Pederson leads Dodgers into matchup with Colorado

Colorado Rockies (82-68, second in NL West) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (83-68, first in NL West)

Los Angeles; Tuesday, 10:10 p.m. Eastern

PROBABLE PITCHERS: Rockies: Kyle Freeland (15-7, 2.96 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 159 strikeouts) Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw (8-5, 2.51 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 142 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: Joc Pederson has been a tough out in the past week. He’s batting .423 with 11 hits and four home runs for Los Angeles over the past seven days. The Dodgers come into the matchup with a half-game lead over the Rockies in the NL West. Los Angeles gives up 2.0 runs per game when Kershaw starts. The Rockies have gone 21-9 in Freeland’s starts this season. Colorado’s lineup is slugging .431 on the season, Nolan Arenado paces the team with a mark of .558. The Dodgers won Monday’s contest 8-2. Hyun-Jin Ryu picked up his fifth win of the season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Charlie Blackmon has 108 runs and 64 RBIs for the Rockies this year. David Dahl has three home runs and 10 RBIs while slugging .667 over his past 10 games for Colorado. Cody Bellinger has 137 hits for the Dodgers this season. He’s batting .261 on the year. Yasiel Puig has five home runs and nine RBIs while slugging 1.038 over his past 10 games for Los Angeles.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rockies: 5-5, .276 batting average, 4.03 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs. Dodgers: 6-4, .282 batting average, 3.98 ERA, outscored opponents by 21 runs.

DODGERS INJURIES: The Los Angeles Dodgers placed RHP Daniel Hudson on the 60-day disabled list with a forearm injury on Saturday, Aug. 25.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by HERO Sports, and data from Sportradar.