A pair of surging power hitters meet Monday when Gavin Lux — with his two-game homer streak in tow — and the Los Angeles Dodgers (59-41) take on Tyler Fitzgerald (home runs in three straight) and the San Francisco Giants (48-52). The Dodgers are favorites (-143) for the contest, which starts at 10:10 PM ET, live from Dodger Stadium and broadcast on SportsNet LA. Los Angeles has not named a starter for this contest, while San Francisco is expected to send Blake Snell to the mound.
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Betting Odds
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Dodgers to win vs Giants -143
Dodgers vs. Giants Betting Lines
- Favorite: Dodgers (-143)
- Underdog: Giants (+120)
- Over/under: 8.5
Dodgers vs. Giants Betting Insights
- The Dodgers have come away with 56 wins in the 90 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- This season Los Angeles has been victorious 44 times in 70 chances when named as a favorite of at least -143 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Dodgers have a 58.8% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Giants have a 21-27 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 43.8% of those games).
- San Francisco has a record of 8-13 when playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +120 or longer (38.1%).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Giants have an implied win probability of 45.5%.
Dodgers vs. Giants Hitting Leaders
- Shohei Ohtani leads Los Angeles in batting average (.315), home runs (30) and runs batted in (70) this season.
- Including all batters in Major League Baseball, Ohtani is second in homers and sixth in RBI.
- Freddie Freeman is batting .292 with an OBP of .395 and a slugging percentage of .503 this season.
- Matt Chapman leads the Giants with a .234 batting average.
- Among all hitters in the majors, Chapman ranks 67th in homers and 81st in RBI.
- Heliot Ramos’ 14 home runs and 46 runs batted in are both team-highs.
Dodgers vs. Giants Pitching Rankings
- The Dodgers average the 13th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the league this season.
- Dodgers pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.76 this year, ninth-best in baseball.
- The Dodgers have a combined 1.196 WHIP as a pitching staff, seventh-lowest in MLB.
- The Giants pitching staff is 13th in the majors with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
- San Francisco has the 23rd-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.42).
- Pitchers for the Giants combine for the fifth-worst WHIP in the majors (1.347).