Dodgers, Angels begin annual Freeway Series
The Los Angeles Angels (37-39) will look to continue their recent dominance of the Los Angeles Dodgers (34-42) when they open a three-game series at Chavez Ravine on Friday. The Angels have defeated their interleague rivals five times in the last six meetings and swept them in three games the last time they played at Dodger Stadium.
Friday's opener at Dodger Stadium is scheduled for a 7:10 p.m. (PT) first pitch.
LA is the last stop on a season-high 12-game road trip in 14 days for the Angels, who have gone 6-3 in the first nine games and will end up traveling more than 8,000 miles before heading back home to Anaheim. They have won each of the first three series they have played so far on the trip, taking two of three from the Seattle Mariners, New York Mets and Florida Marlins.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers will be closing out a season-high 12-game homestand that opened with five straight losses. They were swept in a three-game set by the Cincinnati Reds and then dropped two of three to the Houston Astros before beating the Detroit Tigers twice in three days.
The home team will now try to win for the fourth time in five games when they send rookie pitcher Rubby De La Rosa (3-1, 4.58 ERA) to the mound for his first career interleague start. De La Rosa will be making his fourth start in a row for the Dodgers and hopes to rebound from his worst outing of the season against Houston last time out on Saturday.
De La Rosa surrendered five runs and six hits to the Astros over 4 2/3 innings in a 7-0 loss and will need to find better control of his pitches if he is going to shut down the Angels. He has issued 11 walks in his first three starts while striking out 16 and owns a 6.23 ERA in three games at home.
Dan Haren (6-5, 2.96) gets the nod for the Angels and will try to turn things around after going 2-3 in five starts over the past month. Like De La Rosa, Haren is also coming off his worst start of the year, giving up six runs and seven hits in four innings of a 6-1 road loss to the Mets last Saturday.
Haren has allowed three runs and seven hits or more in each of his past five outings, although the Angels had won his previous two road starts. He is 4-2 in nine starts away from home with a 3.32 ERA and has gone 4-5 in 14 starts against the Dodgers during his career with a 3.19 ERA.
The ‘over’ is 3-0 in Haren’s last three road starts, none of which have seen a total posted higher than seven. The ‘over’ is also 8-3 in the last 11 meetings with the Dodgers dating back to 2009.
The weather forecast for Friday night calls for a temperature of 71 degrees under sunny skies.
The Los Angeles Angels (37-39) will look to continue their recent dominance of the Los Angeles Dodgers (34-42) when they open a three-game series at Chavez Ravine on Friday. The Angels have defeated their interleague rivals five times in the last six meetings and swept them in three games the last time they played at Dodger Stadium.
Friday's opener at Dodger Stadium is scheduled for a 7:10 p.m. (PT) first pitch.
LA is the last stop on a season-high 12-game road trip in 14 days for the Angels, who have gone 6-3 in the first nine games and will end up traveling more than 8,000 miles before heading back home to Anaheim. They have won each of the first three series they have played so far on the trip, taking two of three from the Seattle Mariners, New York Mets and Florida Marlins.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers will be closing out a season-high 12-game homestand that opened with five straight losses. They were swept in a three-game set by the Cincinnati Reds and then dropped two of three to the Houston Astros before beating the Detroit Tigers twice in three days.
The home team will now try to win for the fourth time in five games when they send rookie pitcher Rubby De La Rosa (3-1, 4.58 ERA) to the mound for his first career interleague start. De La Rosa will be making his fourth start in a row for the Dodgers and hopes to rebound from his worst outing of the season against Houston last time out on Saturday.
De La Rosa surrendered five runs and six hits to the Astros over 4 2/3 innings in a 7-0 loss and will need to find better control of his pitches if he is going to shut down the Angels. He has issued 11 walks in his first three starts while striking out 16 and owns a 6.23 ERA in three games at home.
Dan Haren (6-5, 2.96) gets the nod for the Angels and will try to turn things around after going 2-3 in five starts over the past month. Like De La Rosa, Haren is also coming off his worst start of the year, giving up six runs and seven hits in four innings of a 6-1 road loss to the Mets last Saturday.
Haren has allowed three runs and seven hits or more in each of his past five outings, although the Angels had won his previous two road starts. He is 4-2 in nine starts away from home with a 3.32 ERA and has gone 4-5 in 14 starts against the Dodgers during his career with a 3.19 ERA.
The ‘over’ is 3-0 in Haren’s last three road starts, none of which have seen a total posted higher than seven. The ‘over’ is also 8-3 in the last 11 meetings with the Dodgers dating back to 2009.
The weather forecast for Friday night calls for a temperature of 71 degrees under sunny skies.
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