Kenta Maeda (13-8, 3.38 ERA) and Zack Greinke (12-4, 4.17 ERA) are on the hill in the first of a three-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers (76-60) and the Arizona Diamondbacks (58-78) at Dodger Stadium. Action begins at 8:10 p.m. ET on Monday, Sep. 5 and can be seen on FSAZ and SNLA.
Maeda pitched 5.0 innings in his most recent start, surrendering two runs, striking out six and walking one in an 8-1 defeat to the Rockies. Greinke went 6.0 innings, surrendering two, striking out one and walking two in a 4-3 win over the Giants in his last outing. Jake Lamb (.260, 70 Rs, 27 HRs, 83 RBIs, 5 SBs) went 1 for 3 yesterday with two runs.
Notes
When leading after seven innings, Los Angeles is 30-24, while Arizona is 28-40.
The Diamondbacks are coming into this game after allowing two walks during their last outing. The Dodgers have a 24-23 record when opponents give up two walks or less.
When they outhit their opponents, the Diamondbacks are 42-15. The Dodgers have a 54-16 record when outhitting opponents.
Ranking 16th, Los Angeles is in the bottom half of the league in runs, scoring 610 this season. Arizona ranks in the top half at 11th with 630.
Ranking 17th, Los Angeles is in the bottom half of the league for its on-base plus slugging percentage (.734). Arizona ranks in the top half at 11th with an OPS of .755.
The Diamondbacks are 31-63 in games where they allow one or more home runs. The Dodgers are 35-48 when they allow at least one homer.
