Dodgers vs. Guardians Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – September 8, 2024

Two of the league’s top power hitters meet Sunday when the Los Angeles Dodgers (85-57) and Cleveland Guardians (81-61) take the field at 4:10 p.m. ET, live on SportsNet LA. Shohei Ohtani has 45 home runs for the Dodgers (-153 favorites on the moneyline) while Jose Ramirez has 13 homers this season for the Guardians (+129). Jack Flaherty will get the ball for Los Angeles while Cleveland will counter with Tanner Bibee.

Here is our preview for this matchup, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Dodgers vs. Guardians Betting Lines

• Favorite: Dodgers (-153)
• Underdog: Guardians (+129)
• Over/under: 8.5

Dodgers vs. Guardians Betting Insights

• The Dodgers have been chosen as favorites in 124 games this year and have walked away with the win 78 times (62.9%) in those games.
• Los Angeles has a record of 50-30 in contests when sportsbooks favor them by -153 or more on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Dodgers have a 60.5% chance of walking away with the win.
• The Guardians have won 45.3% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (24-29).
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +129 or longer, Cleveland has an 8-9 record (winning 47.1% of its games).
• The Guardians have an implied moneyline win probability of 43.7% in this matchup.

Dodgers vs. Guardians Hitting Leaders

• Ohtani leads Los Angeles in batting average (.289), home runs (45) and runs batted in (100) this season.
• Including all hitters in baseball, Ohtani is second in homers and fourth in RBI.
• Freddie Freeman is batting .288 with an OBP of .384 and a slugging percentage of .493 this season.
• Jose Ramirez has a team-high 34 home runs and 106 runs batted in.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Ramirez is eighth in homers and second in RBI.
• Josh Naylor is batting .243 with 23 doubles, 29 home runs and 52 walks.

Dodgers vs. Guardians Pitching Rankings

• The Dodgers strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 12th in MLB.
• The Dodgers have the 10th-best ERA (3.86) in the majors this season.
• Dodgers pitchers have a 1.217 WHIP this season, sixth-best in the majors.
• The 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Guardians pitching staff ranks 10th in MLB.
• Cleveland has the eighth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.82).
• Pitchers for the Guardians combine for the No. 5-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.215).