Two squads on losing skids — the Detroit Tigers (five straight) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (two in a row) — play on Friday at 10:10 PM ET, at Dodger Stadium.
The favored Dodgers (-241 on the moneyline to win) host the Tigers (+199). The matchup on the mound for this contest is set with the Los Angeles Dodgers looking to Tyler Anderson (1-0), and Tyler Alexander (0-2) taking the ball for the Detroit Tigers.
The Dodgers’ matchup Friday versus the Diamondbacks finished in a 3-1 loss. Trea Turner went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI in the defeat, while Daniel Hudson threw one inning, giving up one earned run on one hit en route to taking the loss.
The Tigers lost to the Twins yesterday, with Tarik Skubal registering the loss while throwing five innings, giving up three earned runs on six hits while striking out four. Robbie Grossman went 3-for-4 to pace the Tigers’ offense.
Here’s everything you need to get ready for Friday’s Dodgers vs. Tigers game.
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Detroit Tigers Odds and Betting Lines
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- Favorite: Dodgers (-241, bet $241 to win $100)
- Underdog: Tigers (+199, bet $100 to win $199)
- Over/under: 8.5
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Dodgers Stats and Trends
Dodgers Betting Records
- This season, the Dodgers have won 12 out of the 20 games, or 60%, in which they’ve been favored.
- Los Angeles has played as a favorite of -241 or more twice this season and won both games.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Dodgers have a 70.7% chance to win.
- Los Angeles’ games have gone over the total in five of their 20 chances.
- The Dodgers are 12-8-0 against the spread this season.
Tyler Anderson (Dodgers Probable Starter)
- Anderson heads to the mound for the Dodgers to make his second start of the season, seeking his second win.
- The left-hander’s last appearance was on Sunday, when he threw 4 2/3 innings, giving up two earned runs while allowing four hits against the San Diego Padres.
- He has an ERA of 2.84, a 4 strikeout to walk ratio and a WHIP of .868 in three games this season.
- The Tigers are batting .229 this season, 17th in MLB. They have a team slugging percentage of .316 (25th in the league) with eight home runs.
Dodgers Batting Stats
- The Dodgers rank 11th in Major League Baseball with 18 home runs.
- Hitters for the Dodgers have a combined .394 slugging percentage this season, which ranks eighth in MLB.
- Los Angeles’ .244 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking ninth in MLB.
- The Dodgers have scored 90 runs this season, which ranks sixth in MLB.
- Los Angeles has an OBP of .331 this season, which ranks fourth in MLB.
- The Dodgers have shown patience at the plate this season with the sixth-best rate of strikeouts per game (8.2) among MLB offenses.
Tigers Stats and Trends
Tigers Betting Records
- The Tigers have come away with five wins in the 15 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- Oddsmakers have given Detroit the worst odds of winning they have seen this season with a +199 moneyline listed for this contest.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Tigers have a 33.4% chance of walking away with the win.
- Detroit and their opponents have hit the over in seven of their 18 games with a total set by oddsmakers this season.
- The Tigers are 7-11-0 against the spread in their 18 games that had a posted line this season.
Tyler Alexander (Tigers Probable Starter)
- Alexander (0-2 with a 7.20 ERA and eight strikeouts in 10 innings pitched) makes the start for the Tigers, his fourth of the season.
- In his last outing on Sunday against the Colorado Rockies, the lefty threw 3 2/3 innings, allowing five earned runs while surrendering eight hits.
- The 27-year-old has put up a 7.20 ERA and 7.2 strikeouts per nine innings over three games this season, while allowing a batting average of .326 to opposing batters.
- Alexander has pitched five or more innings in a game one time this year heading into this matchup.
- The opposing Dodgers offense has a collective .244 batting average, and is 15th in the league with 145 total hits and sixth in MLB action with 90 runs scored. They have the eighth-ranked slugging percentage (.394) and are 11th in all of MLB with 18 home runs.
Tigers Batting Stats
- The Tigers have hit eight home runs this season, the second-lowest total in MLB action.
- So far this season, the Tigers are 25th in the league with a .316 slugging percentage.
- Detroit’s .229 batting average ranks 17th in MLB.
- The Tigers score the fourth-fewest runs in baseball (58 total, 3.2 per game).
- Detroit’s .310 on-base percentage is 13th in the league.
- Tigers batters strike out 8.6 times per game, the 10th-lowest average in the league.
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