Los Angeles Dodgers vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 06/02/26

The Dodgers held an early 1-run lead on Monday in Arizona against their division rivals in the Diamondbacks, but the Snakes launched 3 home runs in the final 4 frames to take the 4-1 win. Looking to even the series on Tuesday, the Dodgers will send Eric Lauer to the mound, who is just 2-5 with a 5.95 ERA and 1.39 WHIP. This will be Lauer’s 2nd start for the Dodgers after being traded to LA from Toronto, and his first start was certainly encouraging. In fact, he threw 6 innings of 1-run ball against the Rockies a week ago, limiting them to just 4 hits and 1 walk. 

Michael Soroka will toe the rubber for Arizona after pitching into the 6th inning in each of his 5 May starts, earning a quality start in 4 of them while limiting each of the 5 opponents to 2 earned runs or less. Across 30.1 innings in May, Soroko tallied a sparkling 1.78 ERA, striking out 24 while walking just 5 and surrendering just 6 total earned runs in the month. He doesn’t have a ton of history against this Dodgers lineup, but LA is hitting just .172 against Soroka in 29 at-bats – that’s only 5 hits, and 4 of them came from Miguel Rojas. 

Lauer’s first start for LA was encouraging, but it would be foolish to discredit everything he did in Toronto prior. His swinging-strike rate and barrel rate are amongst some of the worst of his career, while his velocity is the lowest of his career as well. Not to mention, this Arizona lineup has 79 career at-bats against Lauer, hitting .278 with 6 home runs – 4 of them from Nolan Arenado. That history includes a game earlier this season, in which the D-Backs plated 3 earned runs on 5 hits in 5 Lauer innings. Oddly enough, Soroko pitched for Arizona in that win. 

The Diamondbacks’ success against Lauer is no fluke, as they are one of the best offenses against left-handed pitching this season. In fact, they lead the league in batting average (.281) and are 2nd in slugging (.455) against southpaws, while they are 7th in hits (150) despite being just 20th in at-bats (534). All this to say, Arizona has a very favorable matchup on Tuesday, while the Dodgers could struggle to find consistent offense against Soroka. 

Dodgers vs Diamondbacks prediction: Arizona Diamondbacks ML (+106) at the time of publishing. Playable to -105.

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