San Diego Padres at L.A. Dodgers Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Padres +100 / Dodgers -120 O/U 8 runs
Time: 10:10 PM EST Wednesday May 19, 2010
Tonight in a NL West match up the red-hot L.A. Dodgers host the San Diego Padres. The Padres are in 1st place in the division, but they only lead the Dodgers by a single game, as L.A. has won 9 straight and is the hottest team in the Majors. The Padres are coming off a loss and are 5-5 in their last 10 games.
This season the Dodgers are 12-6 at home and the Padres are 11-7 on the road.
In their last games the Padres lost to the San Francisco Giants 7-6 yesterday and the Dodgers beat the Houston Astros 7-3 also yesterday.
The Dodgers can pull into a tie for 1st place in the NL West with a win tonight.
On the mound tonight for the Dodgers is Ramon Ortiz (1-1 5.40 ERA), who in his last start gave up 3 earned runs in 4 innings of work in a no decision. Taking the hill for the Padres is Jon Garland (4-2 1.88 ERA), who in his last outing gave up 2 earned runs in 6 innings in a no decision.
Garland has only given up 4 earned runs in his last 6 starts and is 3-1 with a 1.67 ERA in his career at Dodger Stadium.
Garland will really have to worry about Dodgers' slugger Manny Ramirez, who is 15/30 with 3 HR's and 10 walks against him.
Tonight's game is only Ortiz's 2nd start this season and 2nd start in almost 3 years.
San Diego is 5-1 in Garland's last 6 starts.
The Dodgers are on fire, but they will be without their services of their best player so far this season, as Andre Ethier (.392 11 HR 38 RBI), who recently went on the DL with a broken finger. Either leads the NL in HR's, RBI's, and batting average.
The Padres have been winning with their pitching, as their staff has given up the fewest runs in the NL. They will need solid pitching, as their offense has scored the third fewest runs in the NL.
The Dodgers have a solid offense, but their pitching killed them earlier in the season. However, in their 9-game winning streak they have given up an average of less than 2 runs per game and in the streak have not given up more than 3 runs.
Betting Trends
San Diego is 7-1 in their last 8 road games, 4-1 in their last 5 games as a road underdog, and has an Under record of 4-0-1 in their last 5 road games against a right-handed starter.
L.A. is 11-1 in their last 12 games against a right-handed starter and has an Over record of 7-2 in their last 9 home games.
In the last 6 games between these 2 teams the total has gone Under every time.
Our Selection : Yes the Dodgers are the hottest team in baseball and yes J. Garland and R. Ortiz were the starters in last Friday's Dodger win. However, Ortiz was making his first start in 3 years and his performance wasn't what anyone would call dominating. Garland on the other hand once again was strong allowing 2 runs over 6 innings in registering his 5th straight quality start. Note that the Dodgers top hitter OF A. Either who was 2 for 2 with 1 RBI vs. Garland in Friday's game will miss tonight's game with a broken finger injury. Take the Padres +105 at Sportsbook.com.
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