{"id":2750,"date":"2018-05-01T14:10:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T14:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/?p=2750"},"modified":"2024-07-17T13:09:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:09:31","slug":"nl-west-battle-los-angeles-dodgers-vs-arizona-diamondbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/nl-west-battle-los-angeles-dodgers-vs-arizona-diamondbacks\/","title":{"rendered":"NL West Battle: Los Angeles Dodgers vs Arizona Diamondbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The month of May in the <strong>NL West<\/strong> begins with a clash between the reigning division champs and the team currently in first place. The Los Angeles Dodgers hope to get it going in the desert as they visit the Arizona Diamondbacks.\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">The Los Angeles Dodgers are big favorites, at -200 on Tuesday.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc15.com\/sports\/sports-blogs-local\/aj-pollock-hits-3-home-runs-diamondbacks-beat-dodgers-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The\u00a0<strong>Diamondbacks<\/strong> took the first game of the four-game series on Monday night, giving them the best record in the National League at 20-8.<\/a> While <strong>Arizona<\/strong> hasn\u2019t swept a team since taking three in a row from the Dodgers the first week of April, the D-Backs have won every single series they\u2019ve played this season.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Monday\u2019s loss for the <strong>Dodgers<\/strong> was their third in a row and their sixth in their last seven games. A week ago, it looked as though the Dodgers were finally climbing out of their hole. But after another losing stretch, Los Angeles is four games under .500 and eight games behind the <strong>Diamondbacks<\/strong> in the standings.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"captain-lopsided\"><strong>Captain Lopsided<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The reason for the lopsided line on Tuesday\u2019s game is Dodgers ace Clayton<strong> Kershaw<\/strong>. In six starts this season, the lefty is just 1-4, but he has a 2.84 ERA, so he\u2019s not been the problem for the Dodgers early in the season. However, he\u2019s not quite been himself lately. In his past two starts, Kershaw has allowed seven runs over 12 innings. For most pitchers, that would be acceptable, but for Kershaw, that equates to a slump.<\/p>\n<p>The silver lining is that he\u2019s been dominant against most of Arizona\u2019s hitters. The current <strong>Diamondbacks<\/strong> roster is hitting a combined .184 against him. David Peralta\u2019s 3 for 11 is the best any Arizona hitter has fared against Kershaw in his career. That being said, the Diamondbacks are capable of going off on any given day, and that includes Kershaw.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cooking-what\"><strong>Cooking What?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Opposing Kershaw will be <strong>Matt Koch<\/strong> (pronounced like cook). Despite coming up as a rather unheralded prospect, Koch has been productive for the <strong>Diamondbacks<\/strong> in short stints the last few years. However, with Tijuan Walker out long-term and Robbie Ray also on the DL, Arizona will need him to fill a spot in the starting rotation for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that <strong>Koch<\/strong> has pitched well in his first two starts of the season. Against both the Padres and Phillies, he gave the <strong>Diamondbacks<\/strong> six strong innings, giving up a total of just three runs on eight hits over those two starts. On Tuesday, he\u2019ll be facing a Los Angeles lineup that just lost Corey Seager, and is still playing without both Logan Forsythe, Yasiel Puig, and Justin Turner. Outside of Yasmani Grandal and Matt Kemp, no one on the Dodgers has had a particularly good season thus far.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"dont-doubt-the-ace\"><strong>Don\u2019t Doubt the Ace<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>Diamondbacks<\/strong> are no doubt the better team, but it\u2019s tough to pick Koch over Kershaw. The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/clayton-kershaw-loses-to-diamondbacks\/c-270697642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <strong>Los<\/strong> <strong>Angeles<\/strong> lefty has faced the Diamondbacks twice this season, striking out 18 over 13 innings and allowing just three runs on six hits between the two starts.<\/a> It\u2019s almost unfathomable that he would go to 1-5 on the season, so he\u2019ll power the <strong>Dodgers<\/strong> to a much-needed win Tuesday night.\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">Bet the Los Angeles Dodgers -200 over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">Bet on Major League Baseball at BETUS<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks get together on Tuesday in a National League West battle.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3035],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - 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