Shohei Ohtani and Taylor Ward face off in a battle between top-10 power hitters when the Los Angeles Dodgers (68-51) and the Los Angeles Angels (57-62) meet at 9:38 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Ohtani has 42 home runs (second in MLB) for the favored Dodgers (-201), while Ward is ninth in MLB play with 27 home runs this season for the underdog Angels (+167). Ohtani starts for the Dodgers while the Angels will counter with Kyle Hendricks.

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Dodgers vs. Angels betting lines

• Favorite: Dodgers (-201)
• Underdog: Angels (+167)
• Over/under: 9.5

Dodgers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Dodgers betting info

• The Dodgers have won 61 of the 103 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (59.2%).
• The Dodgers have gone 27-10 when they have played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -201 or shorter (73%).
• The Dodgers have a 66.8% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• The Dodgers have played in 119 games with an over/under set, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 58 times (58-56-5).
• The Dodgers have a 51-68-0 record against the spread this season.

Dodgers hitting info

• Ohtani paces the Dodgers in home runs (42) and runs batted in (78).
• Among hitters in MLB play, Ohtani ranks second in homers and 11th in RBI.
• Ohtani has hit safely in 10 games in a row. During his last 10 games he is batting .447 with three doubles, four home runs, nine walks and five RBIs.
• Mookie Betts has 17 doubles, a triple, 12 home runs and 44 walks while hitting .242.
• Betts currently ranks 122nd in homers and 81st in RBI in the bigs.
• Betts has safely hit in six games in a row. In his last 10 games he is batting .268 with two doubles, a home run, three walks and seven RBIs.
• Freddie Freeman is hitting .306 with 29 doubles, a triple, 14 home runs and 45 walks.
• Andy Pages is hitting .278 with 20 doubles, a triple, 19 home runs and 22 walks.
• Pages has safely hit in six games in a row. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .250 with three doubles, two walks and four RBIs.

Dodgers pitching rankings

• The Dodgers pitching staff ranks third in the majors with a collective 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings.
• The Dodgers have the 18th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.12).
• The Dodgers have the 22nd-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.311).
• Dodgers pitchers combine to surrender 144 total home runs at a clip of 1.2 per game (21st-fewest in baseball).
• They lost to the Angels 7-4 in their last game with eight strikeouts while allowing eight hits.

Angels betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Angels betting info

• The Angels have won 41, or 46.6%, of the 88 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• The Angels have a record of 9-8, a 52.9% win rate, when they’re set as the underdog by +167 or more by bookmakers this season.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 37.5% chance of a victory for the Angels.
• Games involving the Angels have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 64 of 119 chances this season.
• The Angels have an ATS record of 66-53-0 in 119 games with a spread this season.

Angels hitting info

• Ward leads Los Angeles in home runs with 27 and runs batted in with 87.
• Ward is ninth in home runs and sixth in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Nolan Schanuel has collected 116 hits this season and has an OBP of .356. He’s slugging .392 on the year.
• Among all MLB hitters, Schanuel ranks 153rd in home runs and 107th in RBI.
• Zach Neto’s batting average of .272 leads all Los Angeles hitters this season.
• Neto takes a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .316 with a double, three home runs, five walks and three RBIs.
• Jo Adell is batting .228 with an OBP of .295 and a slugging percentage of .469 this season.

Angels pitching rankings

• The Angels average the 22nd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.0) in the majors this season.
• The Angels have the 26th-ranked ERA (4.62) in the majors this season.
• The Angels have a combined WHIP of 1.420 as a pitching staff, which is third-worst in baseball this season.
• The Angels have allowed the fifth-most home runs this season with 161, or 1.4 per game.
• Last time out, they defeated the Dodgers, 7-4, with 10 strikeouts and seven hits allowed.