Rockies vs. Dodgers Pick
Are the Los Angeles Dodgers going to snap their nine-game losing streak Sunday afternoon versus the visiting Colorado Rockies? First pitch is at 4:05PM EST.
According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Dodgers are a -205 favorite to win on the moneyline. The Rockies are a +175 underdog and the over-under is set at 8.5.
Pitching for Colorado will be Tyler Chatwood (6-12, 4.88 ERA), while Los Angeles counters with Rich Hill (9-7, 3.67). Chatwood has a 1.48 WHIP with 103 strikeouts over 125 1/3 innings. He allowed no runs on four hits with three strikeouts and three walks over three innings in his last outing, a 9-6 home win over the Giants. He has a 3.66 ERA in 14 road appearances (11 starts). Hill has a 1.14 WHIP with 135 strikeouts in 112 2/3 innings. He gave up two earned runs on two hits with nine strikeouts and one walk in a 13-0 home loss to the Diamondbacks his last start. Hill has a 3.15 ERA in 11 home starts.
The Rockies enter with a 77-65 record and are 36-34 on the road, while the Dodgers are 92-50 and 52-22 at home. The two teams have split the last 10 meetings 5-5 and the total has gone over six times including the last four games.
On Saturday, Colorado struck for a four-run third inning and then held on for a 6-5 win and its third straight in this series. Trevor Story was 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs to lead the way. Gerardo Parra went 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI. Charlie Blackmon was 2-for-5 with a double, a run and an RBI. Nolan Arenado finished 3-for-5 with a run and an RBI. Chad Bettis allowed four runs (three earned) in five innings to notch the win. Logan Forsythe was 2-for-4 with a home run to pace the Dodgers. Andre Ethier also hit a home run. Yasiel Puig went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Alex Wood gave up five earned runs in five innings to take the loss.
Los Angeles now has its longest losing streak since 1992, unfathomable considering this team appeared darn near unstoppable for four months. We picked the Dodgers to snap the streak yesterday and were wrong, but a team this talented can only be down for so long. Time for LA to get back on the winning track in a game where it has a sizeable starting pitching advantage.
MLB DAILY PREDICTION: LOS ANGELES DODGERS -205