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There shouldn't be too many runs on the scoreboard today

The team from Los Angeles needs two more wins to secure the division champion title and playoffs. It is a matter of arithmetic because they would need to lose all the matches to the end while Arizona would have win all of them to remove them from the first place, but that will not happen

Last night the Arizona Diamondbacks (76-73) postponed the celebration of Dodgers (86-64) for a little while, as they need two wins to secure the first place in the NL West division arithmetically. It was a match in which the pitchers Trevor Cahill and Hyun Jin-Ryu dominated. The home run of the best batter of Diamondbacks Paul Goldschmit was crucial and it brought them two points.

 - I think of this match as any other in this phase, it is very difficult to win it. You don't think about who you are and what is going on around you. They are a good team and they will try to play their best and we didn't do enough to win against them - explain the manager of Dodgers Don Mattingly after the match.

Dodgers are hungry for victories and cannot wait for those two wins to secure the title and the playoffs in their division for the first time since 2009. Yasiel Puig appeared and it seems the hip is causing him no trouble anymore and the comeback of the excellent batter Matt Kemp has also been announced and he was absent for a long time.

The hosts will try to make it difficult for the team from Los Angeles and for that they will need the help of their pitcher ace Patrick Corbin (14-6, 2.92 ERA). Corbin went through a short crisis but in the last start he showed how that is behind him now. In that last start he won against Dodgers in Los Angeles when in almost seven innings he allowed them only one run and eight hits and scored a win.

It was his first win after 20 days and it surely means a lot to him because he has a great season behind him and he certainly didn't want to continue with a negative streak that would stain his excellent appearances.

 - Those were just a few weaker starts. I think there was no need to panic or something like that. I know that this is my first complete season and I know I have already done a lot of innings but my body feels healthy no matter all. I feel completely fine and I want to see how is it to play the season to the end, pitch as many innings as possible and try to build experience for the next season to pitch even more - said the young pitcher of Diamondbacks after a win against Los Angeles.

In the last ten matches he scored a ratio of 3-5 with an ERA of 4.05. On Chase Field he was excellent so far and made an ERA of 2.21 and he showed extreme dominance against lefties to whom he allowed them only .181 batting average. Against Dodgers he has 3-1 ratio and 2.27 ERA.

The away team will rely on their pitching ace Zack Greink (14-3, 2.74 ERA) who is having a bit of an unbelievable streak. In the last nine starts he had no losses and in that period he recorded an phenomenal 1.58 ERA. In the last 13 starts he was at the mound for at least six innings. In the last nine starts he allowed two or less runs and no team can find a way to defeat him.

His last start was against San Francisco where through six innings he allowed for only one run and four hits, adding five strikeouts. Against Arizona he pitched two times this season and did 14 innings, allowing for only two runs. In the away matches he scored 3.45 ERA so far.

When the teams with good pitchers collide, we always expect a good match. Diamondacks will be counting on the good performance of their star Patrick Corbin (14-6. 2,92 ERA). Corbin experienced a minor crisis recently, but in his last match he shown that the bad times are behind him. He was a crucial player in the away win against Dodgers. In the almost seven innings he allowed only one run and eight hits. In the last eight matches he has 3-5 score with 4,05 ERA. Every time he played on the Chase Field so far, he was excellent. He has a 2,21 ERA and is especially successful against left-handed batters who have a .181 hits in average per game against him. He has 3-1 career record with Dodgers with 2,27 ERA.

The away team will count on their own big star Zack Greinke (14-3, 2,74 ERA) who is enjoying a great run. He has not experienced a loss in last nine matches he started. In those matches he has an incredible 1,58 ERA record. In the last 13 matches he spend at least 6 innings on mound. In the last 9 matches he allowed nine or less runs per game and he is a true enigma for all the teams in the competition. Last game he started was the one against San Francisco. In that game he allowed only one run and four hits through six innings. To all that he added five strikeuots. He pitched two times against Arizona this season and he allowed them only two runs through 14 innings. He has 3,45 ERA on away matches. Both teams went under the margin in most matches this season. In the 24 matches that Greinke had started the game for the Dodgers, they went under the margin 17 times. Their last three matches were also under the margin.

Last three times Corbin started for Arizona they went under also. D-Backs have the average of 3,46 runs per game in their last ten matches, and Dodgers have even worse average - 3,04 per game. Injuries of the Dodgers best batters (Crawford, Ethier and Ramirez) also talk in favor of this bet. Out of the last 11 matches these teams played against each other, nine have ended under the margin.