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The Los Angeles Dodgers (76-52) are -183 favorites when they play the Tampa Bay Rays (64-63) Saturday at 9:10 p.m. ET. Shohei Ohtani has 39 homers this season, with a milestone No. 40 in his sights once the game begins at Dodger Stadium, live on BSSUN. Clayton Kershaw gets the starting nod for Los Angeles while Taj Bradley is Tampa Bay’s starter for the contest.
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Money Line
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Dodgers to win vs Rays -183
Dodgers vs. Rays Betting Lines
- Favorite: Dodgers (-183)
- Underdog: Rays (+153)
- Over/under: 8
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 50 chances when named as a favorite of at least -183 on the moneyline.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Dodgers have a 64.7% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Rays have compiled a 29-32 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 47.5% of those games).
- Tampa Bay has played as a moneyline underdog of +153 or longer in only two games this season, which it lost both.
- The Rays have an implied moneyline win probability of 39.5% in this game.
Dodgers vs. Rays Hitting Leaders
- Ohtani is batting .291 with 39 home runs and 88 RBI. All three of those stats are tops among Los Angeles hitters this season.
- Among hitters in baseball, Ohtani is second in homers and eighth in RBI.
- Freddie Freeman has collected 127 hits this season and has an OBP of .389. He’s slugging .486 on the year.
- Yandy Diaz has racked up a team-best batting average of .274 while leading the Rays in runs batted in (55).
- In all of the majors, Diaz is 160th in home runs and 81st in RBI.
- Christopher Morel has hit 20 home runs to lead his team.
Dodgers vs. Rays Pitching Rankings
- The Dodgers have an 8.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 14th in the majors.
- The Dodgers have pitched to a 3.74 ERA this season, which ranks seventh in baseball.
- The Dodgers have a combined 1.209 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-lowest in MLB.
- The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Rays pitching staff ranks 10th in MLB.
- Tampa Bay has a 3.89 team ERA that ranks 12th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Rays pitchers combine for the No. 7 WHIP in MLB (1.222).