizona is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games on the road
Arizona is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing LA Dodgers
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Arizona's last 7 games when playing LA Dodgers
Arizona is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers
Arizona is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers 57-29
LA Dodgers is 16-7 ATS in its last 23 games
LA Dodgers is 16-3 SU in its last 19 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Dodgers's last 9 games
LA Dodgers is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games at home
LA Dodgers is 14-1 SU in its last 15 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Dodgers's last 7 games at home
LA Dodgers is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Dodgers's last 7 games when playing Arizona
LA Dodgers is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona
LA Dodgers is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Dodgers's last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona

Team Vs Division Or Conference

Arizona Diamondbacks

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	52-32	32-13	20-19	34-14	20-17	38-42-4	10-9	42-23
Last 10	6-4	6-3	0-1	5-3	1-1	3-6-1	0-1	6-3
vs Div	23-17	14-6	9-11	14-7	9-10	20-19-1	6-8	17-9
vs AL	9-1	7-1	2-0	6-0	4-1	4-5-1	2-0	7-1
vs NL	43-31	25-12	18-19	28-14	16-16	34-37-3	8-9	35-22

Los Angeles Dodgers

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	56-29	34-11	22-18	53-25	3-4	41-42-2	17-9	39-20
Last 10	7-3	4-1	3-2	7-3	0-0	3-6-1	4-0	3-3
vs Div	22-17	11-6	11-11	22-17	0-0	18-20-1	13-6	9-11
vs AL	4-3	1-1	3-2	3-3	1-0	4-3	0-0	4-3
vs NL	52-26	33-10	19-16	50-22	2-4	37-39-2	17-9	35-17

Team Last 5 Games

Arizona Diamondbacks

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Jul 5, 2017	LA	0-1	L	222	7.5	Zack Godley	5.2	A Wood	A
Jul 4, 2017	LA	3-4	L	280	7.5	P Corbin	4.2	C Kershaw	A
Jul 2, 2017	COL	4-3	W	-115	9.5	T Walker	7	German Marquez	H
Jul 1, 2017	COL	6-2	W	-171	8.5	Z Greinke	7	T Chatwood	H
Jun 30, 2017	COL	3-6	L	-150	9	Robbie Ray	6	Jon Gray	H

Los Angeles Dodgers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Jul 5, 2017	ARI	1-0	W	-242	7.5	A Wood	7	Zack Godley	H
Jul 4, 2017	ARI	4-3	W	-315	7.5	C Kershaw	7	P Corbin	H
Jul 2, 2017	SD	3-5	L	-218	8	Kenta Maeda	3.2	J Chacin	A
Jul 1, 2017	SD	8-0	W	-200	8.5	R Hill	7	Dillon Overton	A
Jun 30, 2017	SD	10-4	W	-205	7.5	A Wood	6	C Richard	A

Weather in
Los Angeles - United States

 90°F

Sunny
Humidity is 40%
Wind is Southwest 9 mph
Visibility is 10.004077 mi
Pressure is N/A inHg

Forecast for Los Angeles

 

Next up:
Arizona home to Cincinnati Friday, July 7
Los Angeles home to Kansas City Friday, July 7

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