A pair of surging power hitters meet Tuesday 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 (-141) for the contest, which starts at 10:10 PM ET, live from Dodger Stadium and broadcast on SportsNet LA. Los Angeles’ Landon Knack gets the start, and he’ll go against San Francisco’s Jordan Hicks.
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Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $34.18
Dodgers to win vs Giants -141
Dodgers vs. Giants Betting Lines
- Favorite: Dodgers (-141)
- Underdog: Giants (+119)
- Over/under: 8.5
Dodgers vs. Giants Betting Insights
- The Dodgers have been chosen as favorites in 90 games this year and have walked away with the win 56 times (62.2%) in those games.
- This season Los Angeles has been victorious 44 times in 71 chances when named as a favorite of at least -141 on the moneyline.
- The Dodgers have an implied victory probability of 58.5% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
- The Giants have gone 21-27 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 43.8% of those games).
- When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +119 or longer, San Francisco has a 9-13 record (winning 40.9% of its games).
- The Giants have an implied moneyline win probability of 45.7% in this contest.
Dodgers vs. Giants Hitting Leaders
- Shohei Ohtani leads Los Angeles in home runs with 30, runs batted in with 70 and his batting average of .315 is also best on his team.
- Ohtani ranks second in baseball in homers, and seventh 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.
- In all of the majors, Chapman is 69th in home runs and 82nd in RBI.
- Heliot Ramos has put his power on display as he paces his team with 14 home runs and 46 runs batted in.
Dodgers vs. Giants Pitching Rankings
- The Dodgers have an 8.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 14th in the majors.
- Dodgers pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.76 this year, 10th-best in baseball.
- The Dodgers have a combined 1.195 WHIP as a pitching staff, fifth-lowest in MLB.
- The pitching staff for the Giants has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 14th in the majors.
- San Francisco has the 23rd-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.42).
- The Giants have the fifth-highest WHIP in baseball (1.348).