Two of the league’s top power hitters meet Saturday when the Los Angeles Dodgers (84-57) and Cleveland Guardians (81-60) take the field at 9:10 p.m. ET, live on BSGL. Shohei Ohtani has 45 home runs for the Dodgers (-150 favorites on the moneyline) while Jose Ramirez has 13 homers this season for the Guardians (+127).
Ryan Brasier will get the ball for Los Angeles while Cleveland will counter with Gavin Williams.
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The Dodgers are 79-46 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 63.2% of those games).
Los Angeles has gone 51-30 (winning 63% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -150 or shorter.
The Guardians have been underdogs in 54 games this season and won 25 (46.3%) of those contests.
Cleveland has a record of 9-9, a 50% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +127 or more by bookmakers this season.
The Dodgers have combined with opponents to go over the total 76 times this season for a 76-63-2 record against the over/under.
So far this season, the Guardians and their opponents have hit the over in 65 of their 141 games with a total.
Dodgers Stats & Insights
The Dodgers score the fourth-most runs in baseball (702 total, five per game).
Los Angeles is third-best in MLB action with 191 total home runs.
The Dodgers have the seventh-best batting average in the majors (.253).
Los Angeles’ 8.4 strikeouts per game rank 13th in baseball.
The Dodgers pitching staff is 12th in MLB with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
Los Angeles’ 3.88 team ERA ranks 10th among all MLB pitching staffs.
Guardians Stats & Insights
The Guardians have scored the 14th-most runs in the league this season with 639 (4.5 per game).
Cleveland’s 163 home runs rank 14th in Major League Baseball.
The Guardians’ .239 batting average ranks 20th 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 average 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, 10th-most in the big leagues.
Cleveland has the eighth-best ERA (3.79) in the majors this season.
Dodgers Key Players to Watch
The Dodgers are sending Brasier (1-0) out for his second start of the season.
Ohtani is batting .291 with 45 home runs and 100 RBI. All three of those stats are tops among Los Angeles hitters this season.
Freddie Freeman has collected 137 hits this season and has an OBP of .383. He’s slugging .494 on the year.
Mookie Betts has 113 hits this season and a slash line of .305/.396/.505.
Teoscar Hernandez has collected 140 hits this season and has an OBP of .331. He’s slugging .488 on the year.
Guardians Key Players to Watch
The Guardians will send Williams (3-7) to the mound for his 13th start this season.
Jose Ramirez has a team-best 34 home runs and 106 runs batted in.
Josh Naylor has 23 doubles, 29 home runs and 52 walks while batting .243.
Steven Kwan paces the Guardians with a team-high batting average of .290.
Andres Gimenez is batting .251 with 20 doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 25 walks.
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), Teoscar Hernández: day-to-day (Ankle)
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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