Led by Teoscar Hernandez (three-game homer streak), the Los Angeles Dodgers (42-26) are favorites versus the Texas Rangers (31-35) Thursday at 10:10 PM ET. Bookmakers have named the Dodgers as -213 favorites for the game, which airs on BSSW. Yoshinobu Yamamoto will get the ball for Los Angeles while Texas will counter with Michael Lorenzen.
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Dodgers to win vs Rangers -213
Dodgers vs. Rangers Betting Lines
- Favorite: Dodgers (-213)
- Underdog: Rangers (+178)
- Over/under: 8
Dodgers vs. Rangers Betting Insights
- The Dodgers have won in 40, or 63.5%, of the 63 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- This season Los Angeles has been victorious 15 times in 21 chances when named as a favorite of at least -213 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Dodgers have a 68.1% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Rangers have been the moneyline underdog 27 total times this season. They’ve gone 9-18 in those games.
- Texas has yet to play as a moneyline underdog of +178 or longer.
- The Rangers have a 36% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
Dodgers vs. Rangers Hitting Leaders
- Mookie Betts is batting .309 with 10 home runs and 40 RBI for Los Angeles this season.
- Betts is 45th in home runs and 25th in RBI among all hitters in Major League Baseball.
- Shohei Ohtani leads Los Angeles in batting with a .312 average while slugging 16 homers and driving in 43 runs.
- Marcus Semien is hitting .258 with 13 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 25 walks.
- In all of MLB, Semien is 33rd in home runs and 34th in RBI.
- Corey Seager has hit 13 home runs to lead his team.
Dodgers vs. Rangers Pitching Rankings
- The Dodgers average 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-most in the league.
- The Dodgers have pitched to a 3.28 ERA this season, which ranks fourth in baseball.
- The Dodgers have a combined WHIP of just 1.126 as a pitching staff, which is the fourth-best in baseball this season.
- The pitching staff for the Rangers has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 12th in the majors.
- Texas has a 4.01 team ERA that ranks 17th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Rangers average MLB’s 18th-ranked WHIP (1.277).