Dodgers vs. Athletics Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 4, 2024

The Los Angeles Dodgers (63-47) visit the Oakland Athletics (46-65) at 4:07 PM ET Sunday for a sluggers’ duel between two of the best home-run hitters in baseball. Shohei Ohtani has racked up 33 homers this season (No. 2 in the league) for the favored Dodgers which sit as -178 favorites, while Brent Rooker ranks seventh in the majors with 27 dingers of his own for the underdogs. Los Angeles’ River Ryan and Oakland’s Osvaldo Bido have been named the starters for this contest.

Be sure to check out our betting primer for this contest, and uncover all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Dodgers vs. Athletics Betting Lines

• Favorite: Dodgers (-178)
• Underdog: Athletics (+148)
• Over/under: 7.5

Dodgers vs. Athletics Betting Insights

• The Dodgers have been victorious in 59, or 61.5%, of the 96 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• This season Los Angeles has been victorious 32 times in 51 chances when named as a favorite of at least -178 on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Dodgers have a 64% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Athletics have won 36.7% of the games this season they were the underdog on the moneyline (36-62).
• In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +148 or longer, Oakland has a record of 14-30 (31.8%).
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Athletics a 40.3% chance to win.

Dodgers vs. Athletics Hitting Leaders

• Ohtani leads Los Angeles in home runs with 33, runs batted in with 79 and his batting average of .308 is also best on his team.
• Among all hitters in baseball, Ohtani’s home run total ranks him second and his RBI tally places him fourth.
• Teoscar Hernandez is batting .263 with an OBP of .328 and a slugging percentage of .482 this season.
• Rooker leads the Athletics with 27 home runs and 79 runs batted in, while putting up a team-high batting average of .293.
• Rooker is seventh in homers and fourth in RBI among all batters in the majors.
• JJ Bleday is batting .241 with 31 doubles, four triples, 13 home runs and 44 walks.

Dodgers vs. Athletics Pitching Rankings

• The Dodgers average the 13th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the league this season.
• The Dodgers have pitched to a 3.83 ERA this season, which ranks 10th in baseball.
• The Dodgers have a combined WHIP of just 1.220 as a pitching staff, which is the sixth-best in baseball this season.
• The pitching staff for the Athletics has a collective 7.7 K/9, the third-worst in MLB.
• Oakland has a 4.37 team ERA that ranks 23rd among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Athletics have the fourth-highest WHIP in MLB (1.345).