A pair of surging power hitters meet Sunday when Shohei Ohtani — with his two-game homer streak in tow — and the Los Angeles Dodgers (77-53) take on Junior Caminero (home runs in two straight) and the Tampa Bay Rays (65-64). The Dodgers are favorites (-224) for the contest, which starts at 4:10 p.m. ET, live from Dodger Stadium and broadcast on SportsNet LA.
Los Angeles’ Gavin Stone gets the start, and he’ll go against Tampa Bay’s Jacob Lopez.
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The Dodgers have won 72 of the 115 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (62.6%).
When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -224 or shorter, Los Angeles has a 17-8 record (winning 68% of its games).
This season, the Rays have been the underdog 64 times and won 31, or 48.4%, of those games.
Tampa Bay has not entered a game this season as a bigger underdog on the moneyline than the +188 odds on it winning this game.
The Dodgers have played in 130 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 69 times (69-59-2).
The Rays’ games have gone over the total in 58 of their 129 chances.
Dodgers Stats & Insights
The Dodgers are the fourth-highest scoring team in baseball, averaging five runs per game (645 total).
Los Angeles is third in baseball with 177 home runs. They average 1.4 per game.
The Dodgers rank 10th in the majors with a .252 batting average.
Los Angeles’ 8.4 strikeouts per game rank 14th in MLB.
The pitching staff for the Dodgers has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 13th in MLB.
Los Angeles’ 3.76 team ERA ranks sixth across all MLB pitching staffs.
Rays Stats & Insights
The Rays have scored the 28th-most runs in the league this season with just 501 (3.9 per game).
Tampa Bay’s 119 home runs rank 27th in MLB this season.
The Rays rank 25th in MLB with a .232 team batting average.
Tampa Bay ranks 24th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 9.1 Ks per contest.
The Rays strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 13th in MLB.
Tampa Bay has the 12th-ranked ERA (3.93) in the majors this season.
Dodgers Key Players to Watch
Stone (11-5) gets the starting nod for the Dodgers in his 24th start of the season. He’s put together a 3.44 ERA in 128 1/3 innings pitched, with 105 strikeouts.
Ohtani leads Los Angeles in home runs with 41, runs batted in with 94 and his batting average of .294 is also best on his team.
Freddie Freeman has 127 hits and an OBP of .383 to go with a slugging percentage of .477 this season.
Teoscar Hernandez has 130 hits this season and a slash line of .265/.329/.488.
Mookie Betts has 99 hits and an OBP of .392 to go with a slugging percentage of .486 this season.
Rays Key Players to Watch
Lopez will make his first start of the season for the Rays.
Yandy Diaz paces the Rays in runs batted in (56) and has put up a team-high batting average of .273.
Christopher Morel’s 21 home runs lead his team.
Brandon Lowe is hitting .244 with 18 doubles, two triples, 16 home runs and 30 walks.
Jose Caballero is hitting .236 with 22 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 23 walks.
Dodgers and Rays Injuries
Dodgers: Brusdar Graterol: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Austin Barnes: 15 Day IL (Toe), Tyler Glasnow: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Yoshinobu Yamamoto: 60 Day IL (Tricep), Tony Gonsolin: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Emmet Sheehan: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Dustin May: 60 Day IL (Elbow/esophagus), River Ryan: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Connor Brogdon: 60 Day IL (Foot)
Rays: Richard Palacios: 10 Day IL (Knee), Peter Anderson Fairbanks: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Zack Littell: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Shane McClanahan: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Jacob Waguespack: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
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