Los Angeles Dodgers at Houston Astros Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 67-56 Houston Astros play host to the 67-54 Los Angeles Dodgers tonight in MLB action on the grass of Minute Maid Park, August 22, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Dodgers -116/Astros +106
Total Line: 7
Pitching Matchup
Zack Greinke (R) W/L 13-2 WHIP 0.86 ERA 1.58
Scott Kazmir (L) W/L 6-8 WHIP 1.12 ERA 2.43
Houston defeated Los Angeles 3-0 on Friday behind Mike Fiers shutout. They are 5-3 on their homestand and 6-3 in their last 9 games. The Astros are 43-21 at home in 2015. The Dodgers are 0-3 on their road trip and 3-4 in their past 7 games.
Houston leads the season series 1-0 but LA has a 7-3 edge in the last 10 encounters since 2011.
Greinke was a 2-1 winner over Cincinnati in his last start, his 8th win in his last 9 starts. He went 7 innings, surrendered 1 run and struck out 8. He hasn’t lost a game in his last 11 outings and has 22 Q starts in 24 appearances this season.
Kazmir was a 9-2 loser to Tampa Bay in his last outing, his 3rd loss in a row. He gave up 6 runs in 5.1 innings. He has 13 Q starts on the year.
Dodgers 2B Chase Utley is 2-3 (.667) against Kazmir while OF Carl Crawford is 5-8 (.625) with an RBI and a steal. The 5 other hitters that have faced the left-hander before are a combined 2-21 (.095) with 0 HRs, 2 RBIs and 0 SBs.
Houston 2B Jose Altuve is 6-12 (.500) vs. Greinke with 3 RBIs and 2 SBs while 3B Luis Valbuena is 9-21 (.429) with an RBI. OF Colby Rasmus is 3-7 (.429) against the right-hander while C Jason Castro and DH Evan Gattis are both 1-3 (.333). The Astros are hitting .333 as a team against Greinke.
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Los Angeles at Houston Betting Trends
Los Angeles is 0-5 straight up in their last 5 road games.
The Dodgers are 8-3 straight up in their last 11 games against Houston.
The game total has gone under in 4 of Los Angeles’s last 5 road games against Houston.
The Astros are 4-2 straight up in their last 6 games overall.
Houston is 3-8 straight up in their last 11 games against the Dodgers.
Injury Report
LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Bronson Arroyo P 60-Day Disabled List
Carlos Frias P 60-Day Disabled List
Howie Kendrick 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Brandon McCarthy 60-Day Disabled List
Juan Nicasio P 15-Day Disabled List
Joel Peralta P 15-Day Disabled List
Hyun-Jin Ryu P 60-Day Disabled List
HOUSTON ASTROS
Samuel Deduno P 60-Day Disabled List
Brad Peacock P 60-Day Disabled List
George Springer OF 15-Day Disabled List
Consensus Picks Moneyline
Los Angeles: 85%
Houston: 15%
Free MLB Pick
The Dodgers just aren’t scoring runs right now putting three or less runs on the board in six of their last 10 and averaging 2 runs per game over their last four. The Astros have been an UNDER machine with that wager cashing in four straight and eight of the last 10. The starter’s batter vs. pitcher stats are poor against the active roster, but keep in mind that a lot of the stats were compiled years ago with LAD pitcher Zack Greinke not facing the Astros since 2012 and Houston starter Scott Kazmir hasn’t started against the Dodgers since 2010. We’ll ride the total trend one more time tonight.
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