While several teams are wrapping up their series today, the Dodgers and Brewers are simply continuing their long 4-game stretch. After Milwaukee's win last night, the series is now split. L.A. will be looking to bounce back to improve their league-best 80-35 record. They still have a comfortable 16-game league in the NL West, so there's certainly no cause for alarm. Meanwhile, the Brewers continue to be in a heated battle with the Cardinals for the top spot in the NL Central. With the postseason on the horizon for both of these teams, let's break down the best markets to t arget for this game. Along with this same game parlay, be sure to check out our thoughts on the side and total for all of today's games.
Dodgers ML (-172)
Under 9.5 total runs (-186)
Trea Turner 2+ total bases (-135)
Parlay odds: +375
Let's take a closer look at each leg of our same game parlay.
Los Angeles Dodgers ML (-172) over Milwaukee Brewers
Seeing the Dodgers go down last night may seem surprising on the surface. However, they were starting rookie Ryan Pepiot in just his 6th career start. The Brewers were even favorites to win the game. L.A. was forced to start the youngster as Clayton Kershaw was placed on the injured list recently. Now they'll get to bounce back in a big way off the back of Tony Gonsolin's dominance. Kershaw may be the listed ace, but it's been Gonsolin having a career year. Sitting with a 14-1 record, he's looking to become the first National League pitcher with 15 wins on the year.
Gonsolin hasn't faced the Brewers before, but there's no reason to doubt that he will continue his great season. He started out this month taking on the new stacked lineup of the Padres. They didn't score a single run and recorded just 3 hits as the Dodgers went on to win that game 8-1. That's also a perfect demonstration of the run support Gonsolin has been receiving. In fact, their entire pitching staff can nearly always rely on it. L.A. recently overtook the Yankees as the highest scoring team in the league, and the first team to eclipse 600 runs. With a team so dominant both at the plate and on the mound, expect the Dodgers to take this game convincingly.