The Los Angeles Dodgers (10-4) host the Chicago Cubs (9-6) at 9:10 p.m. ET on Saturday, providing a showdown of top-five sluggers. Tommy Edman has five home runs (fourth in the league) for the favored Dodgers (-180), while Kyle Tucker is 211th in MLB play with zero dingers this season for the underdog Cubs (+150). Roki Sasaki takes the mound first for Los Angeles, and Ben Brown is Chicago’s pick to start.

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Dodgers vs. Cubs betting lines

• Favorite: Dodgers (-180)
• Underdog: Cubs (+150)
• Over/under: 8.5

Dodgers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Dodgers betting info

• The Dodgers have won nine of the 13 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (69.2%).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -180 or shorter, Los Angeles has a 5-2 record (winning 71.4% of its games).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Dodgers’ implied win probability is 64.3%.
• Los Angeles has had an over/under set by bookmakers 14 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in nine of those games (9-5-0).
• The Dodgers have gone 7-7-0 against the spread this season.

Dodgers hitting info

• Teoscar Hernandez paces the Dodgers in home runs (five) and runs batted in (16).
• Hernandez’s home runs rank fourth in MLB and he ranks second in RBI in MLB.
• Hernandez takes a four-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .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 14th in home runs and 115th in RBI.
• Ohtani enters this matchup on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .300 with a triple, a home run, four walks and two RBI.
• Edman has launched a team-best five home runs.
• Mookie Betts is batting .310 with a double, three home runs and five walks.
• Betts brings a five-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .368 with a double, three walks and two RBI.

Dodgers pitching rankings

• The 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Dodgers pitching staff ranks fifth in the majors.
• Los Angeles has the fifth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.22).
• The Dodgers average baseball’s 16th-ranked WHIP (1.285).
• Dodgers pitchers combine to allow the second-fewest home runs in baseball (nine total, 0.6 per game).
• 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

• The Cubs have entered the game as underdogs seven times this season and won three of those games.
• Chicago has not entered a game this season as a bigger underdog on the moneyline than the +150 odds on it winning this game.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 40% chance of a victory for the Cubs.
• Games involving Chicago have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 11 of 15 chances this season.
• The Cubs are 9-6-0 against the spread in their 15 chances this season.

Cubs hitting info

• Kyle Tucker leads Chicago in home runs with five and runs batted in with 16.
• Tucker’s home run total ranks fourth in the majors, and he is second in RBI.
• Seiya Suzuki has 18 hits and an OBP of .403 to go with a slugging percentage of .567 this season.
• Suzuki ranks 14th overall in homers and fifth in RBI this year.
• Suzuki has safely hit in three games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .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 with a batting average of .326.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The Cubs strike out 7.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 25th in MLB.
• Chicago has the 24th-ranked ERA (4.47) in the majors this season.
• Cubs pitchers have a 1.421 WHIP this season, fourth-worst in the majors.
• With 18 homers allowed, the Cubs rank 27th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Chicago fell to the Rangers 6-2. Its pitchers compiled seven strikeouts and 11 hits allowed.