Two of the league’s top power hitters meet Friday when the Los Angeles Dodgers (84-56) and Cleveland Guardians (80-60) take the field at 10:10 p.m. ET, live on BSGL. Shohei Ohtani has 44 home runs for the Dodgers (-149 favorites on the moneyline) while Jose Ramirez has 13 homers this season for the Guardians (+126).
Los Angeles’ Landon Knack and Cleveland’s Matthew Boyd have been named the starters for this contest.
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The Dodgers have won 79 of the 124 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (63.7%).
When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -149 or shorter, Los Angeles has a record of 53-31 (63.1%).
The Guardians have entered the game as underdogs 53 times this season and won 24, or 45.3%, of those games.
Cleveland has a record of 9-9, a 50% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +126 or more by oddsmakers this season.
The Dodgers have combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 76 times this season for a 76-62-2 record against the over/under.
The Guardians and their opponents have gone over the total this season in 65 of their 140 opportunities.
Dodgers Stats & Insights
The Dodgers score the fourth-most runs in baseball (701 total, five per game).
Los Angeles averages 1.4 home runs per game to rank third in MLB action with 190 total home runs.
The Dodgers have the sixth-best batting average in the majors (.254).
Los Angeles strikes out 8.4 times per game, the No. 14 average in MLB.
The pitching staff for the Dodgers has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 14th in MLB.
Los Angeles’ 3.89 team ERA ranks 10th among all MLB pitching staffs.
Guardians Stats & Insights
The Guardians have scored 636 runs (4.5 per game) this season, which ranks 13th in MLB.
Cleveland ranks 14th in Major League Baseball with 161 home runs.
The Guardians’ .239 batting average ranks 21st in the league this season.
Cleveland is one of the best teams in baseball at making contact this season, ranking third with an average of 7.3 strikeouts per game.
The Guardians have an 8.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, 10th-best in baseball.
Cleveland has pitched to a 3.81 ERA this season, which ranks eighth in baseball.
Dodgers Key Players to Watch
The Dodgers will send Knack (2-2) out to make his ninth start of the season. He is 2-2 with a 3.00 ERA and 44 strikeouts in 48 2/3 innings pitched.
Ohtani leads Los Angeles in home runs with 44, runs batted in with 99 and his batting average of .290 is also best on his team.
Freddie Freeman has 136 hits and an OBP of .382 to go with a slugging percentage of .495 this season.
Mookie Betts has 111 hits this season and a slash line of .303/.395/.500.
Teoscar Hernandez is batting .266 with an OBP of .330 and a slugging percentage of .488 this season.
Guardians Key Players to Watch
The Guardians’ Boyd (1-1) will make his fifth start of the season.
Jose Ramirez has a team-best 34 home runs and 106 runs batted in.
Josh Naylor is hitting .245 with 23 doubles, 29 home runs and 52 walks.
Steven Kwan paces the Guardians with a team-best batting average of .292.
Andres Gimenez has 20 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 25 walks while hitting .251.
Dodgers and Guardians Injuries
Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw: 15 Day IL (Toe), Gavin Stone: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Brusdar Graterol: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Joe Kelly: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), 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)
Guardians: Carlos Carrasco: 15 Day IL (Hip), James Karinchak: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Sam Hentges: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Shane Bieber: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Trevor Stephan: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
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