Dodgers vs. Red Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 20, 2024

The Los Angeles Dodgers (56-41) host the Boston Red Sox (53-42) at 7:15 PM ET Saturday for a sluggers’ duel between two of the best home-run hitters in baseball. Shohei Ohtani has racked up 29 homers this season (No. 2 in the league) for the favored Dodgers which sit as -134 favorites, while Rafael Devers ranks sixth in the majors with 23 dingers of his own for the underdogs. Justin Wrobleski will get the ball for Los Angeles while Boston will counter with Brayan Bello.

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Dodgers vs. Red Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Dodgers (-134)
• Underdog: Red Sox (+113)
• Over/under: 8

Dodgers vs. Red Sox Betting Insights

• The Dodgers have won in 53, or 60.9%, of the 87 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• This season Los Angeles has come away with a win 47 times in 75 chances when named as a favorite of at least -134 on the moneyline.
• The Dodgers have an implied victory probability of 57.3% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The Red Sox have gone 24-20 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 54.5% of those games).
• Boston has an 11-11 record (winning 50% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +113 or longer.
• The Red Sox have a 46.9% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Dodgers vs. Red Sox Hitting Leaders

• Ohtani leads Los Angeles in batting average (.316), home runs (29) and runs batted in (69) this season.
• Of all hitters in baseball, Ohtani’s home run total ranks him second and his RBI tally places him sixth.
• Freddie Freeman has collected 103 hits this season and has an OBP of .395. He’s slugging .492 on the year.
• Devers leads the Red Sox in home runs (23), runs batted in (61) and has a team-best batting average of .295.
• In all of MLB, Devers ranks sixth in home runs and 18th in RBI.
• Jarren Duran is batting .284 with 27 doubles, 10 triples, 10 home runs and 34 walks.

Dodgers vs. Red Sox Pitching Rankings

• The Dodgers average the 17th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.5) in the league this season.
• The Dodgers have the eighth-best ERA (3.76) in the majors this season.
• The Dodgers have a combined 1.191 WHIP as a pitching staff, sixth-lowest in MLB.
• The pitching staff for the Red Sox has a collective 8.7 K/9, the ninth-best in MLB.
• Boston has the fifth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.61).
• Red Sox pitchers combine for the No. 4 WHIP in MLB (1.187).