The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks meet Monday in MLB action from Chase Field. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Arizona Diamondbacks vs LA Dodgers prediction.
Starting Pitching Matchup
The Los Angeles Dodgers will start James Paxton in this one and Paxton is 2-0 with a 2.61 ERA and 11 strikeouts this season. This will be Paxton’s first career start against the Diamondbacks. Tommy Henry will start for the Diamondbacks here and is 1-1 with a 5.55 ERA and 24 strikeouts this season. This will be Henry’s first career start against the Dodgers.
Los Angeles Dodgers Recap
The Los Angeles Dodgers come into this one off of back-to-back series wins despite a 3-1 loss to Toronto in Sunday’s series finale, following up their series sweep of the Nationals the series prior. Toronto jumped out on the Dodgers early and while the Dodgers’ bullpen kept it close, Freddie Freeman’s RBI in the 6th was as close as the Dodgers would get the rest of the way in the loss.
Dodgers’ Offense Clicking Despite Loss
Mookie Betts leads the Dodgers with 46 hits including 10 doubles, 6 home runs and a team-high 23 RBIs along with a .387 batting average and .482 OBP while Shohei Ohtani has 41 hits with 7 home runs, 18 RBIs and a team-high 14 doubles. Teoscar Hernandez also has 6 home runs with 20 RBIs and a team-high 43 strikeouts. Betts also has a team-high 8 stolen bases while Ohtani has 5 stolen bases.
Los Angeles Dodgers Team Facts
- The Dodgers have lost each of their last four games as favorites against the Diamondbacks following a loss.
- The Dodgers have failed to cover the run line each of their last five games against NL West opponents that held a losing record.
- The Dodgers have led after 5 innings in each of their last six games against NL West opponents.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Dodgers’ last three games at Chase Field.
Arizona Diamondbacks Recap
The Arizona Diamondbacks come into this series looking for some momentum after avoiding the sweep at the hands of the Mariners, salvaging a win with a 3-2 win in Sunday’s finale. It’s back-to-back series losses for Arizona though after a series loss to St. Louis the series before and a series split with San Francisco before that. Arizona was in it nip and tuck early before scoring in the 7th and 8th innings to tie the game and pull ahead with RBI doubles from Eugenio Suarez and Ketel Marte.
Diamondbacks Need Offense To Heat Up
Ketel Marte leads the Diamondbacks with 35 hits in addition to a .307 batting average and 9 doubles with 5 home runs and 15 RBIs while Lourdes Gurriel Jr. also has 5 home runs and 22 RBIs as well this season. Corbin Carroll has a team-high 8 stolen bases while Eugenio Suarez has a team-high 33 strikeouts this season. Christian Walker also has 5 home runs with 18 RBIs as well this season.
Arizona Diamondbacks Team Facts
- The Diamondbacks have won eight of their last nine games as home underdogs against National League opponents.
- The Diamondbacks have covered the run line in eight of their last nine games as home underdogs against National League opponents.
- The Diamondbacks have won the first inning in each of their last four home games against NL West opponents.
- The Diamondbacks have led after 5 innings in each of their last five games against NL West opponents that held a winning record.
- The Diamondbacks have led after 3 innings in each of their last five games as underdogs against National League opponents.
Arizona Diamondbacks vs LA Dodgers prediction
I’m going to take a shot on the Diamondbacks here. I’m not the biggest Tommy Henry fan, but I’m not a big James Paxton guy either and the Diamondbacks have had a history of doing damage against left-handed pitching throughout this season. The Dodgers are also in an unenviable travel spot having to travel from Toronto to Arizona on no rest for this one while the Diamondbacks got to stay at home. Give me Arizona here.