| The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Citizens Bank Park in Game 3 of the NLCS.
Hiroki Kuroda will be the starting pitcher for the Dodgers on this day. Righthander Kuroda is 8-7 this season with a 3.57 ERA.
The Phillies will counter Kuroda with ace Cliff Lee. Lefthander Lee has a 3.08 ERA to go along with a 15-13 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Phillies listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the Dodgers, while the game’s total is sitting at 8.
Andre Ethier drove in the winning run to lift the Dodgers over the Phillies 2-1 on Friday and even the best-of-seven series.
The Dodgers won that game as -155 favorites, while the teams played UNDER the posted over/under (3).
Hong-Chih Kuo earned the win in relief, and Jonathan Broxton closed out the game with a scoreless ninth for Los Angeles.
Ryan Howard hit a solo home run for the Phillies, who were +135 underdogs. Chan Ho Park surrendered two runs in a losing effort.
Team records: Los Angeles: 95-67 SU Philadelphia: 93-69 SU Los Angeles most recently: When playing on Sunday are 8-2 Before playing Philadelphia are 5-5 After playing Philadelphia are 7-3 After a win are 6-4 Philadelphia most recently: A few trends to consider: LA Dodgers are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games The total has gone UNDER in 12 of LA Dodgers’s last 16 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Dodgers’s last 7 games when playing Philadelphia LA Dodgers are 6-12 SU in their last 18 games when playing Philadelphia Philadelphia is 7-2 SU in their last 9 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Philadelphia’s last 16 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers Philadelphia is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia’s last 7 games when playing LA Dodgers Next up:
Philadelphia home to LA Dodgers, Monday, October 19 |