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Shohei Ohtani is on the brink of 40 homers on the season for the Los Angeles Dodgers (76-52) as they get set to take on the Tampa Bay Rays (64-63) Friday. The Dodgers enter the matchup as -189 favorites on the moneyline, and action gets underway from Dodger Stadium at 10:10 p.m. ET, live on BSSUN. Los Angeles’ Bobby Miller and Tampa Bay’s Tyler Alexander have been named the starters for this contest.
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Betting Odds
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Dodgers to win vs Rays -189
Dodgers vs. Rays Betting Lines
- Favorite: Dodgers (-189)
- Underdog: Rays (+158)
- Over/under: 8.5
Dodgers vs. Rays Betting Insights
- The Dodgers have come away with 70 wins in the 112 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- This season Los Angeles has been victorious 32 times in 48 chances when named as a favorite of at least -189 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Dodgers have a 65.4% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Rays have been the underdog on the moneyline 61 total times this season. They’ve finished 29-32 in those games.
- Tampa Bay has played as a moneyline underdog of +158 or longer in only one game this season, which it lost.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Rays’ implied win probability is 38.8%.
Dodgers vs. Rays Hitting Leaders
- Ohtani leads Los Angeles in home runs with 39, runs batted in with 88 and his batting average of .291 is also best on his team.
- Among batters in Major League Baseball, Ohtani is second in homers and eighth in RBI.
- Freddie Freeman has 127 hits and an OBP of .389 to go with a slugging percentage of .486 this season.
- Yandy Diaz has put up a team-high batting average of .274 while pacing the Rays in runs batted in (55).
- Diaz’s home run total ranks 160th in MLB, and he is 79th in RBI.
- Christopher Morel has hit 20 home runs to lead his team.
Dodgers vs. Rays Pitching Rankings
- The Dodgers average the 14th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the league this season.
- The Dodgers have the sixth-best ERA (3.74) in the majors this season.
- The Dodgers have a combined WHIP of just 1.209 as a pitching staff, which is the fifth-best in baseball this season.
- The pitching staff for the Rays has a collective 8.7 K/9, which ranks 11th in MLB.
- Tampa Bay has the 12th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.89).
- Rays pitchers combine for the No. 7 WHIP in baseball (1.222).