Two of the league’s top power hitters meet Friday when the Los Angeles Dodgers (56-41) and Boston Red Sox (53-42) take the field at 10:10 PM ET, live on MLB Network. Shohei Ohtani has 29 home runs for the Dodgers (-138 favorites on the moneyline) while Rafael Devers has 23 homers this season for the Red Sox (+116).
Gavin Stone will get the ball for Los Angeles while Boston will counter with Nick Pivetta.
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Who Will Win Dodgers vs. Red Sox?
Dodgers and Red Sox Betting Trends
The Dodgers have been favored on the moneyline 87 total times this season. They’ve finished 53-34 in those games.
Los Angeles has gone 46-28 (winning 62.2% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -138 or shorter.
This season, the Red Sox have been the underdog 46 times and won 23, or 50%, of those games.
Boston has entered 22 games this season as the underdog by +116 or more and is 11-11 in those contests.
The Dodgers have combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 50 times this season for a 50-47-0 record against the over/under.
The Red Sox and their opponents have gone over the total this season in 44 of their 95 opportunities.
Dodgers Stats & Insights
The Dodgers have the No. 3 offense in baseball scoring 4.9 runs per game (479 total runs).
Los Angeles is third in MLB action with 129 home runs. They average 1.3 per game.
The Dodgers’ .254 batting average is seventh-best in MLB.
Los Angeles strikes out 8.2 times per game, the No. 13 average in baseball.
The pitching staff for the Dodgers has a collective 8.5 K/9, which ranks 18th in the majors.
Los Angeles has the eighth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.76).
Red Sox Stats & Insights
The Red Sox have scored the 12th-most runs in the league this season with 446 (4.7 per game).
Boston’s 112 home runs rank eighth in Major League Baseball.
The Red Sox’s .255 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking fourth in MLB.
Boston is a team with a lot of swing and miss this season, ranking 27th with an average of 9.7 strikeouts per game.
The Red Sox average 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, ninth-most in the big leagues.
Boston pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.61 ERA this year, fifth-best in baseball.
Dodgers Key Players to Watch
The Dodgers will send Stone (9-3) to make his 18th start of the season as he aims for his 10th victory. He is 9-3 with a 3.26 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 96 2/3 innings pitched.
Ohtani is batting .316 with 29 home runs and 69 RBI. All three of those stats are tops among Los Angeles hitters this season.
Freddie Freeman has collected 103 hits this season and has an OBP of .395. He’s slugging .492 on the year.
Will Smith is slashing .272/.346/.492 this season for the Dodgers.
Teoscar Hernandez is batting .261 with an OBP of .327 and a slugging percentage of .475 this season.
Red Sox Key Players to Watch
Pivetta (4-6) will take to the mound for the Red Sox and make his 15th start of the season.
Devers has racked up a team-high batting average of .295, while pacing the Red Sox in home runs (23) and runs batted in (61).
Jarren Duran is hitting .284 with 27 doubles, 10 triples, 10 home runs and 34 walks.
Ceddanne Rafaela is batting .243 with 16 doubles, four triples, 11 home runs and 11 walks.
Tyler O’Neill is batting .252 with 12 doubles, 16 home runs and 34 walks.
Dodgers and Red Sox Injuries
Dodgers: Mookie Betts: 10 Day IL (Hand), Jason Heyward: 10 Day IL (Knee ), Walker Buehler: 15 Day IL (Hip), Tyler Glasnow: 15 Day IL (Back), Michael Grove: 15 Day IL (Lat), Clayton Kershaw: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Yoshinobu Yamamoto: 60 Day IL (Tricep), Tony Gonsolin: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Max Muncy: 60 Day IL (Oblique), Brusdar Graterol: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Emmet Sheehan: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Dustin May: 60 Day IL (Elbow/esophagus), Connor Brogdon: 60 Day IL (Foot), Ryan Brasier: 60 Day IL (Calf), Daniel Hudson: day-to-day (Back)
Red Sox: Vaughn Grissom: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Chris Martin: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Justin Slaten: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Bryan Mata: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Lucas Giolito: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Chris Murphy: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Triston Casas: 60 Day IL (Rib), Liam Hendriks: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Garrett Whitlock: 60 Day IL (Oblique), Trevor Story: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
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