Diamondbacks vs Dodgers MLB Handicapping

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers will meet on the field at Dodger Stadium on Saturday in a battle of division rivals. Lefthander Joe Saunders will take the mound for the Diamondbacks to start this game. Saunders is 9-16 this season with a 4.54 ERA. Starting this game for the Dodgers will be ace Chad Billingsley. The righthander has a 3.61 ERA to go along with a 11-11 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Dodgers listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the Diamondbacks, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Adam LaRoche cracked a two-run homer and drove in three runs to lift the Diamondbacks to a 7-5 win over the Dodgers on Friday. The Diamondbacks won that game as +123 underdogs, and the 12 runs sailed OVER the posted over/under (8.5) set by sportsbooks. Zach Kroenke pitched five innings and picked up the win, while Juan Gutierrez closed out the ninth for his 15th save. John Ely gave up seven hits and seven runs over 4 2-3 innings in the loss. Team records: Arizona: 65-95 SU Los Angeles: 78-82 SU Arizona most recently: When playing on Saturday are 5-5 Before playing LA Dodgers are 4-6 After playing LA Dodgers are 3-7 After a win are 4-6 Los Angeles most recently: When playing on Saturday are 6-4 Before playing Arizona are 8-2 After playing Arizona are 6-4 After a loss are 5-5 A few trends to consider: Arizona is 4-10 SU in their last 14 games when playing LA Dodgers Arizona is 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers Arizona is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games on the road LA Dodgers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona LA Dodgers are 10-4 SU in their last 14 games when playing Arizona LA Dodgers are 2-7 SU in their last 9 games at home Next up: LA Dodgers home to Arizona, Sunday, October 3 Grandmaster sports handicapper Joe Duffy former General Manager of the Freescoreboard scorephone network and CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com the premier hub of world-class handicappers.