With two straight wins on the road over the Cincinnati Reds, the Los Angeles Dodgers have taken over first place in the NL West from the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers will try to hold on to that top spot in a three-game series at home against the Giants this week.
Giants vs. Dodgers odds 2016: San Francisco and Los Angeles battle for NL West in pick’em game
The Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants are all square on the betting lines as they open a key divisional series on Tuesday night.
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Los Angeles and San Francisco are both going off at -110 on the betting lines for Tuesday’s series opener in Los Angeles at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. Kenta Maeda will take the mound for the home team against Giants ace Madison Bumgarner.
The Dodgers took over first place in the NL West in style, crushing seven home runs in an 18-9 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday.
Despite a slew of injuries to the pitching staff, including a back injury that has kept Clayton Kershaw out since late June, the Dodgers have stayed afloat with an 18-15 record since the All-Star break and a 9-6 record over the team’s last 15 games. Over that 15 game stretch, the offense has helped out the depleted pitching staff with 6.27 runs per game.
This rivalry series has been split right down the middle in recent seasons with both teams going 10-10 over the last 20 games between the Dodgers and Giants per the OddsShark MLB Database.
The Giants entered the All-Star break as one of the favorites on the odds to win the World Series and looked poised to run away with the NL West with Clayton Kershaw sidelined for the Dodgers. But through the first 34 games of the second half the Giants are just 11-23, including a 5-12 record on the road.
The team’s latest 2-6 skid has given the Dodgers the opportunity to take over first place in the division, and a bad series this week would be disastrous for San Francisco.
Tuesday’s total is set at seven runs for the Giants vs Dodgers betting matchup. The UNDER is 6-3 in the last nine games between these two teams.
The series continues on Wednesday with a matchup between Rich Hill and Johnny Cueto and wraps up on Thursday when Brett Anderson squares off against Matt Moore. Rich Hill will be making his first start for the Dodgers after putting up sensational numbers in 14 starts for the Oakland A’s this season.
