The Los Angeles Dodgers will host the Arizona Diamondbacks for the opener of this National League Division Series Friday night. The D'Backs have scored plenty of runs all season and defeated the Colorado Rockies 11-8 in Wednesday's NL wild-card game. I think we'll see enough runs cross the plate to push the score over the posted total.

The Dodgers hand the ball to Clayton Kershaw (18-4, 2.31 ERA) who is an elite pitcher, but he has had some troubles in the postseason, posting a career mark of 4-7 with a 4.55 ERA in 18 appearances (14 starts). Over is 4-0 in the Diamondbacks last four games vs. a left-handed starter and 26-9-1 in their last 36 games following an off day.

Arizona hands the ball to Taijuan Walker (9-9, 3.49 ERA) who is getting the start as the D'Backs had to use both Zack Greinke and Robbie Ray in the Wild Card game. Walker will make his first postseason appearance, and we've seen better pitchers than him buckle under the pressure. We can also note that Walker was far from sharp through his last three starts of the season, surrendering a total of 12 runs (eight earned) on 16 hits and seven walks in just 13 2/3 innings of work.

Over is 5-2 in the last seven meetings, and the over looks like value to me in this contest.

My selection is an 8* play on Over.