Why the DBacks on Sunday at +180...The DBacks come into Sunday rolling after winning their last three and are looking to complete the sweep of their division foes. Offensively, this DBacks offense should be ready to go against Kershaw today. On the season, the DBacks are 7-0 against LHP where they are averaging 6.3 RPG with a .247 BA/.314 OBP. The DBacks will be starting Zack Godley who is starting his season on the right foot. Godley has made one road start this season coming in his last start against the Giants. In that start, Godley picked up the W allowing 0 runs through 7 innings on 0 BBs and 9 Ks. This Dodgers lineup has a combined 140 ABs off of Godley with a .221 BA/.281 OBP and 5 HRs. Godley last faced the Dodgers in his first start of the season where he allowed 1 run through 7 innings on 4 hits, 1 BB and 3 Ks. In 2017, Godley's era dropped to 3.33 during the day through 51 innings where he allowed 4 HRs compared to a 3.39 era at night where he allowed 11 HRs through 103 innings. Future HOFer Clayton Kershaw is being his usual self in the early going but there is some room to fade him in this spot. The first reason being that his BABIP against over his last three starts have been very inconsistent posting a .412/.133/.300 respectively. What that can portray is that Kershaw isn't as sharp as we think we are seeing which could equal that extra seeing eye ground ball, bloop hit, etc. That should play a factor against a DBacks lineup that he is exposed to. Through a combined 194 ABs, this lineup has 7 HRs coming from 6 different players. Thats important to note because in 2017, Kershaw allowed 7 HRs through 44 innings during the day time. Kershaw last faced the DBacks in his second start where he took the L allowing 2 runs through 6 innings on 2 HRs. DBacks bullpen gets the edge here as they have the hot hand lately posting a 1.61 road era with a stress free Saturday night compared to the Dodgers 4.55 home era.
Play on the Diamondbacks at +180
Play on the Diamondbacks at +180
