Los Angeles at Cincinnati

A couple of things going on here for these teams. The Dodgers trail the San Francisco Giants by just 2 games for the top seed in the NL playoffs, which is a big deal. The Reds are just 0.5 games behind St. Louis for the 2nd wild card in the NL. The Dodgers lost the series opener to the Reds, but in the bigger picture, the Dodgers are in beast mode as they are 29-10 over their last 39 games and have lost 2 in a row just one time since the end of July. You can bet they come fired up for this one. The Dodgers made the best deal at the trade deadline, as they acquired Max Scherzer. All Scherzer has done is the lead the Dodgers to an 8-0 record in his 8 starts winning by an average margin of 6.38-2.00 or by 4.38 runs per game. Scherzer is zoned in. Make the play on LA.