The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Colorado Rockies play the third game of a four-game series in Denver tonight, Wednesday, August 20. In the opening game of the series, the Rockies defeated the Dodgers 4-3, winning the game on a walk-off single by Warming Bernabel. The win ended Colorado’s 10-game losing skid against Los Angeles. The victory put the Rockies on a four-game winning streak, tying their season-high.
The Dodgers and Rockies played six times in the first half of the 2025 MLB season, with Los Angeles winning all six of those contests by a combined score of 39-21. Monday’s game was the first meeting between the clubs since the Dodgers beat the Rockies 3-1 in June.
Below, we look at tonight’s matchup between the Dodgers and Rockies and provide you with our best free MLB betting picks as we try to earn you some extra cash while you take in all the action on the field.
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As of this writing, the Los Angeles Dodgers hold a two-game lead over the San Diego Padres at the top of the National League West standings. The surprising loss in Game 1 of the current series between the Dodgers and the Rockies, who are in last place in the division, came after the Dodgers swept the Padres in a three-game series in Los Angeles. The Dodgers no doubt hoped the series against Colorado would help them put some distance between themselves and the Padres, who lost to the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Monday. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was disappointed by the team’s loss on Monday, “We should have won that game,” Roberts said. “This is a hard one.”
Los Angeles has a 71-54 record on the season with a 30-30 road mark. The club is second in the NL in runs scored with 643, while allowing the seventh most runs in the National League at 556. The team’s run differential of +87 is fourth-best in the NL.
Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to get the start for tonight’s game. He has started nine games this season with 23.1 innings pitched and an ERA of 3.47. Ohtani has 32 strikeouts on the year. In his most recent start, Ohtani pitched 4 1/3 innings, giving up four runs and five hits on a season-high 80 pitches. He left the mound with a 5-4 lead. The Dodgers ultimately lost that game 6-5 to the Los Angeles Angels.
Ohtani leads the Dodgers in home runs (43), RBIs (81), OBP (.392), and hits (136). Freddie Freeman is the team leader in batting average (.301).
The Colorado Rockies head into tonight’s home game at Coors Field with the worst record in the National League at 36-89. However, the team has been much better since the All-Star break. In facts, Colorado (14-15) has a better record than Los Angeles (13-15) since the break. The team’s win over Los Angeles on Monday was their first win over the Dodgers at home since June 19, 2024.
“We’re at this stage right now where we’re trying to get better as a team,” Rockies’s catcher Hunter Goodman said. “We’re trying to play the game the right way and do things to put us in a position in the future to get to the spot that some of these teams we’re playing against are in.”
The Rockies have a 20-43 home record this season. The club has scored the second-fewest runs in the league this year at 473, while giving up by far the most runs in MLB at 799. No other team has surrendered more than 682 runs in 2025.
Tanner Gordon is set to get the start for the Rockies. He has a 3-5 record this year with an ERA of 7.98 over 38.1 innings pitched with 24 strikeouts.
Hunter Goodman leads the Rockies with a .274 batting average, 25 home runs, 69 RBIs, and 113 hits. Jordan Beck has the best OBP on the team at .336.
Yes, the Rockies are playing better than they did in the first half of the season, while the Dodgers are worse than they were, but the teams remain worlds apart as far as talent and offensive firepower. Don’t expect the Rockies to win tonight’s game agains the Dodgers or this series.
The betting pick for tonight’s Dodgers vs. Rockies game is a Los Angeles win.
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