The Los Angeles Dodgers (41-28) host the San Francisco Giants (40-29) on Saturday for game 1 of a three-game series, with the first pitch at 10:10 p.m. ET from Dodger Stadium. The favored Dodgers (-179) head into the matchup after a series win over the Padres, and the underdog Giants (+149) are coming off of a series win over the Rockies. Clayton Kershaw starts for Los Angeles while San Francisco will counter with Landen Roupp.

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Dodgers vs. Giants betting lines

• Favorite: Dodgers (-179)
• Underdog: Giants (+149)
• Over/under: 9

Dodgers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Dodgers betting info

• The Dodgers have gone 35-21 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 62.5% of those games).
• Los Angeles has a 21-12 record (winning 63.6% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -179 or shorter.
• The Dodgers have an implied moneyline win probability of 64.2% in this game.
• In the 69 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for Los Angeles, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 40 times (40-29-0).
• The Dodgers have collected a 31-38-0 record against the spread this season (covering 44.9% of the time).

Dodgers hitting info

• Shohei Ohtani has a team-best 23 home runs.
• Ohtani’s home runs rank third in MLB and he ranks 36th in RBI in MLB.
• Ohtani brings an eight-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 games he is batting .275 with two doubles, a triple, a home run, four walks and two RBIs.
• Mookie Betts is hitting .269 with seven doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 30 walks.
• Betts ranks 71st in home runs among hitters in baseball and 71st in RBI.
• Freddie Freeman paces the Dodgers with a team-high batting average of .347.
• Freeman enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .227 with a double, three walks and an RBI.
• Andy Pages is batting .285 with 10 doubles, a triple, 12 home runs and 13 walks.

Dodgers pitching rankings

• The 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Dodgers pitching staff ranks sixth in MLB.
• Los Angeles’ 4.16 team ERA ranks 22nd among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Dodgers average MLB’s 19th-ranked WHIP (1.317).
• Dodgers pitchers combine to allow 86 total home runs at a rate of 1.2 per game (23rd-fewest in baseball).
• Los Angeles defeated the Padres 5-2 in its last game with seven strikeouts while allowing four hits.

Giants betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Giants betting info

• The Giants have won 14, or 53.8%, of the 26 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• San Francisco has played as an underdog of +149 or more once this season and lost that game.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 40.2% chance of a victory for the Giants.
• So far this season, San Francisco and its opponents have hit the over in 31 of its 69 games with a total.
• The Giants are 32-37-0 against the spread this season.

Giants hitting info

• Jung Hoo Lee has been key for San Francisco with six home runs, 32 RBI and a batting average of .275 this season.
• Lee’s home run total ranks 143rd in MLB, and he is 79th in RBI.
• Lee takes a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .250 with two triples and five walks.
• Heliot Ramos is batting .295 to lead San Francisco, while adding 11 homers and 36 runs batted in this season.
• Ramos is 42nd in homers and 54th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Ramos heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .278 with a double, four walks and three RBIs.
• Wilmer Flores leads San Francisco in runs batted in (51) this season. He has a .259 batting average and a .416 slugging percentage.
• Flores heads into this matchup on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .316 with a double, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.
• Mike Yastrzemski has 50 hits and an OBP of .338 to go with a slugging percentage of .375 this season.
• Yastrzemski has hit safely in four straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .333 with two doubles, two walks and seven RBIs.

Giants pitching rankings

• The Giants strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, ninth-best in MLB.
• San Francisco pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.17 ERA this year, third-best in baseball.
• The Giants have a combined 1.222 WHIP as a pitching staff, 10th-lowest in MLB.
• The Giants have given up the first-fewest long balls so far this season with only 48 home runs allowed.
• San Francisco pitchers struck out eight Rockies hitters while allowing 10 base hits in an 8-7 loss its last time out.