Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Detroit Tigers odds, tips and betting trends

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The Los Angeles Dodgers (13-6) will host the Detroit Tigers (6-13), Saturday at 10:10 PM ET, with the Tigers on a six-game losing skid.

The Dodgers are a heavy home favorite (-345) against the Tigers (+274). The scheduled starters are Clayton Kershaw (3-0) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Beau Brieske (0-1) for the Detroit Tigers.

These clubs play again following the Dodgers’ 5-1 victory over the Tigers yesterday. Tyler Anderson (5.0 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 3 K) picked up the win for the Dodgers. Justin Turner went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI to lead the team on offense. Tyler Alexander (2.1 IP, 4 R, 3 H, 1 K) took the loss on the mound for the Tigers.

Before the Dodgers vs. Tigers matchup, here’s everything you need to prepare for Saturday’s baseball action.

  • Favorite: Dodgers (-345, bet $345 to win $100)
  • Underdog: Tigers (+274, bet $100 to win $274)
  • Over/under: 8

Dodgers Betting Records

  • This season, the Dodgers have won 13 out of the 21 games, or 61.9%, in which they’ve been favored.
  • Los Angeles has not entered a game this season with shorter moneyline odds than -345.
  • Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Dodgers have a 77.5% chance to win.
  • Los Angeles and its opponents have hit the over in five of their 21 games with a total this season.
  • The Dodgers are 13-8-0 ATS in their 21 games with a spread this season.

Clayton Kershaw (Dodgers Probable Starter)

  • The Dodgers’ Kershaw (3-0) will make his fourth start of the season.
  • The left-hander’s last appearance was on Sunday, when he threw five innings against the San Diego Padres, giving up one earned run while allowing four hits.
  • The 34-year-old has pitched in three games this season with a 2.65 ERA, 12.2 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .167.
  • Kershaw has three starts in a row of five innings or more.
  • The Tigers are batting .227 this season, 19th in MLB. They have a team slugging percentage of .310 (28th in the league) with eight home runs.

Dodgers Batting Stats

  • The Dodgers rank ninth in Major League Baseball with 20 home runs.
  • Fueled by 51 extra-base hits, the Dodgers rank eighth in MLB with a .395 slugging percentage this season.
  • Los Angeles has a team batting average of .242 this season, which ranks 10th among MLB teams.
  • The Dodgers have scored the fourth-most runs in the league this season with 95.
  • Los Angeles has an on-base percentage of .330 this season, which ranks sixth in the league.
  • 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 16 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 +274 moneyline listed for this contest.
  • The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Tigers have a 26.7% chance of walking away with the win.
  • Detroit and their opponents have gone over in seven of their 19 games with a total set by sportsbooks this season.
  • The Tigers are 7-12-0 against the spread in their 19 games that had a posted line this season.

Beau Brieske (Tigers Probable Starter)

  • Brieske (0-1) makes the start for the Tigers, his second of the season.
  • The right-hander last pitched on Saturday against the Colorado Rockies, when he tossed five innings, allowing three earned runs while giving up three hits.
  • In one games this season, he has compiled a 5.40 ERA and averages 5.4 strikeouts per nine innings while opposing batters are hitting .167 against him.
  • He meets a Dodgers offense that ranks fourth in the league with 95 total runs scored while batting .242 as a unit. His opponent has a collective .395 slugging percentage (eighth in MLB play) and has hit a total of 20 home runs (ninth in the league).

Tigers Batting Stats

  • The Tigers have hit the second-fewest home runs in MLB action this season (eight).
  • So far this season, the Tigers are slugging .310, the third-lowest average in baseball.
  • Detroit’s .227 batting average ranks 19th in the league.
  • The Tigers are the third-lowest scoring team in MLB play averaging 3.1 runs per game (59 total).
  • Detroit is 17th in the league with a .306 on-base percentage.
  • Tigers batters strike out 8.5 times per game, the eighth-lowest average in the league.

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