Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Rockies-Dodgers Pointspread Pointers

The division rival Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers are set to renew hostilities on Wednesday when they meet at Dodger Stadium.

Aaron Cook will be the starting pitcher for the Rockies on this day. Righthander Cook is 7-3 this season with a 3.36 ERA.

Starting this game for the Dodgers will be Clayton Kershaw. The lefthander has a 5.58 ERA to go along with a 0-0 record this season.

NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Dodgers listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus the Rockies, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

Jeff Francis tossed seven shutout innings to earn the win, as the Rockies blanked the Dodgers 3-0 on Tuesday night.

Colorado won as +115 road underdogs as the game played under the 8-run total listed by oddsmakers.

Chris Iannetta hit a pinch-hit homer for the Rockies, while Taylor Buchholz and Brian Fuentes combined with Francis to throw the shutout for Colorado.

Brad Penny allowed two runs over six innings to take the defeat for Los Angeles, which got two hits apiece from Delwyn Young and Juan Pierre in the loss.

Team records:
Colorado: 21-38 SU
Los Angeles: 28-30 SU

Colorado most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 7-3
Before playing Milwaukee are 3-7
After playing LA Dodgers are 4-6
After a win are 4-6

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 4-6
Before playing Chi Cubs are 6-4
After playing Colorado are 6-4
After a loss are 5-5

A few trends to consider:
Colorado is 2-6 SU in their last 8 games when playing LA Dodgers
Colorado is 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers
Colorado is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games
Colorado is 1-13 SU in its last 14 games on the road
LA Dodgers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado
LA Dodgers are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games when playing Colorado
LA Dodgers are 2-7 SU in their last 9 games

Next up:
Colorado home to Milwaukee, Friday, June 6
LA Dodgers home to Chi Cubs, Thursday, June 5

 

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