MLB Baseball
2011-08-30 - San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers
A Sports Betting Pick by Addicted
Baseball : North America : MLB
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011, 10:10PM US
(3:10AM GMT)
PREVIEW
The LA Dodgers have won 6 of their last 7 games and with their record for August standing at 15-11, they are going to have their first winning month this season. Great current form, check! They play the San Diego Padres tonight in the 2nd of a 3 game series. Yesterdays game finished 4-1 to the Dodgers and I can see them notching another win tonight.
The San Diego Padres go with Tim Stauffer tonight. He takes to the hill with an 8-10 record and a 3.42ERA. In his last start, Stauffer allowed just 2 runs over 6 innings but got handed a loss by the San Francisco Giants. That is how bad the Padres offence is at the moment.
Stauffer has allowed 18 home runs in 27 starts, including 10 in his last 4 starts. The Dodgers will be ready to have a good ol' swing tonight. Stauffer is 1-1 with a 1.89ERA in 3 meetings with the Los Angeles Dodgers this season.
The LA Dodgers start Hiroki Kuroda, who is 10-14 with a 2.92ERA. Kurodas surprising win/loss record is a result of poor run support early in the season, which is obvious considering his ERA. However, the Dodgers have clicked back into form this month and the results show. Kuroda has won his last 3 straight starts, allowing no more than 3 earned runs through his last 8 starts. Consistent, and hence reliable, as his offence have helped him in those last 3 starts by giving him an average of 8 runs in support.
In his last start, Kuroda was solid, giving up just 3 runs in 7 innings to beat the Cards, and will feel confident here against a San Diego Padres team he has bossed this season. In 3 meetings, Kuroda is 2-0, allowing just 2 runs over almost 23 innings of work!
TEAM STATS
San Diego Padres
Overall 60-75, Streak L5
Los Angeles Dodgers
Overall 63-70, Streak W1
BETTING VERDICT
The Dodgers have banged out 47 runs in winning 6 of their last 7 matches, while San Diego have, rather impotently, managed just 4 runs in their 5 game losing streak. Ride the momentum and take the Dodgers.
The Pick :
Los Angeles Dodgers
BEST BETTING TIP :
Take the Los Angeles Dodgers to win @ 1.68 (Pinnacle)
