MLB Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks vs Los Angeles Dodgers
Written By David Hess (Follow me on Twitter @DavidHess311)
When: 10:10 PM ET, Thursday April 14, 2016
Where: Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles, California
Lines: Los Angeles -137/ Arizona +127
Total: 7.5 (u20)
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A Look At The Arizona Diamondbacks
The Arizona Diamondbacks are off to a slow 3-5 start to the year, but they do come in off a 4-2 road loss over these Dodgers on Tuesday night. The offense has really been average for this team so far as they come in ranked 14th in hitting at .260, 13th in scoring at 4.62 rpg and 6th in homers with 10. They have scored just 8 total runs in their last 3 games, after scoring 34 runs in their first four games. Jean Segura has had a great start for his new team as he comes in hitting .387 with three homers and five RBIs, while Paul Goldschmidt has three homers as well so far with nine RBIs and his is hitting a decent .267 as well.
The biggest reason for the slow start has been a pitching staff that comes in ranked 28th in the league in ERA at 6.00 and 28th in WHIP at 1.56. So far their starters have a combined 7.06 ERA, while the pen has a 4.04 ERA so far, so it has been the whole staff that has struggled.
Toeing the rubber for the Diamondbacks will be Robbie Ray, who had a no-decision in his 1st start of the year, which was a 3-2 Arizona win over Chicago. Last year he was 5-12 with a 3.52 ERA in 23 starts for Arizona, including 4-6 with a 2.49 ERA in 12 roads. Ray is 2-2 with a 2.28 ERA in four career starts vs the Dodgers, including 1-1 with a 1.42 ERA in two starts here at Dodgers Stadium.
A Look At The Los Angeles Dodgers
The Dodgers came into this series off a bad four game set with the Giants in which they lost three of the four game, while being outscored 26-17 in the process. and lost three of them. That series followed a three game series vs the Padres in which they outscored them 25-0 in the three games. The staff that allowed zero runs to the Padres, allowed 26 runs in their 4 games vs the Giants. The Dodgers still have some solid numbers overall as they come in ranked 13th in the league in ERA at 3.80 and 2nd in WHIP at 1.04. So do the Dodgers really miss Greinke?
I would say not especially with rookies Ross Stripling and Kenta Maeda in the mix this year, plus of course Clayton Kershaw and new addition Scott Kazmir. Getting the start for the Dodgers will be Ross Stripling, who had a great 1st start of his career last time out as he threw 7.1 innings of no-hit ball before getting pulled and they eventually the Dodgers lost the game. Last year at AA Tulsa he was 3-6 with a 3.88 ERA in 13 starts.Offensively they have been very solid top start the year as they rank 5th in scoring at 6.0 rpg and 5th in hitting at 2.88 ERA.
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[962] Los Angeles -137 over Arizona
The Dodgers are not playing great baseball after a hot start and they took a loss in game one, but still they are 15-4 their last 19 home games in this series. The Dodgers offense has struggled some of late, but they should get back on track here even though Robbie Ray has had good success on the road and vs the Dodgers in his brief career. I say the Dodgers take this one.
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