The Los Angeles Dodgers (10-4) host the Chicago Cubs (9-6) at 10:10 p.m. ET on Friday, providing a showdown of top-five power hitters. Tommy Edman has five home runs (third in the league) for the favored Dodgers (-193), while Kyle Tucker is 205th in MLB play with zero home runs this season for the underdog Cubs (+161). Los Angeles has Yoshinobu Yamamoto starting, while Chicago will send out Matthew Boyd.

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Dodgers vs. Cubs betting lines

• Favorite: Dodgers (-193)
• Underdog: Cubs (+161)
• Over/under: 8

Dodgers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Dodgers betting info

• The Dodgers have been favored on the moneyline 13 total times this season. They’ve gone 9-4 in those games.
• Los Angeles has played in four games as moneyline favorites with odds of -193 or shorter and won each of them.
• The Dodgers have an implied moneyline win probability of 65.9% in this contest.
• Los Angeles has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 14 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in nine of those games (9-5-0).
• The Dodgers have a 7-7-0 record against the spread this season (covering 50% of the time).

Dodgers hitting info

• Teoscar Hernandez leads the Dodgers with five home runs and 16 runs batted in.
• Hernandez’s home runs rank third in MLB and he ranks second in RBI in MLB.
• Hernandez heads into this game on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .368 with a double, three home runs and eight RBI.
• Shohei Ohtani is batting .315 with a double, a triple, four home runs and 11 walks.
• Among all MLB hitters, Ohtani ranks 12th in homers and 96th in RBI.
• Ohtani has safely hit in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .300 with a triple, a home run, four walks and two RBI.
• Edman leads the Dodgers with five home runs.
• Mookie Betts is batting .310 with a double, three home runs and five walks.
• Betts has safely hit in five straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .368 with a double, three walks and two RBI.

Dodgers pitching rankings

• The Dodgers pitching staff ranks sixth in the majors with a collective 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Los Angeles’ 3.22 team ERA ranks sixth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Dodgers have the 16th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.285).
• Dodgers pitchers combine to give up nine home runs (0.6 per game), the third-fewest in MLB.
• In its 6-5 win last time out, Los Angeles struck out nine Nationals batters while allowing five hits.

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• This season, the Cubs have won three out of the seven games in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Chicago has not entered a game this season with longer moneyline odds than +161.
• The implied probability of a win by the Cubs, based on the moneyline, is 38.3%.
• Games involving Chicago have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 11 of 15 chances this season.
• In 15 games with a spread this season, the Cubs are 9-6-0 ATS.

Cubs hitting info

• Kyle Tucker is batting .322 this season with a team-high five home runs and 16 RBI.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Tucker ranks third in home runs and second in RBI.
• Seiya Suzuki has collected 18 hits this season and has an OBP of .403. He’s slugging .567 on the year.
• Suzuki ranks 12th in home runs and fifth in RBI among all major league hitters this year.
• Suzuki takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .412 with a triple, six walks and four RBI.
• Dansby Swanson has 12 hits this season and a slash line of .211/.281/.474.
• Nico Hoerner leads Chicago in batting average (.326) this season.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The Cubs strike out 7.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 25th in MLB.
• Chicago has pitched to a 4.47 ERA this season, which ranks 24th in baseball.
• The Cubs have a combined 1.421 WHIP as a pitching staff, fifth-highest in MLB.
• The Cubs have given up the third-most long balls so far this season with 18 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Chicago fell to the Rangers 6-2. Its pitchers compiled seven strikeouts and 11 hits allowed.