Colorado Rockies (25-48) vs LA Dodgers (46-29)
Game Info: Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 3:10 pm (Coors Field)
The Line: Betting Odds: Colorado Rockies +207 / LA Dodgers -250 — Over/Under:
The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Colorado Rockies meet Thursday in MLB action from Coors Field. Here’s a Los Angeles Dodgers vs Colorado Rockies prediction. This will be the final installment in a four-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the game. We will examine:
• The Los Angeles Dodgers recent form and player performance
• The Colorado Rockies recent form and player performance
• Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Colorado Rockies
• Recent betting trends in games played between the Dodgers and Rockies
• A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Dodgers vs Rockies game
Los Angeles Dodgers Betting Preview
Over the weekend the Dodgers played the Kansas City Royals. Los Angeles managed wins in two of those games: 4-3 Friday and 3-0 Sunday to take the series. After wins 9-5 and 11-9 against the Rockies in this series, on Wednesday the Dodgers took a close loss 7-6. Starter Bobby Miller finished with 6.1 innings, five earned, six hits and three walks.
In the starter role for the Thursday finale the Dodgers will send out Gavin Stone. This year Stone is 7-2 with a 3.01 ERA and 56 Ks in 74.2 innings over 13 starts. Stone is 8-3 with a 4.77 ERA in 21 games (17 starts).
Colorado Rockies Betting Preview
Over on the Rockies’ side, they took on the Pittsburgh Pirates in their weekend series. Things didn’t go very well in that one outside of a 16-4 Saturday win as Colorado dropped the set. On Wednesday the Rockies came back from a 6-4 deficit to take the win. Ryan Feltner went 5.0 innings in the start with seven hits, two walks and six earned.
It’ll be Ty Blach in the starting pitcher role for the Rockies on Thursday. This year Blach is 3-4 with a 4.65 ERA over 11 games (eight starts). In his career, Blach is 23-29 with a 5.12 ERA in 147 games (66 starts). The Rockies will play against the Nationals following this series.
Dodgers vs Rockies Pick Injury Notes
Rockies 2B Brendan Rodgers (hamstring) will serve a rehab assignment with Triple-A Albuquerque before his activation from the 10-day Injured List.
Total Runs Facts
- Eight of the Dodgers’ last nine road games after playing the previous day have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Each of the last four games between the Dodgers and Rockies at Coors Field have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Dodgers’ last four games at Coors Field.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Rockies’ last four games against NL West opponents.
Colorado Rockies Player Prop Facts
- Ryan McMahon has scored at least one run in each of his last four appearances against opponents that held a winning record.
- Brendan Rodgers has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 20 appearances at Coors Field against NL West opponents that held a winning record.
- Brendan Rodgers has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last five appearances against NL opponents at Coors Field.
- Brendan Rodgers has recorded a Double in each of his last three home appearances against NL opponents.
- Charlie Blackmon has recorded at least one Single in each of his last eight Thursday day appearances against NL teams that held a winning record.
- Brendan Rodgers has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 20 appearances at Coors Field against NL West opponents that held a winning record.
- Elias Diaz has hit a home run in three of his last 10 appearances with the Rockies as home underdogs against NL opponents.
Los Angeles Dodgers Player Prop Facts
- Freddie Freeman has hit a home run in each of the Dodgers’ last two day games.
- Miguel Vargas has recorded a Double in each of his last three appearances with the Dodgers as road favorites against NL opponents.
- Shohei Ohtani has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last six appearances against the Rockies at Coors Field.
- Miguel Vargas has recorded two or more total bases in each of his last five road appearances against NL opponents that held a losing record.
- Miguel Vargas has scored at least one run in each of his last six road appearances against NL opponents.
- Shohei Ohtani has recorded a Single in each of the Dodgers’ last seven road games against NL opponents that held a losing record.
- Mookie Betts has recorded two or more hits in each of his last four road appearances against NL West opponents that held a losing record.
- Shohei Ohtani ranks T3rd in the league in Home Runs (20) this season.
Matchup/League Facts
- The Colorado Rockies rank 30th in the league for opponent batting average this season (.287).
- The Colorado Rockies rank 30th in the league for hits allowed this season (738).
- The Los Angeles Dodgers rank 1st in the league for RBI’s this season (370).
- The Los Angeles Dodgers rank 1st in the league for on-base percentage this season (.338).
Los Angeles Dodgers vs Colorado Rockies Prediction
I’ll stay with the Dodgers. The line’s too thick to mess with, though. Stone has given up five earned over 17.2 total innings in his last three starts, going 2-0 in that time. In his last start, Stone managed three earned in 7.0 frames during a no-decision versus KC. As for Blach, he’s given up 10 earned runs in his last 15.2 innings over three starts for a 1-2 record.
On Wednesday Los Angeles had a pretty good night on offense. The Dodgers got three RBI from Shohei Ohtani but it wasn’t enough to overcome Miller’s rough start. That said, LA should be in good shape Thursday.