First pitch: Tuesday, 10:10 p.m. ET
Line: St. Louis +230, Los Angeles -255, Total: 7.0

The Dodgers will be going for their fifth win in six games when they host the Cardinals on Tuesday.

The Cardinals snapped a four-game losing streak with a win over the Giants on Sunday, and they’ll now look to start another winning streak on Tuesday. St. Louis had just started playing extremely well before losing series against both Boston and San Francisco. The hope is that they’ll recapture their groove with RHP Lance Lynn (4-2, 2.78 ERA, 40 K) on the mound on Tuesday. Lynn will, however, be tasked with trying to outduel LHP Clayton Kershaw (7-2, 2.15 ERA, 62 K) in this one. To nobody’s surprise, Kershaw has been lights-out this season. He’ll be hoping to keep it up for a Dodgers team that has won four of five coming into this contest. One trend also happens to be favoring Los Angeles in this game, as St. Louis is a miserable 2-9 against the money line when playing after a day off on the season. The Cardinals are, however, 14-4 against the money line in road games in May over the past two seasons. This is the time of year that St. Louis really turns it on, and this group will be confident on Tuesday.

If the Cardinals are going to have a chance to beat the Dodgers on Tuesday then somebody must step their game up and find a way to hit Clayton Kershaw. One guy that just might be able to provide a spark for St. Louis is OF Dexter Fowler (.220 BA, 6 HR, 18 RBI). Fowler is far from the best hitter on this Cardinals team, but he has actually had success against the Dodgers’ ace in the past. In his career against Kershaw, Fowler is hitting .409 with two doubles, a triple, and an RBI in 44 at-bats. It’d be big if he can keep it up on Tuesday. Another guy that could come through for St. Louis is 3B Jedd Gyorko (.331 BA, 7 HR, 18 RBI). Gyorko is having a great season for the Cardinals and also happens to be the only guy on this team that has homered off of Kershaw in his career. It’d be huge if he can find a way to go yard again here. The Cardinals are also going to need a great performance from Lynn in this game. He is coming off of an outing against Boston that saw him allow just two earned runs in six innings of work on May 16. That type of performance is possibly not good enough here, as Kershaw is unhittable on most nights.

The Dodgers are hoping to stay hot on Tuesday, and they’ll definitely be confident with Clayton Kershaw on the mound. The superstar is coming off of one of his best starts of the season on May 17, as he threw seven innings of shutout ball against the Giants in that one. Kershaw has now allowed two or fewer earned runs in seven of his nine starts, and he has pitched at least seven innings in seven of those starts as well. He is as consistent as they come for an ace, and he should have no trouble shutting down St. Louis on Tuesday. The Dodgers will, however, need to come through offensively for their ace. Two guys that should be able to do that are SS Corey Seager (.292 BA, 7 HR, 23 RBI) and OF Cody Bellinger (.295 BA, 9 HR, 24 RBI). Both of these young guys have been great for the Dodgers, and they’ll need to provide a spark with Los Angeles dealing with a bunch of injuries.