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The division rival Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers are set to renew hostilities on Friday when they meet at Dodger Stadium.
The Diamondbacks will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Dan Haren in this game. Haren has a 14-7 record and a 3.24 ERA this season.
Starting this game for the Dodgers will be Derek Lowe. The righthander has a 3.69 ERA to go along with a 11-11 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Dodgers listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Diamondbacks, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Diamondbacks scored twice in the ninth inning Wednesday to come back and defeat the Cardinals 4-3, as +105 underdogs. The seven runs went UNDER the posted over/under (9).
Conor Jackson went 2-for-5 with two RBIs to lead the Diamondbacks. Chad Qualls pitched a scoreless ninth for the victory.
The Dodgers completed a three-game sweep with a 6-4 win over the Padres on Wednesday, as -230 favorites. The 10 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (8).
Casey Blake homered and finished with two hits and two RBIs for the Dodgers. Hiroki Kuroda tossed 5 1-3 innings for the win, allowing four runs off 10 hits.
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When playing on Friday are 6-4 Before playing LA Dodgers are 5-5 After playing St. Louis are 5-5 After a win are 4-6 Los Angeles most recently: A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Arizona’s last 8 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona’s last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona’s last 6 games on the road Arizona is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games LA Dodgers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games The total has gone OVER in 7 of LA Dodgers’s last 8 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Dodgers’s last 5 games when playing Arizona LA Dodgers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Arizona Next up:
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