Baseball Betting: Dodgers-Rockies Odds and Predictions: May 27, 2009

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Colorado Rockies Over 9.5

May 27, 2009 3:10PM

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The Dodgers try for the sweep of the Rockies in Coors Field on Wednesday afternoon when they send Clayton Kershaw to the mound. Kershaw is 2-3 with a 4.32 ERA. On the road it becomes 1-3 with a 7.27 ERA including a 10-4 loss in Coors Field last month. In that game Kershaw gave up nine runs in 4.2 innings pitched on eight hits.

Overall, Kershaw is 1-3 with an ERA of 8.19. Last year Kershaw won 5-1 there and lost 10-1 as well. The Rockies hit .423 against him with Jeff Baker (4-for-8), Clint Barmes (3-for-5), Ryan Spilborghs (3-for-5) and Dexter Fowler (2-for-4) all doing well.

The Rockies send Ubaldo Jimenez to the hill where he is 3-5 with a 4.25 ERA. In his three starts at Colorado is 2-1 with a 4.00 ERA and three overs.

Ubaldo is 4-2 with a 7.25 ERA against LA with eight overs in eight starts, including losing 14-2 in Los Angeles and losing 6-5 in Colorado. In 8.1 innings pitched versus the Rockies, he has given up 13 runs and 15 hits.

L.A. hits .311 against him with Russell Martin (7-for-16), Matt Kemp (6-for-14), Orlando Hudson (3-for-9), Rafael Furcal (3-for-8) and Casey Blake (2-for-4) all hitting him hard. The Dodgers have scored 35 runs in their last four games.