The New York Mets (45-42) are a hot club right now looking to close a series with a four-game road sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers (37-51) when they play Thursday (10:10 pm ET) at Dodger Stadium. The Mets will be riding a four-game winning streak that began with their victory over the Yankees on July 3. Meanwhile, the Dodgers are sinking fast having lost nine of their last 12 games and have settled on the bottom of the National League West 12 games off the pace of division leading San Francisco.
The Dodgers will be sending their best pitcher, left-hander Clayton Kershaw (8-4, 3.23 ERA) to the mound, hoping he can bring the Dodgers back into the win column. Looking to extend his clubs winning run, right-hander Dillon Gee (8-2, 3.47 ERA) takes the mound for the Mets.
Odds makers at sports book Bodog.eu list the Dodgers as MLB Odds favorites at -139 45-42moneyline with a 6 1/2-run total. Mets backers will be getting +129 odds as game underdogs.
Both Gee and Kershaw suffered losses in their last starts to cross-town rivals. Gee experienced a bad inning against the Yankees on Saturday and Kershaw, who was having a nice year, was hit hard by the Angels where he gave up seven runs on nine hits.
The Dodgers are the favorite betting choice for a SU win with 51% of MLB Odds money line wagers while 82% of bettors have wagered for the game score to go UNDER the posted total. The Mets were 5-3 winners over LA on Wednesday against the Dodgers. That made winners of bettors who got New York at +116 on the money line, while the totals score (8) was good news for OVER bettors.
