Philadelphia Phillies at Arizona Diamondbacks 8/6/19 - MLB Baseball O/U Pick & Betting Odds
Philadelphia Phillies vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
MLB: 9:40 PM ET
Aug. 06, 2019
TV: n/a
Latest Odds : Arizona -120 O/U 9.0
The Philadelphia Phillies entered this series off a 10-5 loss at home to the Chicago White Sox on Sunday. The Philadelphia Phillies entered this series having allowed an average of 6 runs per game in their past 9 games. The Philadelphia Phillies entered this series having gone 8-4 in their last 12 road games and averaging 5 runs scored per game in those dozen games.
The total appears to be where the best value is likely to be found in each and every game in this series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Arizona Diamondbacks. The Arizona Diamondbacks entered this series off a 7-5 win at home against the Washington Nationals Sunday. The Arizona Diamondbacks entered this series having scored an average of 6.3 runs per game in their past 8 games.
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The Philadelphia Phillies are starting Jake Arrieta in the second game of this series. Jake Arrieta continues to struggle with the bone spur injury situation with his elbow. The Philadelphia Phillies Jake Arrieta continues to struggle in his starts once he gets to the 4th inning. Of course this continues to also expose a Philadelphia Phillies bullpen that has been struggling this season.
The Arizona Diamondbacks start Mike Leake in the second game of this series against the Philadelphia Phillies. Mike Leake came over from the Seattle Mariners just before the trade deadling. Mike Leake was great in his home outings this season but went 2-6 with a 5.63 ERA in all his starts away from Seattle.
Recent Betting Trends:
Philadelphia, entering Monday, is 10-26 this season as an underdog of +100 or higher
Phillies O/U , entering Monday, is 5-9 in their last 14 games
Philadelphia, entering Monday, is 1-5 in last 6 games at Arizona
Arizona,entering Monday, is 47-33 at home when the total is 9 to 9.5
Diamondbacks O/U, entering Monday, is 5-2-2 in their last 9 games
Arizona is 42-25 in Tuesday games
Free Betting Pick: OVER 9 in Arizona
With consideration to all of the above factors, runs are likely to be plentiful in this one. The best bet (value) is to play over the total based on a projected final score of Arizona Diamondbacks 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5