Arizona Diamondbacks (25-64, fifth in the NL West) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (54-34, second in the NL West)
Los Angeles; Friday, 10:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Taylor Widener (1-0, BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles and Arizona will face off on Friday.
The Dodgers are 28-13 in home games in 2020. Los Angeles is slugging .409 as a unit. Max Muncy leads the team with a .541 slugging percentage, including 31 extra-base hits and 18 home runs.
The Diamondbacks are 10-36 in road games. The Arizona offense has compiled a .231 batting average as a team this season, Pavin Smith leads the team with a mark of .263.
The Dodgers won the last meeting 9-8. Garrett Cleavinger notched his second victory and Albert Pujols went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs for Los Angeles. Alex Young took his fifth loss for Arizona.
TOP PERFORMERS: Muncy leads the Dodgers with 47 RBIs and is batting .262.
Eduardo Escobar leads the Diamondbacks with 19 home runs and has 58 RBIs.
LAST 10 GAMES: Dodgers: 7-3, .245 batting average, 2.32 ERA, outscored opponents by 18 runs
Diamondbacks: 3-7, .220 batting average, 5.38 ERA, outscored by 22 runs
INJURIES: Dodgers: Dustin May: (elbow), Corey Knebel: (lat), Clayton Kershaw: (elbow), Tommy Kahnle: (elbow), Victor Gonzalez: (foot), Caleb Ferguson: (elbow), Corey Seager: (hand), Edwin Rios: (shoulder).
Diamondbacks: Taylor Widener: (groin), Luke Weaver: (shoulder), Zac Gallen: (hamstring), Seth Frankoff: (forearm), Chris Devenski: (elbow), Tyler Clippard: (shoulder), Taylor Clarke: (lat), Madison Bumgarner: (shoulder), Ketel Marte: (hamstring), Kole Calhoun: (hamstring), Carson Kelly: (wrist).
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