Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies Betting Preview/Prop Picks

This NL West matchup is guaranteed to be entertaining. The Los Angeles Dodgers lead the division with an impressive 45-28 record. However, they’ve lost two straight games, both of which were to the Colorado Rockies.

Yesterday’s game ended in a 7-4 loss, so the Dodgers will try to bounce back today. What’s strange is in both games, they had a pitching advantage.

The Colorado Rockies have definitely come to play in this series. After losing a three-game series to the Twins, they’ve bounced back and won two in a row.

Beating the LA Dodgers three times won’t be an easy feat. The good news is they won’t be going against Clayton Kershaw again. Tonight, things are looking like they’ll be a bit easier for the Rockies to pull off a win.

Los Angeles Dodgers: How they can bounce back tonight

The Los Angeles Dodgers are definitely in a funk right now. They’ve lost three of their last four games after winning four in a row. In order to bounce back, they’ll need to be better at the mound and at the plate.

Yesterday’s game was very uncharacteristic for Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw gave up six runs in the first four innings of the game, putting his team well behind.

Tonight, Julio Urias will get the start for the Dodgers; Urias is 5-6 as a starter this season. His ERA of 2.48 is much more impressive than his record. What we’d like to see is the Dodgers get off to a fast start tonight.

If they can get an early lead by at least a few runs, they should win this game. It’s just unfortunate that a few of their heavy-hitters, including Mookie Betts, are injured.

Colorado Rockies: The Rockies look to get their third straight win

As the Rockies prepare to take on one of the best teams in baseball, we have a few questions. One is how well will the Rockies batters hold up against Julio Urias? As a team, the Rockies have a batting average of .261, ranking second in MLB.

Over the last two games, the Rockies have averaged 5.5 runs per game against LA. So, will that be enough against Urias tonight?

Our other question surrounds who the Rockies will have on the mound tonight. The 4-5 German Marquez is going to get the nod to take the mound today. Marquez has an ERA of 5.58 over the course of 80.2 innings.

Although they have similar records, Urias is a much more sound pitcher than Marquez. Because of this, our opinion on who will win this game has been changed.

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Colorado Rockies Betting Pick

Pitching is usually the factor of the game that makes the most difference. In this game, the Dodgers have another advantage on the mound with Urias.

To be fair, they’ve lost games when they’ve had the better pitcher, but we don’t think this is one of those times. They come in as -218 favorites due to who they have on the mound, so we’ll take the Dodgers.

Along with that, we’ll add the over to this game as well. With Marquez on the mound, the Dodgers should be able to get an early lead and pile on the runs. Look for Los Angeles to win the game with the total going over tonight.

DunkelIndex Free Pick: LA Dodgers -218, OVER

Prop Picks

LA Dodgers (-110) OVER 6.5 Runs

Colorado is allowing 5.42 runs per 9 innings on defense, which ranks No. 28 in the league, with an opposing team BA of .274, which ranks No. 30. Scores have gone OVER in four of Rockies’ last six Wednesday games.

With Dunkel predicting a Los Angeles victory by the score of 7-6, take the Dodgers (-110) to finish OVER their Vegas team total of 6.5 runs against Colorado.

Julio Urias (-125) OVER 5.5 Hits Allowed

Colorado is averaging 9.00 hits per 9 innings on offense, which ranks No. 2 in the league. That average increases 9.73 hits per 9 innings at home, which ranks No. 1.

With Dunkel predicting the final score going OVER the Vegas run total, take Urias (-125) to finish OVER 5.5 hits allowed against the Rockies.

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