Los Angeles Dodgers at Philadelphia Phillies 7/17/19 - MLB Baseball O/U Pick & Betting Odds
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Philadelphia Phillies
MLB: 7:05 PM
Jul. 17, 2019
TV: ESPN
Latest Odds : LA Dodgers -150 O/U 10.5
The Los Angeles Dodgers remain the team to beat in baseball while the Philadelphia Phillies, despite a tight win over LA yesterday, have floundered badly after their hot start. The Los Angeles Dodgers Kenta Maeda has held opponents to a .203 batting average on the season and the Philadelphia Phillies will struggle to score again as their decline since the All Star break, yesterday notwithstanding, resumes.
The Philadelphia Phillies Nick Pivetta has struggled recently but has a 2.12 ERA in his 3 career starts against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nick Pivetta has allowed 3 earned runs or less in 4 of his last 5 home starts.
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After getting shutout in Friday's game and struggling again at the plate Saturday and Sunday (other than walk-off homer in bottom of the 9th), the Philadelphia Phillies bats entered this series having struggled out of the gate after the All Star break. Those struggles continued Monday when the Philadelphia Phillies scored only two runs in the series opener with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Though the Philadelphia Phillies finally got their bats going again in Tuesday's wild victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers, a return to the norm is likely here. That's because the Philadelphia Phillies had been struggling and Kenta Maeda has a 4.15 ERA in his last 6 starts against them.
Recent Betting Trends:
LA Dodgers are 35-18 this season as a favorite of -125 to -175
Dodgers O/U is 8-4 this season when playing on Wednesday
LA Dodgers are 13-3 this season against NL East opponents
Philadelphia is 4-13 this season as an underdog of +125 to +175
Phillies O/U is 5-2-1 in last 8 games against LA Dodgers
Philadelphia is 8-2 this season at home when the total is 10 to 10.5
Free Betting Pick: UNDER10.5 in Philadelphia
With consideration to all of the above factors, runs are likely to be few and far between in this one. The best bet (value) is to play under the total based on a projected final score of Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4