The Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers continue their World Series showdown in Game 3 Friday at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. First pitch is at 8:08 p.m. ET. Below, we suggest five prop bets to consider from the BetMGM game menu.
Best-of-seven series: Tied 1-1.
World Series prop bets for Game 3
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 5:12 a.m. ET.
Money line and both teams to score 3 or more runs: Dodgers and Yes (+310)
I’m in fade-the-Rays default mode going into each game. Tampa Bay starter Charlie Morton pins that lean back a bit; the +310 makes for a nice return with some back-and-forth in the scoring.
Team to score first also wins game: NO (+215)
This is a lean into that back-and-forth scoring and against two tiring bullpens. That scenario gets set up by solid but middle-length efforts from the starters.
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Dodgers win 2nd inning (+300)
Los Angeles owns a top-flight offense. The Dodgers posted an .821 OPS during the regular season. LA is at its best against right-handers (.842 OPS). The Dodgers are a team that cranks it up early in games, but they aren’t overly dependent on two or three bats at the top of the lineup. They get better the more they see a pitcher in a game, and a deep order with some first-inning scouting makes this prop a nice play. During the regular season, the Dodgers logged an .868 OPS in the second inning, and that’s with a .260 BABIP.
Team with highest scoring inning: Dodgers (-106)
That deep Los Angeles batting order plays into this one. The Dodgers can pile on crooked numbers and do so perhaps more than once in a game, giving them extra opportunities to hang the biggest digit of the night.
OVER 3.5 runs 1st 5 innings (-129)
This play works on some respect for the bats on both sides and a little bit of pitching fade in general (and a bit of extra fade on Dodger SP Walker Buehler). The rested-and-ready part of the Series (and the playoffs) is over for the bullpens.
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