Los Angeles Dodgers - Texas Rangers predictions and free betting tips [14/06/2024]

Tomorrow morning, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Texas Rangers will play the final game of their three-game series. The visitors have won 2 of the last 3 meetings, bouncing back from a significant defeat in the first game to narrowly win the second, thereby slightly distancing themselves from the division-leading Seattle Mariners. The Dodgers are 6-4 in their last stretch and lead the NL West, ahead of the San Diego Padres by 6.5 games.

Texas Rangers

After conceding 15 runs in the first game of this series, the Rangers showed much better pitching, defeating the Dodgers 3-2. Michael Lorenzen is set to start today's match. He is 3-3 with a 3.05 ERA this season. In his last game, he lost to the San Francisco Giants, allowing 2 runs and 5 hits over 4.1 innings. The Rangers have lost 7 of his last 8 starts.

Los Angeles Dodgers

This year, the Dodgers rank second in the league in runs scored and fourth in team ERA. Reliever Michael Grove (4-2, 4.72 ERA, 1.14 WHIP) is set to make his second start of the season. He pitched 1 inning in his last outing, allowing 1 run and 2 hits. Prior to that, he allowed no runs over 8 innings in 6 games.

Prediction for the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Texas Rangers Game

Michael Grove is making only his second start of the season, with his longest appearance on the mound being just 3 innings. He pitches well and should comfortably handle a couple of innings. Then the Dodgers' bullpen, which holds the second-best ERA in the league, will take over. I don't think Texas will score much in this game, but Los Angeles’s bats should perform well. Given these factors, a -1.5 run line on the Dodgers seems like a worthwhile risk.

Prediction for the Total Runs

The Dodgers' bullpen should contain Texas’s already shaky offense, while Lorenzen may throw a few surprises. Nevertheless, he has been more consistent this season than usual, so a total under 8.5 runs seems like the most logical choice in this game.