ARIZONA vs. LA DODGERS 8/31/2018 MLB Odds, Pick & Preview

The ARIZONA and the LA DODGERS will both be gunning for a victory on 8/31/2018 at 10:10 PM when they meet in a game matchup.

GAME: Arizona Diamondbacks (74-60) at Los Angeles Dodgers (72-62)
DATE/TIME: Friday, August 31 – 10:10 PM EST
WHERE: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California

TV: 10:10 PM
LINE: -120
PREDICTION: LA DODGERS , ARIZONA

Oddsmakers currently have the LA DODGERS listed as -120 point favorites versus the ARIZONA, while the game’s total is sitting at 8.

Zack Greinke looks to defeat his former team for the third straight time this season when the Arizona Diamondbacks visit the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday for the second contest of their four-game series. Greinke registered 17 strikeouts over 12 1/3 innings in the two wins and will attempt to help Arizona beat Los Angeles for the 10th time in 14 meetings this season.

David Peralta hammered a three-run homer as the Diamondbacks recorded a 3-1 victory in the series opener, halting the Dodgers’ five-game winning streak. “We always come with a purpose, we always come to win,” Peralta said during a postgame television interview. “We always come to compete and give 100 percent every day. We got the ‘W.’ Now we got to turn the page.” Arizona holds a 1 1/2-game lead over second-place Colorado in the National League West and is two ahead of Los Angeles, which also trails Milwaukee by 2 1/2 games for the NL’s second wild-card spot. The Dodgers scored 34 runs during their winning streak, but Manny Machado’s solo homer was all the offense they could manage on Thursday.

TV: 10:10 p.m. ET, FS Arizona, SportsNet LA, KTLA (Los Angeles)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Diamondbacks RH Zack Greinke (13-8, 2.93 ERA) vs. Dodgers LH Hyun-Jin Ryu (4-1, 2.18)

Greinke went 0-3 over a four-start span before defeating Seattle in his last turn, when he gave up an unearned run and five hits in 6 2/3 innings. The 34-year-old is a superb 30-7 with a 2.34 ERA and 0.96 WHIP in 51 career outings at Dodger Stadium, which was his home from 2013-15. Greinke is 6-4 with a 3.84 ERA in 13 career turns against the Dodgers.

Ryu defeated San Diego in his last turn, when he gave up two runs – one earned – and 11 hits in 5 2/3 innings. The 31-year-old South Korean has struck out 18 and walked just two over 15 2/3 frames in three starts since returning from a groin injury. Ryu, who is 3-3 with a 3.90 ERA in 12 career starts versus Arizona, suffered the injury on May 2 in the second inning of an outing against the Diamondbacks.

WALK-OFFS

1. Peralta’s homer was his first at Dodger Stadium, where he is 23-for-102 in 33 games.

2. Los Angeles batters struck out 15 times in the series opener, with SS-CF Chris Taylor leading the way with four.

3. Arizona CF A.J. Pollock was hitless in five at-bats on Thursday and is just 3-for-33 over his last nine contests.

PREDICTION: Dodgers 3, Diamondbacks 2

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