Data Skrive:
Entering Thursday’s matchup with the Philadelphia Phillies (60-32), the Los Angeles Dodgers (55-38) are on a three-game losing streak. The contest starts at 6:05 PM ET on SportsNet LA with the Phillies listed as -155 favorites, while the are +130 underdogs who may be heading for a fourth straight defeat. Aaron Nola starts for Philadelphia while Landon Knack is Los Angeles’ starter for the contest.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $32.90
Phillies to win vs Dodgers -155
Phillies vs. Dodgers Betting Lines
- Favorite: Phillies (-155)
- Underdog: Dodgers (+130)
- Over/under: 9
Phillies vs. Dodgers Betting Insights
- The Phillies have been favorites in 75 games this season and have come away with the win 51 times (68%) in those contests.
- This season Philadelphia has been victorious 39 times in 51 chances when named as a favorite of at least -155 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Phillies have a 60.8% chance of walking away with the win.
- The Dodgers are 2-6 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 25% of those games).
- Los Angeles has played as a moneyline underdog of +130 or longer in only one game this season, which it lost.
- The Dodgers have an implied moneyline win probability of 43.5% in this contest.
Phillies vs. Dodgers Hitting Leaders
- Alec Bohm is batting .292 for Philadelphia with a team-high 70 RBI.
- Among all MLB hitters, Bohm ranks 18th in batting average, 42nd in on-base percentage, and 28th in slugging.
- Bryce Harper is batting .299 this season with 20 home runs and 58 RBI.
- Shohei Ohtani leads the Dodgers with 28 home runs and 66 runs batted in, while racking up a team-high batting average of .317.
- In all of the majors, Ohtani is second in home runs and sixth in RBI.
- Freddie Freeman is hitting .295 with 25 doubles, two triples, 13 home runs and 54 walks.
Phillies vs. Dodgers Pitching Rankings
- The Phillies strike out 9.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, first-best in MLB.
- Phillies pitchers have the lowest combined ERA in the majors at 3.24.
- The Phillies have a combined 1.138 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-lowest in MLB.
- The 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Dodgers pitching staff ranks 18th in MLB.
- Los Angeles has the seventh-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.70).
- Pitchers for the Dodgers combine for the No. 3-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.169).