T.M. Selection: LA Dodgers -1.5.

I like the LA Dodgers runline against the Pittsburgh Pirates in this game on Tuesday. The Dodgers have looked really good in their games lately. They just swept their 2 most recent series, 2 games against the Giants and 3 games against the Cubs, but they lost their most recent game to the Pirates in the 1st of this series. Urias held it together for most of that game only giving up the 1 run for the 1st 6 innings but it wasn't enough since the Dodgers would end up taking a 5-1 loss in that game anyway. The Dodgers shouldn't be losing games like that to teams as bad as the Pirates are and I think they are going to be sour from that loss, coming to play much harder in this game. They have a really strong batting lineup and I think after a dud like that yesterday, they are going to get after the Pirates here. Bryse Wilson (0-1, 3.79 ERA) is up for the Pirates here and he has pitched well in his 2 most recent games but those were both relief appearances and in the 3 games he started in, he gave up 3+ runs in 2/3 of those games. Whether he is starting or coming out of the bullpen this year, he hasn't lasted long in many of his games, pitching no more than 4 innings in any of his games played. I think the Dodgers are going to get to him here for a lot of runs in this game. Tony Gonsolin (2-0, 1.64 ERA) is up for the Dodgers and he has looked great all year. He has been pitching even better than he did last year and in 5 starts this year, he has only had 1 start where he gave up more than 1 run and that was a start where he gave up 2 runs. I think he is going to have another great start here and I expect him to keep the Pirates off the board while the Dodgers do their thing on offense. I like the Dodgers runline here.

T.M. Prediction: 6-1 Dodgers.