Online Betting Preview: Dodgers at Rockies

With the way the playoffs are set up in the MLB, clinching a division title is not necessarily a sign that a team should relax, as there is still the business of home field advantage to take care of. No team needs that more than the LA Dodgers, which is why they will be making a real push in the final couple of weeks of the season/ The will welcome in the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night.

Rockies @ Dodgers: Online Betting Game Preview

Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Time: 10:10PM Venue: Dodger Stadium Opening Line: Dodgers -180

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While the NL West has yet to be officially clinched, the 7.5 game lead that the Dodgers have over the wobbly San Francisco Giants should be enough to see them into the postseason. The second seed in the NL is what the target has to be for the Dodgers now, but they are in for a fight to get it, as they are going to have to finish the season in better form than the surging New York Mets, who are on an 8-game winning streak. The Dodgers have been going very well of late, too, and are an impressive 8-2 in their last 10 games. They navigated a tricky road trip very nicely, but are still 4 games under .500 away from Dodger Stadium. That just highlights the importance of getting home field advantage in the playoffs. Alex Wood (10-10, 3.81 ERA) will be on the mound for the Dodgers on Wednesday. It is that time of year when the Colorado Rockies (60-84) are once again looking forward to next year. While the Rockies didn’t really jump on the opportunity to bring in any young guys with the expanded rosters, they really didn’t have to, as they already know that they have a very solid farm system in place. They are instead using this time to evaluate the players that will be free agents come the end of regular season. You can bet that this team will look very different when the season gets started next year. Jorge De La Rosa (9-6, 4.28 ERA) will be the man to get the start for the Rockies on Wednesday night.

Key Betting Trends

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado’s last 5 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado’s last 5 games on the road Colorado is 4-13 SU in its last 17 games when playing LA Dodgers The total has gone OVER in 15 of Colorado’s last 20 games when playing LA Dodgers Colorado is 2-12 SU in its last 14 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers LA Dodgers is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games The total has gone UNDER in 16 of LA Dodgers’s last 24 games LA Dodgers is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 7 of LA Dodgers’s last 8 games at home LA Dodgers is 13-4 SU in its last 17 games when playing Colorado

So, What Should You Bet On?

While Wood has been a little up and down since coming over from the Atlanta Braves, he should still be good enough to get the job done here. Chalk up another win for the Dodgers.