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The Dodgers needed some last minute heroics from Adrian Gonzalez who drove in the go-ahead RBI single in the top of the ninth on Sunday to steal a 4-3 win in St. Louis.

LAD : Hyun-Jin Ryu (L) (10-5, 3.44 ERA) v PIT: Edinson Volquez (R) (8-6, 3.65 ERA)
Date/Time: 7:05 pm ET Monday, July 21, 2014
Venue: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Broadcast: Local
Line: 100 Pirates
Total: 7.5
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Now they will travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates who will aim to match their longest winning streak of the season when they open a three-game set against the Dodgers on Monday.

The Dodgers (55-45) have scored an average of just two runs in their last eight games and will arrive in Pittsburgh without two of their best offensive players — right fielder Yasiel Puig and shortstop Hanley Ramirez.

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Both will miss game one after leaving games over the weekend after being hit by pitches on the left hand.

Meanwhile, the Pirates (52-46) pulled to within 1 1/2 games of first place in the National League Central, following a 5-3 comeback win over Colorado on Sunday, on Neil Walker’s seventh-inning homer out to center.

It was Pittsburgh’s sixth consecutive victory at home and its 12th in the last 14 at PNC Park.

The Bucs will now face Hyun-Jin Ryu in game one against LA.
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The left-hander recovered from his worst start of his season to turn in one of his best performances of the season against the Padres on July. Ryu struck out a season-high 10, while holding San Diego to just a pair of hits in six scoreless innings.

He is 6-2 with a 2.75 ERA on the road, and allowed two runs in six innings to beat Pittsburgh at home in May.

Pirates manager Clinton Hurdle will counter by sending Edinson Volquez to the mound.

The right-hander is coming off his second career complete game, a six-hitter at St. Louis on July 10. He has been on fire as of late, going 4-0 with a 0.90 ERA in four starts since a bad outing back on June 18.

Volquez pitched five solid innings for a win in LA back on June 1, and is 3-3 with a 3.83 ERA in eight career starts versus the Dodgers.

MLB Betting Trends

  • LA are 19-7 in their last 26 Mon. games.
  • Under is 17-7-1 in LA last 25 road games.
  • Under is 6-1-1 in Ryus last 8 road starts.
  • Over is 7-1 in PIT last 8 Mon. games.
  • PIT are 20-8 in their last 28 home games.
  • LA are 68-28 in the last 96 meetings.
  • Over is 47-22-2 in the last 71 meetings.

Notes:

1. Los Angeles has scored 16 runs in its last eight games.
2. Walker is 8-for-16 with two homers and four RBIs during a four-game hitting streak.
3. Dodgers LH J.P. Howell has posted 10 consecutive scoreless appearances.

Matt’s Free Prediction: Pirates –

The Dodgers will definitely fill the absence of Puig and Ramirez, and it will only be magnified facing a red-hot Volquez.

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By Matt Martz

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