Game Time: 6:40 pm ET, Tuesday, June 21st , 2022 

Venue: Great American Ballpark, Cincinnati, Ohio

Where to Watch:  MLB.tv

DraftKings: Money-line: Dodgers -196, Reds +165; O/U 10

BetMGM: Moneyline:  

Opening Lines: Dodgers -196, Reds +165; O/U 10

Dodgers: 40-25, 2nd place NL West

Reds: 25-43, 5th place NL Central

A National League matchup between the worst of the Central Division and the best of the West Division. The Los Angeles Dodgers are leaving home for a 9-game road stretch… after getting the devastating news that their best and highest paid player SS Mookie Betts has a rib injury that will keep him out 2 weeks to a month. The Dodgers have a saving grace in that Trea Turner will take the lead off spot from Mookie while Trea actually has a higher batting average… but there is little the Dodgers can do to make up for Mookie’s all-around game.  The Reds are a terrible team.  Not just bad… not just understaffed… but simply terrible.  Anytime your team is 18 games below .500 you have little chance of doing anything no matter how much time is left in the season.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have won only 5 of their last 10 games.  They are barely skirting the edge of holding off the San Diego Padres.  If the Dodgers are missing Pitcher Walker Buehler, SS Mookie Betts, all while pitcher Clasyton Kershaw is losing games?.,.. That is simply not the Dodgers.  The boys in blues can not rely on Cody “worst high-five in history” Bellinger or Justin “only when it counts” Turner or Gavin “'' Will I be sent back down?” Lux.

The Cincinnati Reds have won just 3 of their last 10 games.  4 Overs, 5 Unders, 1 Push. They went 0-3 against the Milwaukee Brewers, 1-2 against the Arizona Diamondbacks, 1-2 against the St Louis Cardinals, 0-1 against the Arizona Diamondbacks.  The Reds are bad… Even when faced with bad teams they have nothing to rely on to get the win.  Offering a bet on the Reds would be Malpractice on a handicapper’s end.  Still they have won 25 games… and no matter how bad those wins were… They paid well because of the money-line.

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The Dodgers are 40-25 on the season, 25-33-7 O/U, and 20-13 on the road.

The Reds are 23-43 on the season, 33-30-3 O/U, 12-20 at home.  

Dodgers: The Dodgers are 1st in scoring with 5.08 ERA, 13th in batting average with .246, and 2nd in OBP with .328.

The Reds are 16th in scoring per game with 4.35, 17th in batting average with .238, and 20th in OBP with .309.

Dodgers: The Dodgers pitchers’ are 2nd in ERA with 2.98, 2nd in WHIP with 1.08, and 8th in fielding errors with 30 on the season so far.

The Reds pitching is 29th in ERA with 5.22, 27th in WHIP with 1.40, and in fielding they rank 19th in errors with 39 per game.  

Our prediction for Tuesday, June 21st is….  Dodgers 6 - Reds 3

Bet the Dodgers and the Under.  The fill in players for the Dodgers because of injury would be Reds starters easily.  The pitching for the Reds is awful… and bad… two levels of disappointment.  

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Tony Gonsolin (Dodgers) is 8-1 as a favorite of -150 or more.

The Reds are 17-39 (-21.6 Units) against NL West opponents the last 3 seasons.

Tyler Mahle (Reds) is 0-7 after a loss this season.

Dodgers: CF K. Pillar (shoulder) Out ** 3B E. Rios (hamstring) Out ** SS Mookie Betts (ribs) Out

Reds: CF T. Naquin (quad) Out ** RF A. Aquino (ankle) Out ** CF J. Fraley (knee) Out ** C T. Stephenson (thumb) Out ** 2B D. Solano (hamstring) Out ** 

Dodgers: RHP Tony Gonsolin, 8-0, 1.42 ERA, 60 strikeouts in 63 innings pitched.0.82 WHIP.  Gonsolin is the guy for the Dodgers this season.  With Kershaw struggling and Urias injured and whatever else is going on?  Gonsolin has been the rock.

Reds: RHP Tyler Mahle, 4.46 ERA, 86 strikeouts in 74 innings pitched.  1.25 WHIP.  “Mal” is a good pitcher.  He plays for a bad team… but he can still throw the rock. The losing record this season and for his career may be daunting… but it’s the Reds.  

Dodgers: SS Trea Turner, 1B Freddie Freeman, C Will Smith, 3B Max Muncy, DH Justin Turner, CF Cody Bellinger, LF Chris Taylor, RF Eddy Alvarez, 2B Gavin Lux

Dodgers: Dave “Nothing to see here” Roberts

Reds: David “ Only way to go is up” Bell

Partly cloudy… but man oh man is it hot!!  94* and 42% humidity!  Wind at 10 mph will feel like a light sandblaster.  Hot. Global Warming.  Drink some water.