Dodgers Pulling Ahead of Rockies Out West

Dodgers and Rockies are in a Showdown for NL West

The Los Angeles Dodgers have opened up a 1.5-game lead in the battle for the National League West. They are in a slobber-knocker with the Colorado Rockies that will come down the last day of the season. IT SEEMS. Strap yourself in for a wild ride to the MLB Playoffs.

TV: 10:10 p.m. ET, ESPN, AT&T SportsNet-Rocky Mountain (Colorado), SportsNet LA (Los Angeles)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Rockies LH Tyler Anderson (6-9, 4.82 ERA) vs. Dodgers RH Walker Buehler (7-5, 2.88)

Odds: Dodgers -215-moneyline favorites. The total is 7.5 Under -120.

Chris Taylor's first career walk-off homer gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a 1 1/2-game lead over Colorado in the National League West. The Dodgers are in a position for a three-game sweep of the Rockies.

Taylor launched the decisive blast in the 10th inning of Tuesday's 3-2 victory as Los Angeles won for the sixth time in seven games.

Dodgers Would Love to End the Series on High Note

Taylor and Manny Machado each recorded two hits on Tuesday as the Dodgers improved their record against the Rockies this year to 11-7.

Buehler was superb while beating the Cardinals in his last turn. He permitted two hits over eight scoreless innings and matched his season high with nine strikeouts. The rookie has allowed three hits or fewer in four of his last six outings. He is holding opposing hitters to a .201 batting average.

Buehler is 0-1 with a 3.24 ERA in four starts against Colorado. He had a no-decision on Sept. 8 in which he gave up four runs and six hits over six frames.

Justin Turner is 12-for-25 during his seven-game hitting streak and is batting .373 in 59 at-bats this month.

Brian Dozier was hitless in three at-bats on Tuesday and is 2-for-36 over his last 15 contests.

Rockies Need to Salvage One Game of the Series

The Rockies have scored just seven runs while losing four of five to start a nine-game road trip. They enter the series finale 1 1/2 games behind St. Louis for the NL's second wild-card spot.

All-Star shortstop Trevor Story missed Tuesday's game, but could be back in the lineup by the weekend. An MRI detected inflammation but no structural damage to his right elbow.

Anderson is 0-6 during a 12-start stretch since defeating San Francisco on July 4. He also lost to the Giants in his last turn as he gave up two runs and seven hits over six innings.

Anderson lasted just 2 2/3 frames in a loss to the Dodgers on Sept. 9. He yielded three earned runs and five hits in falling to 1-1 with a 3.74 ERA in four starts this season. Anderson is 3-4 with a 4.10 ERA in 11 career outings.

DJ LeMahieu was hitless in five at-bats on Tuesday and is 2-for-19 over his last five games.

PREDICTION: Dodgers 4, Rockies 1

Recent Form

Team	record	money	vs LHP	vs RHP	Fave	Dog	O/U	Diff
Colorado	82-69	$1,316.00	32-27	50-42	49-37	33-32	61-81-9	-0.04
LA Dodgers	84-68	-$1,148.00	35-24	49-44	78-65	6-3	70-77-5	1

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

Tyler Anderson (6-9) ERA: 4.82

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Sep 14, 2018	SF	L	0-2	U	6	-$100.00
Sep 9, 2018	LA	L	6-9	O	2.2	-$100.00
Sep 3, 2018	SF	W	9-8	O	5.1	$68.00

Walker Buehler (7-4) ERA: 2.88

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Sep 14, 2018	STL	W	3-0	U	8	$81.00
Sep 8, 2018	COL	L	2-4	U	6	-$100.00
Sep 2, 2018	ARI	W	3-2	U	6.1	$51.00

Bullpen

Colorado's relievers have pitched 12.2 innings in the last 3 games.
LA Dodgers's relievers have pitched 9.2 innings in the last 3 games.

Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent

Colorado Rockies - Tyler Anderson

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Sep 9, 2018	9-6	LA	2.2	5	4	3	2	2	Loss
Aug 9, 2018	8-5	LA	6	4	1	1	1	6	No Decision
Jun 29, 2018	3-1	COL	8	4	0	0	1	8	Win
Jun 1, 2018	11-8	LA	5	7	5	5	3	4	No Decision
Jun 25, 2017	12-6	LA	2.1	5	4	4	2	1	No Decision

Los Angeles Dodgers - Walker Buehler

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Sep 8, 2018	4-2	COL	6	6	4	4	1	7	Loss
Aug 11, 2018	3-2	COL	7	4	0	0	3	6	No Decision
Jun 2, 2018	12-4	LA	5	8	4	4	2	2	No Decision
May 21, 2018	2-1	COL	7	2	1	1	0	6	No Decision

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	4.67	11	3.80	2
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	4.13	20	3.71	3
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	4.80	6	4.71	20
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	4.31	18	4.26	13

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
Sep 18, 2018	COL	2	LA	3	-190	7	U	Kyle Freeland (L)	Clayton Kershaw (L)	4	6	5	4	9	7
Sp 17, 2018	COL	2	LA	8	-161	7.5	O	Jon Gray (R)	Hyun-Jin Ryu (L)	6	11	2	6	6	8
Sep 9, 2018	LA	9	COL	6	102	10.5	O	Rich Hill (L)	Tyler Anderson (L)	14	8	7	1	8	10
Sp 8, 2018	LA	2	COL	4	118	10	U	Walker Buehler (R)	Kyle Freeland (L)	6	7	3	1	14	8
Sep 7, 2018	LA	4	COL	2	135	9.5	U	Clayton Kershaw (L)	Jon Gray (R)	8	10	9	2	9	11
Aug 12, 2018	LA	3	COL	4	172	12	U	Rich Hill (L)	Chad Bettis (R)	7	5	5	3	6	7
Ag 11, 2018	LA	2	COL	3	126	11	U	Walker Buehler (R)	Kyle Freeland (L)	6	6	3	3	11	8
Aug 10, 2018	LA	4	COL	5	-108	11	U	Kenta Maeda (R)	Jon Gray (R)	10	9	1	3	5	13
Ag 9, 2018	LA	8	COL	5	121	10.5	O	Ross Stripling (R)	Tyler Anderson (L)	13	10	2	4	11	4
Jul 1, 2018	COL	4	LA	6	-233	8.5	O	Chad Bettis (R)	Ross Stripling (R)	9	11	2	3	10	7

MLB Betting Odds & Trends

Colorado Rockies
Col is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Colorado is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado's last 5 games
Colorado is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Colorado is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado's last 5 games on the road
Colorado is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado's last 8 games when playing LA Dodgers
Colorado is 8-4 ATS in its last 12 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers
Colorado is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado's last 6 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers
LA Dodgers is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
The Dodgers is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
LA Dodgers is 4-17 ATS in its last 21 games at home
The Dodgers is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Dodgers's last 9 games at home
LA Dodgers is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Dodgers's last 8 games when playing Colorado
LA Dodgers is 4-8 ATS in its last 12 games when playing at home against Colorado
LA Dodgers is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Dodgers's last 6 games when playing at home against Colorado

Team Vs Division Or Conference

Colorado Rockies

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	82-69	41-33	41-36	49-32	37-35	61-81-9	32-27	50-42
Last 10	4-6	3-2	1-4	3-2	1-4	4-6	1-4	3-2
vs Div	38-34	22-16	16-18	27-16	14-16	28-40-4	17-18	21-16
vs AL	13-7	8-2	5-5	8-4	5-3	6-12-2	6-2	7-5
vs NL	69-62	33-31	36-31	41-28	32-32	55-69-7	26-25	43-37

Los Angeles Dodgers

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	84-68	41-36	43-32	78-63	7-4	70-77-5	35-24	49-44
Last 10	7-3	2-0	5-3	7-3	0-0	5-4-1	3-1	4-2
vs Div	37-29	20-13	17-16	36-27	2-2	28-35-3	20-12	17-17
vs AL	12-8	6-4	6-4	12-7	0-0	8-12	6-2	6-6
vs NL	72-60	35-32	37-28	66-56	7-4	62-65-5	29-22	43-38

Team Last 5 Games

Colorado Rockies

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Sep 18, 2018	LA	2-3	L	178	7	Kyle Freeland	6.2	C Kershaw	A
Sp 17, 2018	LA	2-8	L	151	7.5	Jon Gray	2	H Ryu	A
Sep 16, 2018	SF	3-2	W	-123	7.5	Antonio Senzatela	5	Dereck Rodriguez	A
Sp 15, 2018	SF	0-3	L	-148	6.5	German Marquez	6	M Bumgarner	A
Sep 14, 2018	SF	0-2	L	-113	7.5	Tyler Anderson	6	Chris Stratton	A

Los Angeles Dodgers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Sep 18, 2018	COL	3-2	W	-190	7	C Kershaw	7	Kyle Freeland	H
Sp 17, 2018	COL	8-2	W	-161	7.5	H Ryu	7	Jon Gray	H
Sep 16, 2018	STL	0-5	L	-148	8.5	Ross Stripling	3.1	A Wainwright	A
Sp 15, 2018	STL	17-4	W	-136	8.5	R Hill	5	John Gant	A
Sep 14, 2018	STL	3-0	W	-124	7.5	Walker Buehler	8	Jack Flaherty	A

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