Game Time:  10:00 pm ET, Saturday, April 30th, 2022 

Venue: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California

Where to Watch: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB Extra Innings, Spectrum SportsNet

DraftKings: Moneyline: Tigers +300, Dodgers -400; O/U 7.5

 BetMGM: Moneyline:  N/A

PointsBet: Moneyline:  N/A

Tigers: 6-12, 5th place (last) AL Central

Dodgers: 13-6, 2nd place NL Central

 

An inter-league matchup between a horrid American League Team and an exemplary National League team.  The Detroit Tigers are who we say they are… They are bad.  They were bad last season and they have made no improvements we can see.  The Los Angeles Dodgers are just as good as the team that made it to the World Series last season.  The Dodgers are just as if not more loaded, depending on if Cody Bellinger has a better season than last.  Let’s check the numbers and see if Dave Roberts will keep winning all the games he is supposed to.  

 

The Detroit Tigers are on a 4-game losing streak.  They have won only 4 of their last eleven games. They took 1 form the Colorado Rockies, 1 from the New York Yankees, and 2 form the Kansas City Royals during that stretch.  They hit 3 Overs and 7 Unders during that stretch.  The season is young… but the results are the same as last year… The Tigers do not have much batting and the pitching is humdrum average.  3rd baseman Spencer Torkelson leads the Tigers in home runs with 3… He was a #1 pick by the Tigers in the draft in 2020… That is right.  The batting king in Detroit is a kid… who didn’t spend hardly any time in the minors… and is only averaging .224 from the plate.

 

The Los Angeles Dodgers are back on a winning track.  They have won 7 of their last ten games.  They took 1 from the Arizona Diamondbacks, 2 form the San Diego Padres, 2 from the Atlanta Braves, and 1 from the Cincinnati Reds during that stretch.  They are among the tops of the league in batting and pitching.  They have a murderers row of hitters.  The batting order of Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Trea Turner, Max Muncy, and Cody Bellinger in the 1-5 slots all could make an all-star game.  Yet every year the Dodgers start slow.  Every year the Dodgers find themselves playing catchup to someone… like the Giants last season.  For all the amazing hitters on the line-up and all the amazing pitchers who take the mound… The Dodgers just lost two games to the awful Arizona Diamondbacks.

 

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The Tigers are 25th in runs scored with 3.35 per game, 20th in batting average with .223, and 17th in OBP with .306.

 

The Dodgers are 2nd in runs scored with 5.0 per game, and 10th in batting average with .242, and 5th in OBP with .330.

The Tigers are 12th in team ERA with 3.35, 10th in WHIP with 1.16, and 18th in strikeouts per game with 8.76.  The pitching is better than last season.  It is also a rotation with no room for error.  They are a single injury to a starter from being dust.

 

The Dodgers are 1st in ERA, FIRST, with 2.21, 1st in WHIP with 0.90, and 9th in strikeouts per game with 8.22.  The pitching is great.. The rotation isn’t complete though… 10 pitchers are out for a variety of reasons… now that number is really only 9 because Trevor Bauer will never pitch anywhere in MLB again… but the other nine have at least 5 important names to fill the bullpen and even be a 3rd starter.

 

Our prediction for Saturday April 30th is...  Dodgers 7 - Tigers 3

 

The Dodgers batters will go off… the bullpen game will get out of hand with new guys rolling in every inning or so after the 4th.  Still the Dodgers will hit and hit. Bet the Dodgers AND the Over. If Clayton Kershaw is on the mound for the Dodgers against a rando for the White Sox… and you bet the other way?… you should see a Doctor.

 

 

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The Dodgers are 302-97 as a favorite of -200 or more since 1997.

The Dodgers are 63-15 as a home favorite of -200 or more the last 3 seasons.

The Tigers are 83-249 as a road underdog of +175 or more since 1997.

 

Tigers: LF V Reyes (quad) Out ** C J Rogers (elbow) Out 

 

Dodgers: SP Dustin May (elbow) Out ** Dustin is an important piece in the Dodger rotation and this would normally be his spot to pitch.  

 

Tigers:  Right handed pitcher Beau Brieske… 0-1, 5.40 ERA, 3 strikeouts in 5 innings pitched.  The kid is overmatched and overwhelmed… he will also get subpar run support.

 

Dodgers: Left handed pitcher Clayton Kershaw, 3-0, 2.65 ERA, 23 strikeouts in 17 innings pitched, 0.59 WHIP… never bet against a legend if the competition is the White Sox.

 

Tigers: RF Robbie Grossman, LF Austin Meadows, SS Javier Baez, DH Miguel Cabrera, 1B Spencer Torkleson, 3B Jeimer Candelario, 2B Jonathan Schoop, C Tucker Barnhart, CF Derek Hill

 

Dodgers: RF Mookie Betts, 1B Freddie Freeman, SS Trea Turner, 3B Max Muncy, CF Cody Bellinger, LF Chris Taylor, DH Edwin Rios, 2B Gavin Lux, C Austin Barnes

 

Tigers: AJ Hinch

Dodgers: Dave Roberts.  Dave Roberts takes an unnatural level of blame for a guy who has managed close to the best winning stretch over 5 years in the history of baseball.  Still fans think he should have won a couple more of those World Series the Dodgers were in.

Sunny. 77* .  Slow winds at 8 mph. Another great day for baseball in Chavez Ravine.  The Sun comes here to smile.  By game time the crowd and players should enjoy 75* and the occasional gentle breeze.  Add in a BBQ tri-tip sandwich and baseball does not get better.