The Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays play Game 5 of the 2020 World Series Sunday at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. First pitch is scheduled for 8:08 p.m. ET. The Rays will bat as the home team for the final time in the 2-3-2 format. Below, we analyze the Dodgers-Rays World Series Game 5 MLB betting odds and lines, with picks and predictions.
With Tampa Bay pulling off a miraculous two-out, two-strike, walk-off win Saturday, the World Series between the Dodgers and Rays is knotted at 2-2.
Dodgers vs. Rays: Projected starting pitchers
LHP Clayton Kershaw vs. RHP Tyler Glasnow
Kershaw went 6-2 with a 2.16 ERA in 10 regular-season starts in 2020. He’s 3-1 with a 2.88 ERA in 4 playoff starts this fall.
- Pitched Game 1 (against Glasnow) and yielded just one run with three base runners over six frames. The run came via solo home run.
- Current Rays batters have scuffled their way to an aggregate career .441 OPS and .087 ISO against the veteran port-sider.
Glasnow finished the regular season 5-1 with a 4.08 ERA in 11 starts. This postseason, he’s 3-2 with a 6.08 ERA through 5 starts.
- Was shaky in Game 1, walking 6 and allowing 6 earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. With that effort, Glasnow owns a Boeing ERA of 7.13 on a .808 OPS allowed over his last four starts.
- Has been tagged for a 1.032 OPS and .332 ISO with 10 walks against 13 strikeouts in 48 batters faced against the Dodgers.
- Uses his fastball 61.6% of the time. That’s playing with fire against an L.A. lineup that hits heat at a better clip than other MLB team.
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Dodgers vs. Rays: Key injuries
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Dodgers vs. Rays: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports for a full list. Odds last updated at 8:50 a.m. ET.
Money line (ML)
The Rays (+145) continue to be a solid fade in games where the starting pitching matchup doesn’t have underlying lean their way. Too many bettors will color the line with the perceived emotional momentum gained on the final play of Saturday’s game. Baseball is a different game in that it doesn’t work that way. BACK THE DODGERS (-162).
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Run line/Against the spread (ATS)
Dodgers -1.5 (+100) | Rays +1.5 (-121)
TAG LOS ANGELES -1.5 (+100) WITH A SLIGHT LEAN on the winning by two-or-more proposition. A number of the Dodgers back-of-the-bullpen options have pitched in back-to-back games, but if the line were to creep north of +110, it’s still worth a look.
Over/Under (O/U)
Bats have been heating up and bullpens are getting low on reserves in the tank. PEG THE OVER 8 (-106) as a moderate lean.
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