Los Angeles Dodgers start a six-game homestand against the AL East

The Los Angeles Dodgers have a highly anticipated series against the New York Yankees coming up, but first, the team hosts the Toronto Blue Jays.

After a six-game East Coast trip that yielded a 3-3 result, the Los Angeles Dodgers are back home for a six-game homestand that sees the Boys in Blue square off against two teams in the American League East.

Most fans are already looking ahead to the weekend when the team will be hosting the New York Yankees in what could be the most anticipated regular-season series of the MLB season. This serves as a potential World Series matchup, backed by all of the history on both sides.

However, it is important that the Dodgers do not overlook the current task at hand and that is the Toronto Blue Jays. Common sense would tell you that this series should be a breeze; the Blue Jays are 52-75 and the Dodgers have the best home record in baseball.

While on paper this is the case, it is important that the Dodgers focus on this series and not the next or else the Blue Jays could surprise them. It only takes one big moment to lose a game and the Dodgers should treat the Blue Jays like they are a potential World Series foe.

Toeing the rubber for the Dodgers on Tuesday is none other than Clayton Kershaw, who has been phenomenal here recently while being a beacon of consistency all season long.

Going for the Blue Jays is promising right-hander Sean Reid-Foley. The 23-year-old has a 3.00 ERA in 30 innings pitched this season. The caveat with Reid-Foley is that has only had one start go longer than five innings and it was five and one-third innings. Kershaw has gone at least six innings in every single start this year.

As part of our Los Angeles Dodgers Beat the Streak series, here is who we think can get a least one base hit against the Reid-Foley on Tuesday.

Jason’s pick (Current streak: 1): Cody Bellinger

Don’t look but Cody Bellinger is starting to heat back up. After a cold spell that made some pessimistic fans question if he was as good as his stats made him seem, Bellinger has been great for the Dodgers over the last seven games.

Well, Bellinger has still been great during that cold spell as he was still getting on base and hitting the ball hard. Even in that cold spell, he held an OPS over .900. It is just that here recently the hits have been coming more often, which has led to a raise back in the batting average.

Bellinger is hitting .345 with an eye-popping 1.337 OPS in his last seven games. In those seven games, Bellinger has scored eight runs, driven in nine and slugged five home runs. This is the Bellinger we saw in the first two months of the season.

Bellinger is someone that feeds off of his current momentum and his current momentum should leave us to believe that another home run might be coming, especially against a young right-hander like Reid-Foley.

Half of his hits over the last seven games have been home runs, after all. If you are sitting in the pavilion for Tuesday night’s game, my one advice for you is to watch out.