(Starting Pitchers: S. Fife vs J. Locke)
The Dodgers will start a road trip tonight, after going 1-4 on their last five games at home. Stephen Fife will start for them tonight and he is coming from back to back good starts against San Diego and Atlanta, after a stint on the DL. He had good K/BB ratios with 5/2 and 7/1, but the problem is that he has been allowing too many hits with a .323 BA rating! This isn't good, but the Pirates isn't the right opponent to take advantage of it with just .238 BA (#26) this season and .229 BA over the last 30 days (#28).
On the other hand, the Pirates will start Jeff Locke tonight, who is coming from an outing in Chicago against the Cubs, where he allowed seven batters! He was coming from an outing where he had thrown 103 pitches and with just 4 days of rest, he struggled. He had now five days of rest for this game, but he has curiously struggled against the Dodgers at LA earlier on this season with four runs allowed in six innings, on his first start of the season. In fact, the Dodgers' roster is currently hitting .394 BA and .887 OPS in 33 AB's! I believe the Dodgers at these odds have great value and so, I'll be taking them in here.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 901 Los Angeles Dodgers ML (w/ S. Fife) @ +151 / 2.51 on 5Dimes
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