Dodgers Looking For Ninth Straight, As They Tighten Grip on NL West
Major League Baseball’s Saturday calendar features National League West action highlights when the Los Angeles Dodgers host the Colorado Rockies. The current line has Los Angeles favored at -250, Colorado at +210 and the over/under run total on 7.
Entering this game, Colorado on the season is 47-29 overall and 25-14 on the road. The Rockies are 6-4 in their last 10 games played. Los Angeles on the season is 49-26 overall and 30-10 at home. The Dodgers are 9-1 in their last 10 games played.
Los Angeles is winners of 8 straight and 14 of its past 15. However, the team was worried when Corey Seager was taken out of the game on Friday with a hamstring cramp. The second year star will likely miss Saturday’s game for the Dodgers.
Seager is day to day on the Dodgers injured listed but was 2-for-2 prior to leaving the game as Los Angeles won 6-1 to give the team a record of 22-6 dating back to May 25, which is tops in the majors. The loss was Colorado’s third straight.
While Los Angeles is surging, Colorado was outscored by 18 runs in two straight losses to the Arizona Diamondbacks, prior to beginning a 9-game road trip with a loss to the Dodgers on Friday.
The offensive attack for the Rockies was stifled by Dodgers pitching. Slugger Carlos Gonzalez did not play for the Rockies due to soreness in his right shoulder but is expected to play on Saturday.
Colorado will send Tyler Chatwood to the mound on Saturday. The Rockies right-hander is 6-7 with an ERA of 4.08. Los Angeles will counter with Clayton Kershaw. The Dodgers southpaw is 10-2 with an ERA of 2.61.
Chatwood is pitching better on the road going 4-3 with an ERA of 2.41 in 8 starts away from Coors Field.
Kershaw won on Monday against the Mets despite giving up 6 runs including four home runs, which is a career high for the left-hander. Kershaw has fanned 115 batters and walked just 17.
Colorado third baseman Nolan Arenado has 15 home runs against Los Angeles in his career.
Colorado is 1-4 in its last 5 games after a loss.
Los Angeles is 21-5 in its last 26 games after a win.
Prediction: The Dodgers will ride the shirttails of Mr. Kershaw to victory, plain and simple, the best there is in baseball will dominant again.
