<p>The Dodgers ride a six-game winning streak into the opener of a three-game NL West series at Arizona Monday night. How are we playing this game for our free MLB pick?</p>
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MLB Betting Odds<br />
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Monday's MLB betting odds opened Los Angeles at around -125 over Arizona, with an over/under of eight runs. Early betting action then bumped that line to about -135.
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The Dodgers could also be found getting around +110 giving the run and a half on the MLB run line.
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Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks Set-Up<br />
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Los Angeles just swept three games at home from Colorado over the weekend, winning all three games on walk-off home runs. Just before that the Dodgers took the last three games of a four-game series with San Francisco. So LA owns a six-game winning streak heading into Monday night.
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Arizona, meanwhile, just lost two of three games at home to the Giants, avoiding the sweep by winning Sunday's series finale 3-2 in 10 innings. Just before that the Diamondbacks got swept three games by Colorado, and just before that they split four games in Washington. So Arizona is just 2-7 over its last nine games.
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At 54-25 overall the Dodgers lead the NL West by 13 games over the second-place Rockies and by 15 games over the 39-40 Diamondbacks.
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Los Angeles also leads Atlanta by 7.5 games for the best record in the National League.
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Arizona also trails Colorado and St. Louis by only two games in the battle for the second National League wild-card spot.
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LA leads the season series with the D'Backs five games to two.
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Monday's Starting Arms<br />
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Greinke, by our strict standards, is 12/16 on quality starts this season and two for his last three. Last Wednesday he got knocked around for five runs and 11 hits through seven innings of a 6-4 Arizona loss to the Rockies. But over his two starts previous to that he allowed zero runs and six hits through 13 1/3 innings.
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The Diamondbacks are 10-6 with Greinke this season, 3-1 over his last four starts.
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Over his last five starts against the Dodgers, four last year and a bad one back in March of this season, Greinke gave up 16 runs and 30 hits, including eight homers, through 39 1/3 innings. Arizona won three of those five games.
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Lefty Kershaw is 8/12 on quality starts this year, and three for his last four. Last Tuesday he tossed seven innings of three-hit, shutout ball in a 9-0 Los Angeles win over San Francisco. And over his last four starts, he's allowed just five earned runs and 22 hits through 27 innings.
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Los Angeles is 11-1 with Kershaw this season.
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In five starts last year against the Diamondbacks Kershaw allowed 10 runs and 22 hits, including eight homers, through 32 innings. The Dodgers won three of those five games.
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Monday's Batting Splits<br />
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Los Angeles is batting .267/.346/.480 against right-handed pitching this season.
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Arizona is batting .290/.344/.523 against left-handed pitching this season, which ranks this unit among the top five in the Majors in this split.
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The Bullpens<br />
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The Dodgers bullpen owns a 4.10 ERA this season and a 1.19 WHIP.
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The Diamondbacks pen owns a 4.43 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP.
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Totals Report
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Overs are 38-37 in Dodgers games this season.
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Overs are 40-36 in Diamondbacks games this season.
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Unders are 18-15 in games played at Chase Field this season.
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Overs are 4-3 in Dodgers-D'Backs games this season.
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