The Los Angeles Dodgers (65-47) and the St. Louis Cardinals (56-57) meet for the first of a three-game series on Tuesday at Dodger Stadium, starting at 10:10 p.m. ET. The favored Dodgers (-187) are coming off of a 2-1 series win over the Rays, and the underdog Cardinals (+154) head into the matchup after a 1-2 series loss to the Padres. Los Angeles’ Emmet Sheehan gets the start against St. Louis’ Miles Mikolas.

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Dodgers vs. Cardinals betting lines

• Favorite: Dodgers (-187)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+154)
• Over/under: 9

Dodgers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Dodgers betting info

• The Dodgers have won 60.4% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (58-38).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -187 or shorter, Los Angeles has a 30-14 record (winning 68.2% of its games).
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Dodgers a 65.2% chance to win.
• Los Angeles has played in 112 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 54 times (54-53-5).
• The Dodgers have a 48-64-0 record ATS this season (covering 42.9% of the time).

Dodgers hitting info

• Shohei Ohtani leads the Dodgers in home runs (38) and runs batted in (73).
• In MLB, Ohtani ranks third in home runs and 12th in RBI.
• Ohtani enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .238 with a double and three walks.
• Mookie Betts has 15 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 42 walks while batting .233.
• Betts ranks 125th in homers and 87th in RBI among hitters in baseball.
• Will Smith leads the Dodgers with a team-best batting average of .324.
• Smith brings a four-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .313 with three doubles, two walks and two RBIs.
• Freddie Freeman is batting .308 with 29 doubles, a triple, 12 home runs and 40 walks.
• Freeman has hit safely in six games in a row. During his last 10 games he is batting .405 with two doubles, two home runs, three walks and 11 RBIs.

Dodgers pitching rankings

• The 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Dodgers pitching staff ranks sixth in MLB.
• Los Angeles has a 4.15 team ERA that ranks 19th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Dodgers have the 22nd-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.308).
• Dodgers pitchers combine to surrender 134 total home runs at a clip of 1.2 per game (22nd-fewest in the majors).
• Los Angeles knocked off the Rays 3-0 in its last game with nine strikeouts while allowing seven hits.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• This season, the Cardinals have been the underdog 58 times and won 28, or 48.3%, of those games.
• St. Louis has entered eight games this season as the underdog by +154 or more and is 1-7 in those contests.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 39.4% chance of a victory for the Cardinals.
• St. Louis’ games have gone over the total in 57 of its 112 chances.
• The Cardinals have an ATS record of 59-53-0 in 112 games with a spread this season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Brendan Donovan has been key for St. Louis with nine home runs, 42 RBI and a batting average of .281 this season.
• In all of MLB, Donovan is 157th in home runs and 136th in RBI.
• Alec Burleson is batting .284 to lead St. Louis, while adding 14 homers and 49 runs batted in this season.
• Burleson is 90th in home runs and 83rd in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Burleson enters this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .188 with four walks and an RBI.
• Willson Contreras leads St. Louis in home runs with 15 and runs batted in with 63.
• Masyn Winn has collected 103 hits this season and has an OBP of .323. He’s slugging .387 on the year.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals strike out just 7.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in MLB.
• St. Louis has the 20th-ranked ERA (4.19) in the majors this season.
• The Cardinals have a combined WHIP of 1.287 as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in MLB.
• The Cardinals have allowed the fourth-fewest home runs this season at just 107, or 0.9 per game.
• St. Louis pitchers struck out seven Padres hitters while allowing 10 base hits in a 7-3 loss its last time out.