Dodgers vs. Mets NLCS Game 4 Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – October 17, 2024

Game 4 of the NLCS will feature the Los Angeles Dodgers traveling to take on the New York Mets. The Dodgers will hope to extend their series lead and move closer to the World Series when action gets underway on Thursday starting at 8:08 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1, live from Citi Field. Los Angeles’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto gets the start, and he’ll go against New York’s Jose Quintana. The Mets are underdogs (+115) for this matchup with the Dodgers (-135).

Here is our betting primer for this contest, and uncover all of our MLB picks, too!

Dodgers vs. Mets Betting Lines

• Favorite: Dodgers (-135)
• Underdog: Mets (+115)
• Over/under: 7.5

Dodgers vs. Mets Betting Insights

• The Dodgers have come away with 95 wins in the 149 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
• This season Los Angeles has been victorious 76 times in 118 chances when named as a favorite of at least -135 on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Dodgers have a 57.4% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Mets have won 45.8% of the games this season they were the underdog on the moneyline (33-39).
• New York has a record of 19-18 in games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +115 or longer (51.4%).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Mets have an implied win probability of 46.5%.

Dodgers vs. Mets Hitting Leaders

• Shohei Ohtani leads Los Angeles in batting average (.310), home runs (54) and runs batted in (130) this season.
• Ohtani ranks second in homers and second in RBI among all batters in Major League Baseball.
• Freddie Freeman has 153 hits and an OBP of .378 to go with a slugging percentage of .476 this season.
• Francisco Lindor paces the Mets in runs batted in (91) and has put up a team-best batting average of .273.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Lindor’s home run total puts him 14th, and his RBI total ranks 25th.
• Pete Alonso has shown off his power as he paces 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 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Mets pitching staff ranks fourth in MLB.
• New York has the 15th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.96).
• The Mets average baseball’s 18th-ranked WHIP (1.261).