The Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers return to action Tuesday as the World Series continues with Game 6 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. First pitch is slated for 8:08 p.m. ET. Below, we suggest five prop bets to consider from the BetMGM game menu.
Best-of-seven series: The Dodgers, who came through with a gut-check victory in Game 5 after the Game 4 walk-off win by the Rays, are looking to clinch their seventh world championship. Los Angeles leads the series, three games to two.
World Series prop bets for Game 6
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Run scored in first inning: NO (-129)
The pitching matchup – Dodgers RHP Tony Gonsolin and Rays LHP Blake Snell – is one that swings an overall anti-Tampa lean back into equilibrium. Gonsolin has struggled in three postseason starts — especially in the first inning — while Snell has logged a 3.33 ERA in five turns.
Gonsolin’s troubles in the first (he’s allowed first-inning runs in each of his last two starts) do not at all align with his career norms and appear to be coloring this line too heavily in the Yes column.
Justin Turner, Mookie Betts and Brandon Lowe 2+ total bases each (+900)
Turner bashes lefties (more so than is indicated by his small-sample 2020 regular-season line) and is a key bat for a Dodgers nine that overall is much better against right-handers. He is batting .343 with 9 extra-base hits since Oct. 15.
Betts has a solid history against Snell (.847 OPS) and owns a .805 OPS this postseason. Lowe is the wildcard in this three-headed prop. He has had an awful postseason (.467 OPS), but his overall career numbers (career .855 OPS) — and a home run in his line against Gonsolin — make for a measure of confidence.
And in a game that figures to include a parade of L.A. relievers, Lowe’s success against bullpen types (.765 OPS with a .281 BABIP) is compelling enough to chase this prize.
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Team that scores first wins the game: NO (+190)
This late-series, all-hands-on-deck matchup makes for some mid-inning jockeying at the least. The score-second-and-win option isn’t likely per se, but the +190 is a value tag with that expected game flow.
Winning margin: Rays by 1 run (+675) and Rays by 2 runs (+875)
A Tampa win figures as more likely in Game 6 than Game 7. An off-day gives a busy-but-talented Rays bullpen a much-needed rest, and the prices on a one-to-two run victory make for a nice combo play.
Money line and both teams to score 3+ runs: RAYS and YES (+400)
This fits the overall play and the lean on this one having some decent back-and-forth potential.
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