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The Los Angeles Dodgers (77-52) will vie for their sixth straight victory when they host the Tampa Bay Rays (64-64) on Sunday at 4:10 p.m. ET on SportsNet LA. The Dodgers are listed as -227 favorites by oddsmakers, while the Rays are +187 underdogs. Gavin Stone will get the ball for Los Angeles while Tampa Bay will counter with Shane Baz.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $28.81
Dodgers to win vs Rays -227
Dodgers vs. Rays Betting Lines
- Favorite: Dodgers (-227)
- Underdog: Rays (+187)
- Over/under: 7.5
Dodgers vs. Rays Betting Insights
- The Dodgers have won in 71, or 62.8%, of the 113 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- Los Angeles has a record of 15-7 when favored by -227 or more this year.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Dodgers have a 69.4% chance of walking away with the win.
- The Rays have won 46.8% of the games this season they were the underdog on the moneyline (29-33).
- Tampa Bay has not yet played a game with moneyline odds of +187 or longer.
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Rays’ implied win probability is 34.8%.
Dodgers vs. Rays Hitting Leaders
- Shohei Ohtani leads Los Angeles in home runs with 40, runs batted in with 92 and his batting average of .292 is also best on his team.
- Including all hitters in baseball, Ohtani is second in homers and sixth in RBI.
- Freddie Freeman has collected 127 hits this season and has an OBP of .386. He’s slugging .482 on the year.
- Yandy Diaz paces the Rays in runs batted in (55) and has a team-high batting average of .272.
- In all of the majors, Diaz is 164th in homers and 83rd in RBI.
- Christopher Morel’s 21 home runs and 55 runs batted in both pace his team.
Dodgers vs. Rays Pitching Rankings
- The Dodgers strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 13th in MLB.
- The Dodgers have pitched to a 3.73 ERA this season, which ranks sixth in baseball.
- Dodgers pitchers have a 1.206 WHIP this season, fourth-best in the majors.
- The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Rays pitching staff ranks 13th in MLB.
- Tampa Bay has the 12th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.92).
- The Rays have the eighth-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.224).