Dodgers vs. Red Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 21, 2024

The Boston Red Sox (53-44) are the underdogs on the moneyline (+100) in Sunday’s contest against the Los Angeles Dodgers (58-41). Game time is set for 7:10 PM ET on ESPN. The Red Sox are favored against the spread in this one (1.5) with +156 odds. Los Angeles’ James Paxton and Boston’s Kutter Crawford have been named the starters for this contest.

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Dodgers vs. Red Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Dodgers (-120)
• Underdog: Red Sox (+100)
• Over/under: 9

Dodgers vs. Red Sox Betting Insights

• The Dodgers have won in 55, or 61.8%, of the 89 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• Los Angeles has a record of 52-30 when favored by -120 or more this year.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Dodgers have a 54.5% chance of walking away with the win.
• The Red Sox have been the underdog on the moneyline 46 total times this season. They’ve finished 24-22 in those games.
• Boston has a 17-18 record (winning 48.6% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +100 or longer.
• The Red Sox have an implied moneyline win probability of 50% in this matchup.

Dodgers vs. Red Sox Hitting Leaders

• Shohei Ohtani is batting .315 with 29 home runs and 69 RBI. All three of those stats are tops among Los Angeles hitters this season.
• Ohtani ranks second in Major League Baseball in home runs, and sixth in RBI.
• Freddie Freeman has collected 106 hits this season and has an OBP of .396. He’s slugging .497 on the year.
• Rafael Devers leads the Red Sox in home runs (23), runs batted in (61) and has accumulated a team-high batting average of .291.
• Devers’ home run total ranks sixth in MLB, and he is 20th in RBI.
• Jarren Duran is hitting .289 with 29 doubles, 10 triples, 11 home runs and 36 walks.

Dodgers vs. Red Sox Pitching Rankings

• The Dodgers strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 17th in MLB.
• The Dodgers have the eighth-best ERA (3.74) in the majors this season.
• The Dodgers have a combined 1.191 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-lowest in MLB.
• The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Red Sox pitching staff ranks 10th in the majors.
• Boston’s 3.63 team ERA ranks fifth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Red Sox pitchers combine for the No. 5 WHIP in the majors (1.193).