Los Angeles Dodgers vs Milwaukee Brewers Prediction: Incredible Dodgers are unstoppable

On Friday, the Milwaukee Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers will play the third and final game of their three-game series at Dodger Stadium. Which team will come out on top in this championship showdown between the leaders of the several divisions?

The Los Angeles Dodgers have been the hottest team in baseball during the month of August, and it has really created some space at the top of the National League West. Entering Thursday's action, the Los Angeles Dodgers owned a record of 72-46, sitting nine games ahead of the San Francisco Giants, who are leading the way in the NL West. Mookie Betts holds the lead for the Los Angeles Dodgers with 31 home runs and 81 runs batted in, while Max Muncy is just behind him with 28 home runs of his own and 76 runs batted in. This season, J.D. Martinez has a team-high 77 RBIs to go along with his 25 home runs, while Freddie Freeman has a team-high 158 hits to go along with his 23 home runs, 43 doubles, a.336 batting average, and a.414 on-base percentage in addition to his 77 RBIs and 25 home runs. This game will be started by Lance Lynn, who has a record of 9-9 with a 5.88 ERA and 166 strikeouts so far this season for the Dodgers.

The Milwaukee Brewers have a significant amount of work to do on Friday in what is expected to be another difficult struggle. They have a challenging road series against another team that is leading their division coming up this weekend, the Texas Rangers. The Brewers entered Thursday with a record of 65-55, giving them a three-game lead over both the Cubs and the Reds in the rankings for first place in the National League Central. Willy Adames has a team-leading 18 home runs, and Christian Yelich is just two off the pace with 16. Christian Yelich leads the Brewers with 129 hits, 66 RBIs, a batting average of.289, and an on-base percentage of.376. Willy Adames has a team-leading 18 home runs, and Christian Yelich is just two off the pace with 16. Adames has the unpleasant distinction of leading the Milwaukee Brewers with 121 strikeouts this season, while Yelich leads the Brewers in doubles with 27. Yelich also leads the Brewers in total strikeouts with 121. This game will be started for the Milwaukee Brewers by Corbin Burnes, who has a record of 9-6, a 3.60 earned run average, and 146 strikeouts so far this season.

I'm going to have to side with the Los Angeles Dodgers on this one. Lance Lynn has been pitching extremely effectively and seems to have a lot more confidence now that he has one of the best lineups in baseball behind him that can pick him up if he falters. Corbin Burnes has been very good for the better part of the past month and a half, but I just think that this is a horrible matchup for him against a Dodgers team that is on a roll right now. Consequently, despite the fact that they have prevailed in the first two games of this set, I believe that this home team has sufficient strength to keep things going.