The Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers battle it out right from the get-go of the 2023 MLB season this Thursday.Check out our preview of this Diamondbacks vs Dodgers matchup in the 2023 MLB regular season. There are more baseball game previews to read here at TopBet, so feel free to look around and make bets on more games once you’re ready.
The Diamondbacks finished fourth in the National League West division in 2022 with just a 74-88 record, but at least that was an improvement from a 52-110 performance in 2021. On the mound for the D’backs this Thursday will be Zac Gallen, who went 12-4 with a 2.54 ERA and 0.91 WHIP across 31 starts in 2022. Gallen looked great in the two starts he had in 2022 against the Dodgers, during which he pitched for 14.0 inning and allowed just an earned run on four hits. Arizona was a middle-of-the-road team offensively last season with 4.33 runs per game (14th in the majors) but they have serious talents like Christian Walker, who posted an .804 OPS in 2022.
The Diamondbacks are 4-1 in their last five Thursday games.
Although they fell short of their goal to win the World Series in 2022, the Dodgers still finished the regular season last year with a massive total of 111 victories. The Dodgers were a monster both at the plate and on the mound, as they ranked No. 1 with 5.17 runs per game and second with an opponents’ batting average of 0.210. While they lost Trea Turner over the offseason, the Dodgers still have superstars in Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts, who had .918 OPS and .873 OPS, respectively, in 2022. On the mound, the Dodgers will start Julio Urias Thursday. Urias went 17-7 with a 2.16 ERA back in 2022.
The Under is 4-1-1 in the Dodgers’ last six home games.
