If you’re into funky pitching duels, you’ll get what you want later tonight, as Clayton Kershaw and Bartolo Colon get the ball for their respective teams. Will Kershaw mow down the New York Mets’ lineup just like he did the first time he met them this season? Or will Colon toss a gem and lead the Mets in a win over the LA Dodgers?
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Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Mets Betting Preview
Where: Citi Field, Flushing
When: Sunday, May 29, 2016, 8:00 PM ET
Line: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Mets– view all MLB lines
TV Broadcast: ESPN
Betting on the Los Angeles Dodgers
Kershaw has been plain ridiculous this season. He enters tonight’s game carrying a 7-1 record and a 1.48 ERA in 10 starts. HIs latest masterpiece was a complete-game shutout of the Reds in a 1-0 win at home on May 23. Kershaw allowed just two hits and a walk, while striking out nine batters. To put into perspective how locked in Kershaw is thus far this season, that Cincinnati game was the first time in seven starts that the lefty didn’t record double-digit strikeouts.
Kershaw must feel great knowing he’ll get another start in Citi Field, where’s he’s been dominant in past visits there. Kershaw is 3-0 with a Kershaw-nesque 1.01 ERA and 0.90 WHIP in four starts in Flushing.
Furthermore, he pitched a 5-0 shutout win at home over the Mets on May 12, striking out 12 and issuing just one walk.
Dodgers hitters of course can’ take Kershaw for granted, as they still need to produce runs.
Adrian Gonzalez is a prime candidate to deliver at the plate, considering his past success against Bartolo Colon. Gonzalez is 12-for-27 (.444) with two homers in his career against Colon.
Betting on the New York Mets
Bartolo Colon is a gift that just keeps on giving for the Mets—and for all baseball fans as well. The beer-bellied hurler proved he still got it when he delivered a solid performance on May 23, pitching for 7.1 innings and allowing just one earned run in a 7-1 road victory over Washington. He struck out just two Nationals but did a good job of taking away Washington’s power by limiting the Nationals to only five singles. That’s more or less the kind of performance Colon is looking to dish out in his second start against the Dodgers.
Colon was tagged with five earned runs on seven hits in just five innings of the aforementioned 5-0 loss in Dodger Stadium earlier this month.
Obviously, Colon didn’t get the run support he needed in that game so he’ll be expecting his teammates to pony up this time around. That’s easier said than done against Kershaw, but the Mets have to find a way to solve the Dodgers’ ace.
Asdrubal Cabrera is just 2-for-7 (.286) lifetime against Kershaw, but he’s batting .318 (14-for-44) with three doubles against southpaws this season. Yoenis Cespedes, meanwhile, is hitting .414 (13-for-38) with four taters and eight RBIs this year against lefty pitchers.
The over is 3-1 in Colon’s last four starts.
Writer’s Prediction
LA wins, 4-2.
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