Data Skrive:
Two of the league’s top hitters will meet Saturday when the Houston Astros (54-49) and Los Angeles Dodgers (62-43) take to the field at 7:10 PM ET, live on SCHN. Jose Altuve is batting .307 for the Astros (-139 favorites on the moneyline) while Shohei Ohtani leads the underdog Dodgers (+117) with a .315 average. Ronel Blanco will get the ball for Houston while Los Angeles will counter with Justin Wrobleski.
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Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $34.39
Astros to win vs Dodgers -139
Astros vs. Dodgers Betting Lines
- Favorite: Astros (-139)
- Underdog: Dodgers (+117)
- Over/under: 8
Astros vs. Dodgers Betting Insights
- The Astros have been chosen as favorites in 74 games this year and have walked away with the win 40 times (54.1%) in those games.
- This season Houston has been victorious 27 times in 43 chances when named as a favorite of at least -139 on the moneyline.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Astros have a 58.2% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Dodgers have gone 3-8 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 27.3% of those games).
- In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +117 or longer, Los Angeles has a 2-2 record (winning 50% of its games).
- The Dodgers have an implied moneyline win probability of 46.1% in this contest.
Astros vs. Dodgers Hitting Leaders
- Yordan Alvarez leads Houston in home runs (20) and runs batted in (54) this season while batting .301.
- Including all batters in Major League Baseball, Alvarez is 16th in homers and 38th in RBI.
- Altuve’s batting average of .307 leads all Houston hitters this season.
- Ohtani leads the Dodgers with 31 home runs and 74 runs batted in, while putting up a team-high batting average of .315.
- In all of the majors, Ohtani ranks second in home runs and fourth in RBI.
- Freddie Freeman is batting .288 with 26 doubles, two triples, 16 home runs and 61 walks.
Astros vs. Dodgers Pitching Rankings
- The Astros have an 8.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, sixth-best in baseball.
- The Astros have the 15th-ranked ERA (3.98) in the majors this season.
- The Astros rank 20th in MLB with a combined 1.293 WHIP this season.
- The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Dodgers pitching staff ranks 14th in MLB.
- Los Angeles’ 3.77 team ERA ranks 10th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Dodgers combine for the No. 6-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.210).