PREMIUM
Take #937 Dodgers over D-Backs
(MLB) LA Dodgers vs. Arizona,
Money Line: -138.00 LA Dodgers (Away)
Result: Loss
Money Line: -138.00 LA Dodgers (Away)
Result: Loss
Unstoppable in the postseason so far, the Arizona Diamondbacks take their playoff act home Wednesday for the first time after four consecutive October victories. The Diamondbacks carry a commanding 2-0 lead into Game 3 of the best-of-five National League Division Series while putting the Los Angeles Dodgers on the brink of elimination. Arizona needs to win just one of the next three games to advance to their first National League Championship Series since 2007. The Dodgers need to win three consecutive games to avoid the embarrassment of a second NLDS defeat in two seasons. Just about everything has gone right for the Diamondbacks, who have scored nine first-inning runs in two games and have limited Dodgers starters Clayton Kershaw and Bobby Miller to a combined two innings. Pfaadt was 0-2 with a 9.35 ERA in two starts against the Dodgers this season and is expected to be limited to two turns through the order. Lynn is 6-1 lifetime against the Diamondbacks with a 2.96 ERA in 14 appearances (12 starts). Injuries plagued the Dodgers' starting staff all season, including a six-week stint on the injured list for Kershaw, who still appears to be feeling the effects of a midseason shoulder injury. The Dodgers also moved on from Julio Urias after his arrest on suspicion of domestic battery. As bad as their pitching situation is, Los Angeles hasn't helped itself on offense. MVP candidates Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman are a combined 1-for-13 at the top of the order, leaving the lineup in search of a leader. We have to go with the Dodgers here. They have been eliminated early before, but a sweep would just be humiliating, and we think they show up here with everything they have tonight.