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Los Angeles Dodgers (66-70) vs Arizona Diamondbacks (69-66): Tonight on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, it’s the rubber game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks. These divisional foes will close the month of August with an old National League West showdown from Chase Field starting at 8:05 PM ET. The Dodgers and the D-Backs are in the middle of an all-out war for the top spot in the NL West, and going into tonight, the D-Backs hold on to a slim 3½ game lead over the struggling Blue. At SportsBook.com, the home team, the Arizona Diamondbacks are -160 betting odds favorites against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers (+160) in the series clincher.  Joe Torre and the Dodgers certainly chose the worse time to loose 8 games in a row, and 10 out of their last 12 played. That was is in fact the longest loosing streak for first year LA manager Joe Torre. In yesterday’s ball game, the newest Dodger, Manny Ramirez said, “enough is enough”. # 99 took the team on his shoulder, and carried them to the finish line by a score of 6-2 over the D-Backs. Hollywood-Manny almost single-handedly took over the game, and made sure the Dodgers’ streak would end at 8. On the day, Ramirez went 4-5, including 2 home runs, and his 500th career double. Manny, who also went 4-4 in Friday’s game, tying Ron Cey’s 31-year-old Dodgers mark of 8 consecutive hits. “It’s all about rallying behind somebody… basically, Manny, he doesn’t literally say this, but it’s basically ‘just follow me’... it’s been really fun watching him from this side” said skipper Joe Torre after the game. Since being traded by the Boston Red Sox, many is setting the NL on fire, batting .419, with an on-base-percentage of .500, 9 home runs, 7 doubles, 25 RBI, and even 2 stolen bases. Tonight, Manny and the Dodgers will have a very tall order, as they face a guy looking for his 20th win of the season, RHP Brandon Webb (19-5, 2.96 ERA). And for the Dodgers, pitching will be RHP Derek Lowe (10-11, 3.81 ERA). The OVER/UNDER in this Los Angeles Dodgers vs Arizona Diamondbacks has been set at a total of 7.5 runs.
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