Dodgers vs Diamondbacks Picks and Prediction – 8/31/2024

The Los Angeles Dodgers will be on the road Friday for game one of four in Arizona against the Diamondbacks. Los Angeles is the top team in the National League West currently 25 games of a .500 having won through the last five. Offensively Los Angeles has been top tier this season with a .251 team batting average. The Dodgers have scored 656 runs on 1133 hits as a team this season. The Los Angeles pitching has been just as strong with a 3.72 team ERA. For other MLB action see our MLB Picks.

Shohei Ohtani is the offensive leader this season for Los Angeles leading the team in four of the five main categories. Ohtani has boasted a .295 batting average go along with 42 home runs and 95 RBIs. Freddie Freeman leads the team with a .32 on base percentage and has compiled seventeen home runs and 73 RBI's. TeOscar Hernandez is second on the roster with 28 home runs and 87 RBI and has played in 130 games this season.

The Arizona Diamondbacks stay at home Friday currently the 2nd place team in the National League West having won for the last five. Offensively Arizona been one of the best teams in baseball with a .261 team batting average. The Diamondbacks have scored 712 runs on 1181 hits to go along with 165 total home runs as a team.

Ketel Marte is the offensive leader this season for Arizona sitting atop all 5 categories. Marte has posted a .298 batting average go along with thirty home runs at 81 RBI. Christian Walker has 23 home runs, and 71 RBI's.  Joc Pederson has chipped in 21 home runs and sixty RBI's. Gabriel Moreno has boasted a .262 batting average having compiled 72 hits across 86 games played this year.

These 2 teams are fighting for the division crown as Arizona has been one of the hotter teams in the game over the last few weeks. Look for Los Angeles to lean on one of the best pitchers to ever play the game to do the work. Take LA Friday night to do enough to get the win on the road in Arizona. Final Score Prediction, Los Angeles Dodgers win 6-3.