Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros Prediction: This game could go either way

On Saturday, Major League Baseball action will take place at Dodger Stadium, featuring a matchup between the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers. This week, Houston competed in a series against the Mets and emerged victorious, taking two out of three games. The Dodgers were victorious against the Angels in both games of a best-of-two series that was played between the two teams.

On Tuesday and again on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Dodgers prevailed against the Los Angeles Angels by a score of 2-0. Brusdar Graterol was responsible for most of the pitching in the decisive victory and had two innings in which he allowed no hits, one walk, and three strikeouts. On Saturday, the Dodgers' Emmet Sheehan will take the field as the team's opening pitcher. Sheehan went 6.0 innings in his one and only start of the year, which was also the first start of his career. He had no hits, no runs earned, two walks, and three strikeouts. The Los Angeles Dodgers have a record of 108-44 over their last 152 games played at home and a record of 65-28 over their last 93 games played in game one of a series. The Los Angeles Dodgers have a record of 55-25 in their previous 80 games against opponents from other leagues.

On Monday, the Houston Astros were defeated by the New York Mets by a score of 11-1, but they came back to win games two and three of the series by scores of 4-2 and 10-8, respectively. In the game that took place on Wednesday, Houston starter Cristian Javier went 2.1 innings, allowing four earned runs on four hits while also walking five batters. JP France will take the mound for the Houston Astros on Saturday as the team's starting pitcher. France has a record of 2-2 with a 3.42 earned run average and 38 strikeouts in 47.1 innings pitched so far this year, which is the first eight starts of his career. The Houston Astros have a record of 8-3 in their previous 11 games played away from home against other leagues. The Houston Astros have a record of 42-16 in their previous 58 games played after a day off, including a 5-2 record on Saturdays over their last five contests.

In spite of the fact that the Los Angeles Dodgers are the favorites to win this game, I'm going to choose the Astros to come out on top. The competition should be entertaining from every angle, though. In his previous three starts, France has allowed six earned runs over a combined total of 20.1 innings pitched, and he has done so while allowing 14 hits and eight walks. Sheehan is coming off a successful debut appearance against the Giants, in which he pitched six innings without allowing an earned run and walked two batters. It wouldn't be unusual to see both players get far into the game, but if Houston's offense can come along for the trip, I think they have a greater chance of winning.