Fixture: Los Angeles Dodgers @ St. Louis
Time/Date: 8:15 PM ET, August 8, 2013
Pick: Los Angeles Dodgers
Odds: -103 (1.97 in decimal odds) @ Pinnacle
This will be the final game of 4 game series played in St. Louis. LA Dodgers won 3-2 on Monday and 13-4 last night. St. Louis won 5-1 on Tuesday night. Season series is tied at 3 games apiece.
LA Dodgers are leading National League West with 63-50 record. LA Dodgers are the best road team in MLB with 32 victories in 57 away games and they are 16-1 in last 17 road games. They are 16-3 since All Star break, outscoring their opponents 92-51. St. Louis is second in National League Central with 66-47 record.
St. Louis is 1-4 in their last 5 games vs. a left-handed starter, 1-5 in their last 6 home games vs. a team with a winning record, 1-5 in their last 6 home games vs. a team with a winning road record and 0-6 in their last 6 games as a favorite.
Carlos Martinez will be starting for St. Louis tonight. He was recalled from Triple-A Memphis because today's scheduled starter Jake Westbrook had to pitch yesterday in relief, after Shelby Miller was injured. Martinez is 0-0, 5.56 ERA in 10 relief appearances for St. Louis this season.
LA Dodgers are sending out Hyun-Jin Ryu, who is 10-3, 3.15 ERA after 21 starts in 2013. He is 3-0, 3.57 ERA in last 3 starts. In those 3 games he has allowed 7 earned runs in 17.2 innings of work combined. Ryu had 11.69 run support average during that stretch. He is 5-2, 4.52 ERA in 11 away starts. LA Dodgers are 4-0 in Ryu's last 4 road starts, 4-0 in Ryu's last 4 starts as an underdog, 7-0 in Ryu's last 7 starts and 4-1 in Ryu's last 5 starts as a road underdog.
LA Dodgers are 14-3 in their last 17 games as a road underdog and I expect them to win tonight.
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