Dodgers vs. D-Backs: Gallen vs. Kershaw Showdown Preview

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00:00We go late night to Arizona out in the desert. What a matchup we

00:07have between the Dodgers and the D-backs. It's Zach Gallin on

00:10one side for Arizona. It's Clayton Kershaw on the other

00:14for LA. Minus 134 is the money line price in favor of the

00:19Dodgers. Eight and a half is that total. Kershaw last year

00:23made one playoff start for LA. Got absolutely rocked by these

00:29D-backs, hoping for better tonight in downtown Phoenix.

00:33You're probably just looking at this line saying, okay, it's

00:35Kershaw, that name picture out there. The Dodgers, technically

00:38a better team, but I don't know if the Dodgers can run up that

00:40starting lineup they did yesterday and expect to get a

00:42victory in Arizona today against Zach Gallin. Also, keep in

00:45mind, Zach Gallin not having a great 60 days here in Major

00:48League Baseball. He used to being much more dominant in the

00:51past. We look at his last 60 days, 52 and a third innings

00:54pitched at 4.64 ERA and that equates to an x-fifth of 4.37.

00:59Not the greatest in the world, but if we're looking at that

01:01Dodgers lineup, the anticipated lineup tonight does look much

01:05better, Ben, than it did last night. Ohtani, Betts, Freeman,

01:07Hernandez, Lux, Smith, Muncie, Edmond, and Rojas, as opposed

01:11to having Tommy Edmond in your cleanup spot, he drops to his

01:14rightful place in the eighth hole tonight, and that's what

01:17we're anticipating that should help. Zach Gallin does have

01:19some pretty clean splits, especially against right-handed

01:22fighters over the past 30 days. His last 50 batters he's faced

01:25on the right side, Ben, 0-64 ISO and a 260 weighted on base

01:29percentage, but Zach Gallin is going to be the key to this

01:31game. I think he has a good performance. I would be willing

01:34based on that starting lineup, if with that plus 106, plus

01:38110, let's just say, by the time we get to game time, I think

01:40might be in the fold for Arizona. Kershaw, solid last 30

01:44days. Let's see if he can continue it, but I always like

01:46to nod to home teams here. I'll go with the D-backs as a slight

01:49dog price tonight, where Gallin gets the best of Clayton Kershaw.