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The Los Angeles Dodgers will host the New York Mets to start the NLCS on Sunday at 8:15 p.m. ET, live on FOX from Dodger Stadium. Neither team has named a starting pitcher for the contest. The Mets are underdogs (+137) for this matchup against the Dodgers (-163).
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Money Line
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Dodgers to win vs Mets -163
Dodgers vs. Mets Betting Lines
- Favorite: Dodgers (-163)
- Underdog: Mets (+137)
- Over/under: 8
Dodgers vs. Mets Betting Insights
- The Dodgers have come away with 93 wins in the 146 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- This season Los Angeles has been victorious 52 times in 82 chances when named as a favorite of at least -163 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Dodgers have a 62% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Mets have won 32 of the 69 games they were the underdog on the moneyline this season (46.4%).
- New York is 6-6 (winning 50% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +137 or longer.
- The Mets have an implied moneyline win probability of 42.2% in this contest.
Dodgers vs. Mets Hitting Leaders
- Shohei Ohtani is batting .310 with 54 home runs and 130 RBI. All three of those stats lead Los Angeles hitters this season.
- Ohtani is second in homers and second in RBI among all hitters in Major League Baseball.
- Freddie Freeman is batting .282 with an OBP of .378 and a slugging percentage of .476 this season.
- Francisco Lindor has put up a team-best batting average of .273 and leads the Mets in runs batted in (91).
- Among all hitters in MLB, Lindor ranks 14th in homers and 25th in RBI.
- Pete Alonso has put his power on display as he leads his team with 34 home runs.
Dodgers vs. Mets Pitching Rankings
- The Dodgers average the 12th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.7) in the league this season.
- The Dodgers have the 13th-ranked ERA (3.90) in the majors this season.
- Dodgers pitchers have a 1.228 WHIP this season, eighth-best in the majors.
- The Mets pitching staff ranks fourth in MLB with a collective 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
- New York has a 3.96 team ERA that ranks 15th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Mets combine for the 18th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.261).