Despite winning 9 of their last 11, the Los Angeles Dodgers are 2 games back of the San Francisco Giants for the lead in the NL West so they need to keep winning and they will. The Dodgers fell to the Rockies, 10-5, yesterday but should bounce back today with Max Scherzer toeing the rubber. Scherzer has been lights out all year. He is 15-4 with a 2.08 ERA, a 0.81 WHIP, and since joining LA from Washington, he is a perfect 7-0 with a nasty ERA of 0.78. The Rockies always play well at home, that’s a fact, and are also playing great ball, going 8-3 in their last 11, but will be a heavy underdog today. They are 1-7 In their last 8 home games as a dog of +201 or higher. Lefty Kyle Freeland is the expected starter for the Rockies. Freeland has shown no consistency all year and will have his work cut out for him today. He is 6-8 with a 4.50 ERA, a 1.41 WHIP, and has not fared well in his career against the Dodgers. He is 3-7 with a 4.06 ERA and the Dodgers are 5-1 in their last 6 road games against a left-handed starter.
TODAY’S PICK: LOS ANGELES DODGERS