Arizona will kick off the series with an opener in an effort to overcome a mismatch on paper
The Arizona Diamondbacks are used to facing long odds when playing the Los Angeles Dodgers. Despite having swept the Dodgers in three straight during last year's Division Series, the D-backs are heavy underdogs once again in their upcoming three game series at Dodger Stadium.
The Dodgers' offense ranks second in the NL scoring 5.17 runs per game and are first across the board with their team slash line of .258/.340/.433, .733 OPS, 119 OPS+. They also have a league best 3.14 ERA Most likely Lovullo will turn to a right hand reliever by the time the order gets to Will Smith who typically bats cleanup, and then turn the ball over to Cecconi to start either the second or third inning. Ironically, Cecconi has been lights out for the first couple of innings in almost all of his starts. But the second and third time through the order have been much worse.is coming off a bumpy no-decision against the Giants in which he gave up four runs in 5.2 innings.
Stone doesn't have an overly impressive strikeout to walk ratio but has given up just three homers on the year.Nelson seemed to be trending in the right direction before getting hit on the elbow by a comebacker and spending time on the injured list with the injury.
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