{"id":16184,"date":"2011-06-21T14:38:16","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T19:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=16184"},"modified":"2011-06-21T14:38:16","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T19:38:16","slug":"interleague-showdown-detroit-tigers-at-l-a-dodgers-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/interleague-showdown-detroit-tigers-at-l-a-dodgers-betting-preview-16184\/","title":{"rendered":"Interleague Showdown: Detroit Tigers At L.A. Dodgers Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Detroit Tigers (39-34) AT L.A. Dodgers (33-41)<\/strong>
\nJune 21, 2011 at 10:10 PM EST<\/strong>
\nOpening Moneyline:\u00a0 DET -120, LAD +100<\/strong>
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 DET -114, LAD -105<\/strong>
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 7<\/strong>
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

SP:\u00a0 DET- Max Scherzer; LAD- Chad Billingsley<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cabrera will be resting tonight. Just as well since he is 0 of 14 against Dodgers starter Chad Billingsley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite a humble 4.32 ERA, Max Scherzer has the opportunity to become the first 10 game winner in the AL with a victory tonight and is 9-2 due to the outstanding run support that the Tigers’ batters have provided him with.<\/p>\n

They didn’t provide that run support last night, though, as the Dodgers shut them out 4-0.\u00a0 Clayton Kershaw was the driving force behind the win as he threw 112 pitches and struck out 11 batters, in pitching the shutout.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt good tonight. I was mixing speeds and getting some quick outs,\u201d Kershaw said. \u201cI kept my pitch count down and stayed through nine. Strikeouts just happen. Some days you\u2019re going to get them and some days you\u2019re not.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the Dodgers, Juan Uribe went 2 of 4 with a homer and James Loney went 3 of 4 with 2 runs scored.\u00a0 Clayton Kershaw helped his own cause, as well,\u00a0 by driving in two runs.<\/p>\n

For whatever odd reason, the Tigers have hit very well when Scherzer takes the mound.\u00a0 They have given him 74 runs in his 15 starts (4.93 runs per game) and 23 runs in 3 wins this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got to battle and make sure (you limit the damage),\u201d Scherzer said. \u201cIf you can (do that), that\u2019s a good outing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scherzer is 4-3 with a 2.76 ERA in his 8 career interleague starts.<\/p>\n

The Tigers will have to do it without Miguel Cabrera tonight, though.\u00a0 He’s taking the night off and there’s a good reason:\u00a0 he needs the rest and has gone 0 for 12 in his career against Chad Billingsley.<\/p>\n

“This is a no-brainer,\u201d Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. \u201cHe plays every day. He gives you everything he\u2019s got, every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chad Billingsley has been struggling but pitched well last time he faced the Tigers, as he gave up only 1 run and 4 hits in 7 innings, as the Dodgers won 4-1 on May 21, 2010.\u00a0 In his last 2 starts, he is 0-2 with a 13.50 ERA and he gave up 7 runs in 4 innings as the Dodgers lost 7-2 to the Reds on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Billingsley took a defeated attitude, saying his pitching was “unacceptable…[and] I’m just not executing some pitches in some situations,” but he kept a hopeful note reserved, simply saying “I’m going to have to keep working hard and figure it out.”<\/p>\n

It’s a bitter pill for Billingsley to swallow since he used to be the Dodgers’ ace pitcher before Kershaw’s emergence.\u00a0 Last season Billingsley posted a very respectable 3.42 ERA and struck out 171 hitters in 191 innings.\u00a0 In his 12 career interleague starts, Billingsley is 4-4 with a 4.76 ERA.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

Detroit is 2-4 SU in their last 6 games and they are 1-4 SU in their last 5 on the road.\u00a0 The Tigers are 1-4 SU in their last 5 road games against the L.A. Dodgers.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games and they are 2-6 SU in their last 8 games at home.\u00a0 The Dodgers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 home games against the Tigers.<\/p>\n

Both Billingsley and Scherzer are top notch pitchers and the total is set low at 7 for tonight’s matchup.\u00a0 With Cabrera sitting, the Tigers are going to have to get contributions from others, since offense will be scarce in this one to begin with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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