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The Los Angeles Kings find themselves in a deep hole to the Edmonton Oilers being down 3-1.  The Kings split the first two games but lost two straight at home. The Kings have scored just one goal in each of their home games.  They have allowed 18 goals in the four games and need to improve this area as well as their offense. As well as the offense has played for the Oilers the defense has been better. The Kings need a win to keep their season alive but it is hard to see how they beat this Oilers team.  The Oilers will want to win this one at home and they will with their offense and defense.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers are on the road to close out a three-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday night. Arizona came from behind to take game two to even the series. The Dodgers will send Yoshinobu Yamamoto to the mound. He is 2-1, in six starts,  with a 3.54 ERA, a 1.071 WHIP. He has six walks and 37 strikeouts in 28 innings. He went 1-0 with a 3.18 ERA, a 1.06 WHIP, three walks and 22 strikeouts in 17 innings over his last three starts.

Arizona lost four of their last six. Zac Gallen is expected to make his seventh start of the season. He is 3-2 with a 3.38 ERA, a 1.219 WHIP,  with nine walks and 35 strikeouts in  32 innings. Over his last three starts, he is 1-2 with a 4.50 ERA, a 1.25 WHIP, with four walks and 16 strikeouts in 16 innings of work. Gallen has struggled in his last few starts. Yamamoto looked terrible in his first start but has put it together over his last few starts. The Dodgers have an explosive offense and will get the better of Gallen in this one.

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The Chicago Cubs look to bounce back against the New York Mets after dropping game two of their four game set. The Cubs will send Shota Imanaga to the mound. He is 4-0 with a 0.98 and a 0.80 WHIP. He has allowed zero or one run in all but one start this season. In 27.2 innings he has 28 strikeouts and just three walks. Chicago is putting up 5.07 runs per game, and allowing 4.12 ERA. The Mets will send Jose Butto to the mound for his fifth start. He is 0-1 with a 2.86 ERA and a 1.09 WHIP. New York is putting up 4.42 runs and allowing 3.54 ERA. The Chicago Cubs have won five of their last eight bouts. The Cubs have the better pitcher and even though they have key injuries on their offense, they have still have found ways to score runs. Take the the Cubs in this one.

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The Philadelphia Phillies and the Philadelphia Phillies end their three-game series with both teams taking a game in the first two. The Phillies will look to take the series with Zack Wheeler facing off against Patrick Sandoval. Zach Wheeler is 2-3 in six starts with a 1.93 ERA. He has struck out  46 while walking 11. Los Angeles has won just two games in their last 12. Mike Trout needs to have surgery on his knee and is out indefinitely. Patrick Sandoval is 1-4 in six starts with a 6.33 ERA. He has 28 strikeouts to 14 walks. Wheeler is third in the majors with 46 strikeouts and just hasn’t had great run support. In his three losses, the Phillies have scored three combined runs. Sandoval has been hit hard this season and I look for the Phillies to take the series with a win today.

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The Boston Red Sox and the San Francisco Giants meet in the final game of their three-game set. Boston will be looking for the sweep and have outscored the Giants 10-2 over the first two games. The Red Sox have won four straight while San Francisco has lost four of their last six games. The Giants will send Kyle Harrison to the mound for his seventh start. This season, he has posted a  2-1 record with a 4.09 ERA. The Giants are 4-2 when Harrison has started this season. Boston will counter with Josh Winckowski on the mound. He has gone back and forth from starter to bullpen. He has made two starts and seven relief appearances this season. He is 1-1 this season with a 3.50 ERA. The Red Sox have been a bit of a surprise this season and it is mostly due to pitching. Their bullpen and starting pitching have been solid and their offense has scored the ninth most runs. The Giants have struggled to score runs this season and have scored the ninth fewest runs.  The Red Sox have the best ERA in the majors with a 2.59 ERA ..  Winckowski has started the past two bullpen games, and even though he lasted just three innings in each, the Red Sox won both games easily. The Giants have scored three or fewer runs in five straight games and will struggle to score against the best bullpen in baseball.

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