Arizona Diamondbacks vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction
Final score: Diamondbacks 9–2 Dodgers ·Engine pick: Los Angeles Dodgers to win ✗ Missed
Diamondbacks
61-54 · W1
Dodgers
69-46 · L6
Final Result & Grading
Graded 2026-07-12 11:00:21 · engine mlb-sim-1.0.
Pre-Game Win Probabilities
Cyan is the model’s favourite, red the underdog.
Starting Pitchers
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Team Stats · 2026 Season
| Diamondbacks | Dodgers | |
|---|---|---|
| Record | 61-54 | 69-46 |
| Win % | .530 | .600 |
| Division | NL West | NL West |
| Division rank | 2nd | 1st |
| Games back | 8.0 | - |
| Last 10 | 6-4 | 2-8 |
| Streak | W1 | L6 |
| Home record | 33-23 | 33-23 |
| Away record | 28-31 | 36-23 |
| Runs scored/gm | 4.58 | 5.08 |
| Runs allowed/gm | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| Run differential | +7 | +140 |
How The Model Sees It
The engine makes Los Angeles Dodgers a 68.5% pick to win — a clear edge by baseball standards, where anything past 60% is a strong statement. Baseball punishes certainty: the best team in the league still loses roughly four nights in ten. It is filed as strong, the top tier — the pitching matchup and the season numbers agree.
Diamondbacks come in 5-5 over their last 10, scoring 4.70 and conceding 4.20 runs a game. Dodgers are 7-3 in their last 10 at 5.70 scored and 4.90 allowed. Dodgers arrive in the better shape, though ten games is a short window and form is weighted lightly here.
On the mound it is Brandon Pfaadt for Diamondbacks against Yoshinobu Yamamoto for Dodgers — the largest single input on this page. One start moves a baseball projection further than a full lineup change would, which is why the engine waits for both probables before scoring a game.
Season run differential reads +7 for Diamondbacks and +140 for Dodgers. Per game that is 4.58 scored against 4.52 allowed, versus 5.08 and 3.86. Dodgers are clearly the better side on the season — and differential is a more honest measure than record, because it survives the luck in one-run games.
Dodgers are 33-23 at home, Diamondbacks 28-31 on the road. Home advantage in baseball is real but small — historically worth something near 54%, not the lopsided edge it carries elsewhere — so the splits inform this projection without dominating it. The ballpark matters more than the venue: run environment varies more between parks than between lineups.
The projected total is 9.3 runs — a middling run environment. Through the first five innings, before the bullpens take over, it favours Dodgers at 59%. Model and de-vigged market land within a couple of points of each other, which is a calibration check passed rather than an opportunity found — worth saying plainly.
This pick was published before first pitch and graded against the final score above — right or wrong, it stays on the page.
8th Day Engine · mlb-sim-1.0
