The Colorado Rockies (18-20) and Los Angeles Dodgers (30-10) play the middle game of a weekend series Saturday at Dodger Stadium with first pitch slated for 9:10 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Rockies-Dodgers MLB betting odds and lines, with picks and best bets.
Friday: The Dodgers won 10-6, scoring five runs in the bottom of the eighth on back-to-back homers from OFs A.J. Pollock (go-ahead, two-run shot) and Joc Pederson (solo) and a two-run blast from RF Mookie Betts. The Rockies had taken a short-lived 6-5 lead on CF Kevin Pillar‘s grand slam in the top half of the inning.
Los Angeles rapped a season-high 15 hits in winning its sixth in a row and matching the franchise’s best 40-game start in history at 30-10. Colorado fell to 2-5 in its last seven.
Rockies at Dodgers: Projected starting pitchers
RHP German Marquez vs. RHP Tony Gonsolin
Marquez is 2-5 with a 4.88 ERA (48 IP, 26 ER) in 8 starts this season.
- Last start: Loss, 6 IP, 5 ER, 8 H, 2 BB, 7 K vs. San Diego Padres Monday – Rockies lost 6-0
- Last 3 starts: 0-2, 10.13 ERA (16 IP, 18 ER), 24 H, 7 BB, 17 K
- Career vs. Dodgers: 2-1, 2.54 ERA (49 2/3 IP, 14 ER) in 8 starts
Gonsolin is 0-0 with a 0.51 ERA (17 2/3 IP, 1 ER) in 4 starts.
- Last start: No-decision, 3 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 5 K at Texas Rangers Sunday – Dodgers won 7-2
- Career vs. Rockies: 0-0, 1 save, 4 ER, 1 ER, 3 H, 0 BB, 3 K in 1 relief outing
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Rockies at Dodgers: Key injuries
(Get the latest injury news here.)
Rockies
- OF David Dahl (back) questionable
- RP Wade Davis (shoulder) out
- SS Brendan Rodgers (shoulder) out
Dodgers
- RP Joe Kelly (shoulder) out
- 3B Justin Turner (hamstring) out
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Rockies at Dodgers: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips
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Prediction
Dodgers 6, Diamondbacks 2
Moneyline (ML)
The DODGERS (-189) are baseball’s hottest team. They’re 12-2 in their last 14 games, and 19-3 in the last 22. Plus, they’ve won 11 in a row at home.
As if that’s not a tough enough task for the Rockies (+170) to overcome, they are 1-17 in their last 18 visits to Dodger Stadium.
I don’t like laying so much chalk; however, the above facts and Marquez’s last three starts (10.13 ERA: 18 ER in 16 IP) for the Rockies make the DODGERS (-189) my STRONGEST PLAY – 1½ times your usual bet.
If the line climbs to -200 or higher, skip the ML bet and play the Dodgers’ run line below.
New to sports betting? Every $1.89 bet on the Dodgers ML will profit $1 if they win. A winning $1 bet on the Diamondbacks profits $1.70.
Run line/Against the spread (ATS)
If you don’t want to risk so much on the moneyline, back the DODGERS RL (-1.5, +110) as your STRONGEST PLAY. Los Angeles is 14-4 vs. the RL in its last 18 home games against Colorado (+1.5, -134). But don’t get greedy. Just play one or the other, not both.
Over/Under (O/U)
The line is 8.5 with -110 odds on both sides. Surprisingly, while L.A.’s 5.7 runs per game rank second in MLB (behind the San Diego Padres’ 5.72 RPG), it is 17-19-4 vs. the O/U on the season. PASS.
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