The Los Angeles Dodgers look to take a 3-1 lead vs. the Tampa Bay Rays as the World Series continues with Game 4 Saturday at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. First pitch is slated for 8:08 p.m. ET (on FOX). As the top seed, the Dodgers will be the visiting team for the next two games in the 2-3-2 format. Below, we analyze the Dodgers-Rays World Series Game 4 MLB betting odds and lines, with picks and predictions.
Friday: Dodgers won 6-2 behind RHP Walker Buehler’s six innings of one-run, three-hit ball. He didn’t allow a hit until one out in the fifth and finished with 10 strikeouts.
Dodgers vs. Rays: Projected starting pitchers
LHP Julio Urias vs. LHP Ryan Yarbrough
Urias was 3-0 with a 3.27 ERA (55 IP, 20 ER) in 10 starts and one relief appearance in the regular season. Even more impressive is his 4-0 mark with a 0.56 ERA (16 IP, 1 ER) this postseason in one start and three outings out of the bullpen.
- Last outing: Retired all nine batters he faced in the final three innings of the Dodgers’ NLCS Game 7 win over the Atlanta Braves. Oddly, the 24-year-old southpaw didn’t strike out a batter, but he was untouchable in recording one of the more memorable victories in franchise history – with the help of CF Cody Bellinger’s eventual game-winning homer in the bottom of the seventh inning.
- Career vs. Rays: 0-0, 0.00 ERA (2 IP, 0 ER) and 5 K in 2 relief appearances in 2019
- Career postseason: 6-2, 2.84 ERA (31 2/3 IP, 10 ER) in 2 starts and 14 relief appearances
Yarbrough finished the regular season 1-4 with a 3.56 ERA (55 2/3 IP, 22 ER) in 9 starts and 2 relief appearances.
- Last outing: Entered Game 1 of World Series in bottom of fifth inning with runners on second and third base and one out. Retired Bellinger on popout before yielding back-to-back, two-out RBI singles as L.A. increased 3-1 lead to 5-1. Finished inning, but didn’t return in first career outing vs. Dodgers.
- Career postseason: 2-0, 2.63 ERA (13 2/3 IP, 4 ER) in 1 start and 5 relief appearances
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Dodgers vs. Rays: Odds, prediction, betting lines and picks
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Prediction
Rays 4, Dodgers 2
Money line (ML)
The RAYS (+150) are the STRONGEST PLAY – 1½ times your usual wager. It all comes down to the Rays’ pitching staff, which will have to shut down the Dodgers’ explosive bats.
Tampa Bay relievers have shown they can do it, posting a 3.37 ERA during the regular season and a 3.38 ERA in the ALCS.
The Rays offense has the tough task of facing Urias, but it will find a way. They didn’t go 40-20 in the regular season and beat the Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees and Houston Astros in the playoffs by luck. The RAYS (+150) even the series.
New to sports betting? Every winning $1 bet on the Rays ML profits $1.50. Every $1.67 bet on the Dodgers ML (-167) profits $1 if they prevail.
Run line/Against the spread (ATS)
Dodgers -1.5 (-110) | Rays +1.5 (-110)
PASS. The Dodgers are 5-5 vs. the RL in their last 10; the Rays are 4-6.
Over/Under (O/U)
Back the UNDER 8 (-106) with a small play – half your usual wager.
Expect a tight, low-scoring game in this critical showdown. The first three games of this World Series went Over. The UNDER is due.
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