Wednesday, May 23, 2012

LA Dodgers at Arizona Diamondbacks Suggestion: LA Dodgers (+111)

I'm going right back to the well tonight, as the Dodgers are again the hotter team (they've won six in a row), against an overrated home team (the D-Backs are now 7-14 at Chase Field) with an obvious starting pitching mismatch. The Dodgers would be heavily favored tonight if this game were played in Los Angeles, where they are 19-4. But they are still a respectable 11-9 on the road, while the D-Backs have yet to match the huge strides they made back in 2011. Ted Lilly's last game against Arizona is similar to his last start, both times allowing 0 runs over 7 innings pitched. Joe Saunders lost four of his last six starts against LA, giving up five runs and nine hits over 6.0 innings in his last trip to the mound against them. With the Dodgers batting a respectable .259 against lefties (vs. .239 for the D-Backs), I'm taking them yet again tonight. Invest in the LA Dodgers (+111)