Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups May 8, 2025

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The Los Angeles Dodgers (25-12) visit the Arizona Diamondbacks (19-18) at 9:40 p.m. ET on Thursday, providing a showdown of top-five power hitters. Shohei Ohtani has 10 homers (fifth in the league) for the favored Dodgers (-159), while Corbin Carroll is 99th in MLB play with four home runs this season for the underdog Diamondbacks (+134). Los Angeles’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto gets the start against Arizona’s Brandon Pfaadt.

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Dodgers to win vs Diamondbacks -159

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Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks betting lines

  • Favorite: Dodgers (-159)
  • Underdog: Diamondbacks (+134)
  • Over/under: 8.5

Dodgers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Dodgers betting info

  • The Dodgers have been favored on the moneyline 33 total times this season. They’ve gone 23-10 in those games.
  • When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -159 or shorter, Los Angeles has a record of 18-6 (75%).
  • The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Dodgers a 61.4% chance to win.
  • In the 37 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for Los Angeles, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 21 times (21-16-0).
  • The Dodgers have covered 51.4% of their games this season, going 19-18-0 against the spread.

Dodgers hitting info

  • Ohtani has launched a team-high 10 homers.
  • In MLB, Ohtani ranks fifth in home runs and 104th in RBI.
  • Ohtani takes a five-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .444 with two doubles, a triple, three home runs, six walks and five RBIs.
  • Mookie Betts is hitting .258 with four doubles, a triple, five home runs and 18 walks.
  • Betts currently ranks 63rd in homers and 36th in RBI in the majors.
  • Freddie Freeman is batting .362 with seven doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 12 walks.
  • Freeman brings a 12-game hitting streak into this game. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .500 with two doubles, a triple, four home runs, six walks and 17 RBIs.
  • Andy Pages is batting .279 with five doubles, a triple, six home runs and nine walks.
  • Pages has safely hit in four straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .261 with a double, a triple and an RBI.

Dodgers pitching rankings

  • The Dodgers pitching staff ranks second in MLB with a collective 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
  • Los Angeles has the 11th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.68).
  • The Dodgers have the 16th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.271).
  • The Dodgers surrender the 14th-fewest home runs in baseball (37 total, 1.0 per game).
  • Los Angeles struck out nine Marlins batters while allowing five hits in a 10-1 win in its last game.

Diamondbacks betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Diamondbacks betting info

  • This season, the Diamondbacks have won six out of the 13 games, or 46.2%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
  • Arizona has played as an underdog of +134 or more once this season and won that game.
  • The Diamondbacks have a 42.7% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
  • Arizona and its opponents have hit the over in 17 of its 37 games with a total this season.
  • The Diamondbacks have an ATS record of 19-18-0 in 37 games with a spread this season.

Diamondbacks hitting info

  • Corbin Carroll is batting .297 this season with a team-high 11 home runs.
  • Among all batters in MLB, Carroll’s home run total is fourth, and his RBI total is 10th.
  • Carroll takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .389 with two home runs, four walks and five RBIs.
  • Geraldo Perdomo is a key run producer for Arizona with a .285 average, five homers and 30 RBI.
  • Perdomo is 63rd among hitters in the majors in home runs, and seventh in RBI.
  • Josh Naylor is batting .299 to lead Arizona, while adding four homers and 23 runs batted in this season.
  • Eugenio Suarez has collected 26 hits this season and has an OBP of .287. He’s slugging .462 on the year.

Diamondbacks pitching rankings

  • The Diamondbacks strike out 8.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 11th in MLB.
  • Arizona has the 24th-ranked ERA (4.47) in the majors this season.
  • The Diamondbacks rank 18th in MLB with a combined 1.289 WHIP this season.
  • The Diamondbacks have allowed the fifth-most home runs this season with 50, or 1.4 per game.
  • Arizona suffered a 7-1 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out eight Mets batters while allowing eight hits.
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