Baseball Betting: The best pitcher in baseball, Clayton Kershaw, is expected to be on the mound on Thursday night as the Los Angeles Dodgers host the Atlanta Braves. Kershaw has been great all season and he comes into this game at 12-2 with a 1.76 ERA. He has been almost unhittable over the last month of the season. He should be opposed in this one by the best pitcher for the Braves, Julio Teheran. Here is a look at the matchup and baseball betting picks.
Probable Pitching Matchup – Teheran vs. Kershaw
Julio Teheran has a record of 10-6 and a 2.71 ERA. He has had a good season but he has never done well pitching in California in his career. He has a 6.17 ERA in four starts in the state of California. He has been solid overall this season and in his last three starts he is 2-0 with a 3.60 ERA.
Clayton Kershaw is 12-2 on the season with a 1.76 ERA. There are not enough superlatives to describe how great Kershaw has been this Cy Young Award-worthy season. He is 2-0 in his last three starts with a 1.44 ERA. And he has averaged over eight innings per start in his last three. Strangely enough, he has never gotten a decision in his career against the Braves. He has a 2.45 ERA against them but doesn’t have a win or a loss in 29.1 innings. The Braves are not a good hitting team this season so this could be where Kershaw finally gets a win against Atlanta.
Braves vs. Dodgers Series
These two teams are pretty evenly matched and they have split their last ten meetings overall. Surprisingly, the teams had gone over in their last five before this series started. The Dodgers had won six of the last 10 at home in the series with the last three going over. Even though the last three did go over the total, the previous five had gone under.
Baseball Betting Picks
This is a good spot for a parlay so we’ll back the Dodgers with Kershaw along with the under.
