Colorado Rockies (58-69, fourth in the NL West) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (81-47, second in the NL West)
Los Angeles; Friday, 10:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Kyle Freeland (4-6, 4.25 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 73 strikeouts) Dodgers: TBD
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Dodgers -240, Rockies +195; over/under is 9 runs
BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles and Colorado will square off on Friday.
The Dodgers are 42-21 on their home turf. Los Angeles’s lineup has 178 home runs this season, Max Muncy leads the club with 28 homers.
The Rockies are 15-47 on the road. Colorado has slugged .414 this season. C.J. Cron leads the team with a mark of .526.
The Dodgers won the last meeting 3-2. Phil Bickford earned his first victory and Chris Taylor went 3-for-4 with two home runs and two RBIs for Los Angeles. Carlos Estevez took his second loss for Colorado.
TOP PERFORMERS: Muncy leads the Dodgers with 28 home runs and has 76 RBIs.
Cron leads the Rockies with 22 home runs and is batting .273.
LAST 10 GAMES: Dodgers: 9-1, .204 batting average, 1.76 ERA, outscored opponents by 20 runs
Rockies: 6-4, .277 batting average, 5.21 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs
INJURIES: Dodgers: Jimmie Sherfy: (elbow), Evan Phillips: (quad), Jimmy Nelson: (elbow), Dustin May: (elbow), Clayton Kershaw: (elbow), Tommy Kahnle: (elbow), Cole Hamels: (arm), Tony Gonsolin: (shoulder), Caleb Ferguson: (elbow), Danny Duffy: (forearm), Garrett Cleavinger: (oblique), Scott Alexander: (shoulder), Edwin Rios: (shoulder).
Rockies: Jordan Sheffield: (lat), Scott Oberg: (blood clots), Peter Lambert: (elbow), Raimel Tapia: (toe), Yonathan Daza: (thumb), Trevor Story: (leg), Chris Owings: (thumb).
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