Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona Diamondbacks - 9/12/22 MLB Picks and Prediction
The Los Angeles Dodgers will play the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 1 of their series at Chase Field on Monday night.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are 96-43 this season and have won four of their last five games. Los Angeles is coming off of a series win against San Diego, where they won two out of the three games played in the series. The Los Angeles pitching staff has a 2.88 ERA, a 1.06 WHIP, and a .210 opponent batting average this season. The Dodgers offense has scored 756 runs with a .261 batting average and a .337 on base percentage. Mookie Betts is batting .278 with 33 home runs and 74 RBI’s for the Dodgers this season. The projected starter for Los Angeles is Tyler Anderson, who is 14-3 with a 2.73 ERA and a 1.03 WHIP over 154.2 innings pitched this season.
The Arizona Diamondbacks are 66-73 this season and have lost four of their last five games. Arizona is coming off of a series loss against Colorado, where they lost two out of the three games played. The Arizona pitching staff has a 4.28 ERA, a 1.29 WHIP, and a .248 opponent batting average. The Diamondbacks offense has scored 626 runs with a .233 batting average and a .311 on base percentage this year. Christian Walker is batting .239 with 32 home runs and 79 RBI’s for the Diamondbacks this season. The projected starter for Arizona is Ryne Nelson, who is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA and a 0.57 WHIP over 7 innings pitched this season.
Los Angeles is 45-17 in their last 62 game one’s of a series and 20-8 in their last 28 road games. The over is 4-1 in Los Angeles’ last 5 game one’s of a series. Arizona is 5-1 in their last 6 game one’s of a series and 6-2 in their last 8 Monday games. The under is 8-3-1 in Arizona’s last 12 Monday games. The under is 7-1 in these two teams last 8 head to head meetings in Arizona.
The Dodgers come into this series with the best record in baseball and they are 30 games better than Arizona. Los Angeles will also get to hit against Ryne Nelson, who has only made one appearance this season. The Dodgers are starting Tyler Anderson, who has allowed seven earned runs over his last 26.1 innings pitched. I am taking the Dodgers to win this game by two runs, as I do not trust Ryne Nelson to quiet the Dodger bats.
AUTHOR: David Racey
