The Los Angeles Dodgers (80-54) are set to take on the Arizona Diamondbacks (76-58) Friday at 9:40 p.m. ET, airing on SportsNet LA. The Dodgers are listed as -134 favorites by bookmakers, while the underdog Diamondbacks have +114 odds for the contest.
Los Angeles’ Clayton Kershaw gets the start, and he’ll go against Arizona’s Zac Gallen.
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The Dodgers have been favored on the moneyline 119 total times this season. They’ve gone 75-44 in those games.
Los Angeles has a 62-34 record (winning 64.6% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -134 or shorter.
The Diamondbacks have entered the game as underdogs 65 times this season and won 33, or 50.8%, of those games.
Arizona has a record of 13-16, a 44.8% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +114 or more by oddsmakers this season.
In the 134 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for the Dodgers, they have combined with opponents to go over the total 71 times (71-61-2).
The Diamondbacks’ games have gone over the total in 74 of their 134 chances.
Dodgers Stats & Insights
The Dodgers have the No. 4 offense in MLB action scoring 4.9 runs per game (662 total runs).
Los Angeles averages 1.4 home runs per game to rank third in MLB play with 181 total home runs.
The Dodgers have the ninth-best batting average in the majors (.252).
Los Angeles strikes out 8.4 times per game, the No. 13 average in the majors.
The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Dodgers pitching staff ranks 13th in the majors.
Los Angeles’ 3.72 team ERA ranks fifth across all MLB pitching staffs.
Diamondbacks Stats & Insights
The Diamondbacks have scored the most runs (714) in baseball so far this year.
Arizona’s 166 home runs rank eighth in Major League Baseball.
The Diamondbacks’ .260 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking third in MLB.
Arizona ranks seventh in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 7.7 Ks per contest.
The Diamondbacks average just 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in the majors.
Arizona has pitched to a 4.44 ERA this season, which ranks 26th in baseball.
Dodgers Key Players to Watch
Kershaw (2-2 with a 3.72 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 29 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Dodgers, his seventh of the season.
Shohei Ohtani leads Los Angeles in home runs with 42, runs batted in with 95 and his batting average of .292 is also best on his team.
Freddie Freeman has collected 128 hits this season and has an OBP of .382. He’s slugging .475 on the year.
Mookie Betts has 104 hits this season and a slash line of .301/.395/.490.
Teoscar Hernandez has collected 133 hits this season and has an OBP of .330. He’s slugging .486 on the year.
Diamondbacks Key Players to Watch
The Diamondbacks will hand the ball to Gallen (10-6) for his 23rd start of the season.
Corbin Carroll is batting .225 with 16 doubles, 12 triples, 17 home runs and 56 walks.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. is hitting .276 with 21 doubles, a triple, 16 home runs and 25 walks.
Joc Pederson is batting .283 with 16 doubles, a triple, 21 home runs and 51 walks.
Josh Bell is hitting .243 with 22 doubles, two triples, 18 home runs and 44 walks.
Dodgers and Diamondbacks Injuries
Dodgers: Brusdar Graterol: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), 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)
Diamondbacks: Christian Walker: 10 Day IL (Oblique), Gabriel Moreno: 10 Day IL (Abductor), Ketel Marte: 10 Day IL (Ankle), Bryce Jarvis: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Kyle Nelson: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Drey Jameson: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
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