Reds at Dodgers
O/U 8.5 · RL Dodgers -1.5 · Dodger Stadium
The line
BETMGM · 10 moves| Market | Opened Wed 5:00 AM | Close Wed 7:30 PM | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPREAD | Dodgers -1.5 (-130) | Dodgers -1.5 (-130) | Holds |
| TOTAL | 8.5 (-110) | 8 (-120) | −½ |
| MONEYLINE | Dodgers -295 | Dodgers -285 | +10 |
TOTAL first seen Wed 10:51 AM
Every move, in order ›
| When | Spread | Total | Moneyline |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPENWed 5:00 AM | Dodgers -1.5 (-130) | — | Dodgers -295 · Reds +230 |
| Wed 10:51 AM | Dodgers -1.5 (-130) | 8.5 (-110) | Dodgers -295 · Reds +230 |
| Wed 2:42 PM | Dodgers -1.5 (-130) | 8.5 (-110) | Dodgers -295 · Reds +230 |
| Wed 3:44 PM | Dodgers -1.5 (-130) | 8.5 (-110) | Dodgers -285 · Reds +225 |
| Wed 3:44 PM | Dodgers -1.5 (-130) | 8.5 (-110) | Dodgers -285 · Reds +225 |
| Wed 5:22 PM | Dodgers -1.5 (-130) | 8.5 (-110) | Dodgers -295 · Reds +230 |
| Wed 5:35 PM | Dodgers -1.5 (-130) | 8.5 (-110) | Dodgers -285 · Reds +225 |
| Wed 5:39 PM | Dodgers -1.5 (-125) | 8.5 (-110) | Dodgers -285 · Reds +225 |
| Wed 6:30 PM | Dodgers -1.5 (-130) | 8.5 (-105) | Dodgers -285 · Reds +230 |
| Wed 6:30 PM | Dodgers -1.5 (-130) | 8.5 (-105) | Dodgers -285 · Reds +230 |
| CLOSEWed 7:30 PM | Dodgers -1.5 (-130) | 8 (-120) | Dodgers -285 · Reds +230 |
The read
Tonight comes down to a starter mismatch and a Reds lineup that showed up for a getaway game without four of its regulars. Yoshinobu Yamamoto owns a 2.67 ERA and a 0.90 WHIP, and his whiff rate has climbed in five straight starts. Rhett Lowder carries a 5.43 ERA and a 6.79 ERA on the road, and his last start lasted four innings with six runs and four walks. His most-used pitch, the sinker, has been hit for a .412 expected wOBA, and left-handed hitters have torched him for an .823 OPS and 12 homers in 280 at-bats.
That platoon problem meets the Dodgers' strength. Five hitters bat left-handed against him, led by Max Muncy with 20 homers and an .844 OPS against righties and Freddie Freeman at .887 against righties. The hot bats are in the lineup too. Teoscar Hernández is 11-for-26 over the last week with a six-game RBI streak, and Mookie Betts is 9-for-25 with two homers. The Dodgers are 60-36 against right-handed starters this season.
On the other side, Cincinnati benched Suárez, Stephenson, McLain and Myers. The lineup facing Yamamoto includes Friedl at a .499 OPS, Hayes at .457, Brito with a .472 OPS against righties, and a catcher with four career at-bats. Six of the nine will hit from the left side against a pitcher holding lefties to a .179 average and a .530 OPS. Elly De La Cruz is the one real threat, and he has been scorching, but one bat does not carry a lineup like this.
The margin is the risk. Every meeting this season has finished within three runs, and Shohei Ohtani sits tonight, which thins the Dodgers' order. I still take the run line because of what happens after Lowder leaves. Mey and Ashcraft both worked yesterday and rarely pitch the next day, Williamson threw 86 pitches two days ago, and Santillan carries a 6.63 ERA. The Reds have also made six errors with five unearned runs over the last seven games, including a throwing error that gifted the Dodgers two runs Monday. A depleted lineup, a short-leash starter, a thin pen and a sloppy defense is how a close game turns into a cover. The Dodgers are 3-0 against the Reds at Dodger Stadium, and Cincinnati is 1-3 on the road over its last ten while allowing 6.3 runs a game.
The research
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STARTER FORM
Rhett Lowder: 7.20 ERA over his last 3 starts
7.20Rhett Lowder allowed 12 earned runs in 15 innings across his last three starts, posting a 7.20 ERA and 1.53 WHIP. His season marks are a 5.43 ERA and 1.49 WHIP entering CIN-LAD.
HEAT CHECK
Teoscar Hernandez: 1.177 OPS in Last 15 Days
1.177Teoscar Hernandez has a 1.177 OPS over the last 15 days in 47 AB. That is 0.421 above his .756 season mark.
Elly De La Cruz: 1.223 OPS in Last 15 Days
1.223Elly De La Cruz has a 1.223 OPS over his last 15 days (51 AB) compared to a .868 season baseline, a 0.355 gap. He has 25 homers this season, with tonight's total-bases line at 0.5 for CIN @ LAD.
BALLPARK
Yoshinobu Yamamoto owns a 3.28 ERA at Dodger Stadium — 1.94 everywhere else
3.28Yoshinobu Yamamoto's home-park ERA at Dodger Stadium is 3.28 over 14 games (90.2 IP), higher than his 1.94 mark over 74.1 IP away from it, even though hitters bat just .192 off him at home. The better rate number comes on the road, opposite the usual home-field direction.
PARK WEATHER
103° at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium — the ball will carry tonight
103°FTonight at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium, CIN-LAD has clear skies, a temperature of 103°F and a 9 mph wind blowing out to right field. The total is 8, but no park or neutral-weather comparison quantifies the conditions’ effect.
STREAK
LAD have won 5 straight
W5The Dodgers have won five straight with a +9 run differential during the streak, part of a 7-3 record over their last 10. No Cincinnati comparison is supplied to frame tonight’s matchup in Los Angeles.
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Props on this game
2- GARY'S PICKELLY DE LA CRUZHITS OVER 0.5
Elly De La Cruz has a hit in 14 of his last 15 games. He's hitting .500 with three home runs over his last seven days and .451 over his last 15, and he's carried that heat into this series, going 4-for-8 with two homers against Dodgers pitching, with a hit and a homer in each of the last two nights off Skubal and Sheehan.
He gets 4.5 plate appearances a game from the two-hole, so there's plenty of opportunity even against a pitcher as good as Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Yamamoto has actually been more hittable at Dodger Stadium than on the road this year, a 3.28 ERA at home against 1.94 away from it, and De La Cruz does more of his damage against right-handers than lefties by raw count, with 15 of his 25 home runs this season coming against that side.
One hit is a low bar for a hitter running this hot, at home in this park, against a pitcher who has had his rougher nights right here.
- THE LONG SHOTELLY DE LA CRUZHR OVER 0.5
De La Cruz has gone deep in four straight games, two of them against this exact Dodgers pitching staff over the last two nights. He's a switch-hitter, so he bats left-handed against a right-hander like Yamamoto, and tonight's wind is blowing out to right field, the same direction a lefty pulls the ball.
Fifteen of his 25 home runs this season have come against right-handed pitching, so the power shows up more against arms like Yamamoto's than it does against lefties. Yamamoto has been excellent all year and De La Cruz doesn't have much of a track record against him personally, but Yamamoto has still allowed nine home runs to left-handed bats this season and carries a notably higher ERA at Dodger Stadium than he does on the road.
That's a long price for a hitter in the best power stretch of his season, with the wind and the platoon matchup both pointing his way tonight.
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