After taking 2 out of 3 from the Boston Red Sox in Fenway, the best team in baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers, will take their swagger into Citizens Bank Park tonight to open a 4-game set against the Philadelphia Phillies. Clayton Kershaw will be tapping the rubber for Los Angeles and he is back to what he does best, throw flames. Kershaw is 7-2, with a 3.09 ERA, a 1.05 WHIP, and has been a Philadelphia killer. The Dodgers are 6-2 in his last 8 starts against the Phillies. Zach Eflin will get the nod for Philadelphia. Eflin’s numbers are respectable, with a 3.78 ERA and a 1.30 WHIP, but over his last 3 starts, his ERA has ballooned to 9.64 and the Phillies are 0-4 in his last 4 turns against the Dodgers.
TONIGHT’S PICK: LOS ANGELES DODGERS