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MLB Baseball Betting: Dodgers vs. Astros Betting Odds and Picks, April 21 2009

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Houston Astros o9.0 (-125)
Tue April 21st 2009 8:05p - MLB Baseball Odds
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The Los Angeles Dodgers have one of the hottest offenses in baseball, and while the Houston Astros have been struggling, the Dodgers may carry this Over by teeing off on Russ Ortiz.

Los Angeles has a team batting average of .302 in the early going while averaging a potent 6.31 runs per game. They have had little variance against right-handers (.301) and left-handers (.310), and the scary part is that Manny Ramirez has not even started being Manny yet.

The Dodgers have scored 14 and nine runs in their last two games respectively.

This makes for a terrible matchup for Ortiz, who did not even pitch in the Major Leagues last season. Sure, his numbers looked decent in his first Astros start, as he allowed three earned runs and five hits.

However, that was over just 4.2 innings as he labored over 99 pitches vs. the Pittsburgh Pirates. This offense he is facing here obviously represents a major step up in class.

Now the Astros have been brutal offensively for the most part, but they may not have to do much to push this game Over if the Dodgers score about seven runs vs. Ortiz and a mediocre Houston bullpen that sports a very mediocre 4.42 ERA, which seems very doable.

Besides, while LA starter Clayton Kershaw has looked great so far this year, the Astros did manage three runs and six hits off of him in just 5.2 innings last season.

The Astros may only need to score three runs or so tonight to ensure that this game reaches a total of double digits.

MLB Baseball Free Pick: Dodgers, Astros Over 9 (-125)

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Best of the American League
Tampa Bay
19%
Boston
19%
Chicago
7%
Minnesota
10%
Los Angeles
17%
Texas
27%
Total votes: 270

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