Clayton Kershaw aims for his 10th victory of the campaign when his Los Angeles Dodgers (78-59) visit the Pittsburgh Pirates (61-77). The Dodgers are favored in the matchup (-180) against the Pirates (+150), and first pitch is at 6:40 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Kershaw starts for Los Angeles while Pittsburgh will counter with Carmen Mlodzinski.

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Dodgers vs. Pirates betting lines

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

Dodgers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Dodgers betting info

• The Dodgers have won 70 of the 120 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (58.3%).
• Los Angeles has gone 40-25 (winning 61.5% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -180 or shorter.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Dodgers have an implied win probability of 64.3%.
• In the 137 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Los Angeles, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 64 times (64-66-7).
• The Dodgers have a 58-79-0 record ATS this season (covering 42.3% of the time).

Dodgers hitting info

• Shohei Ohtani paces the Dodgers with 45 home runs and 85 runs batted in.
• Among all batters in MLB action, Ohtani’s home run total ranks third and his RBI tally ranks 15th.
• Mookie Betts has 18 doubles, a triple, 14 home runs and 53 walks while batting .250.
• Betts ranks 125th in home runs among hitters in MLB and 95th in RBI.
• Betts brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .250 with a double, four walks and an RBI.
• Freddie Freeman leads the Dodgers with a team-best batting average of .300.
• Freeman has hit safely in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .235 with four doubles, three walks and an RBI.
• Andy Pages has 22 doubles, a triple, 23 home runs and 27 walks while hitting .275.
• Pages takes a seven-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 outings he is batting .306 with two doubles, three home runs, a walk and seven RBIs.

Dodgers pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Dodgers has a collective 9.0 K/9, the fourth-best in the majors.
• Los Angeles has the 18th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.08).
• Pitchers for the Dodgers combine for the 15th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.288).
• Dodgers pitchers combine to surrender 159 total home runs at a rate of 1.2 per game (16th-fewest in baseball).
• Los Angeles defeated the Diamondbacks 5-4 in its last game with 11 strikeouts while allowing seven hits.

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• The Pirates have won 40, or 41.7%, of the 96 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Pittsburgh has a record of 8-22 in games where sportsbooks have it as underdogs of at least +150 on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Pirates, based on the moneyline, is 40%.
• Pittsburgh and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 57 of its 137 opportunities.
• The Pirates have an ATS record of 74-63-0 in 137 games with a spread this season.

Pirates hitting info

• Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh in runs batted in with 68 while batting .245.
• Reynolds ranks 125th in home runs and 59th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Oneil Cruz is slugging .394 this season, with a team-best 19 homers while driving in 53 runs.
• Among all major league batters, Cruz is 67th in homers and 118th in RBI.
• Cruz enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .200 with a home run, three walks and an RBI.
• Andrew McCutchen’s batting average of .246 leads all Pittsburgh hitters this season.
• Tommy Pham is batting .264 with an OBP of .341 and a slugging percentage of .389 this season.
• Pham brings a five-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .263 with a double, a home run, three walks and seven RBIs.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The Pirates strike out 8.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
• Pittsburgh has pitched to a 3.89 ERA this season, which ranks 13th in baseball.
• The Pirates have a combined WHIP of just 1.217 as a pitching staff, which is the fifth-best in baseball this season.
• The Pirates have given up the third-fewest long balls so far this season with only 132 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Pittsburgh fell to the Red Sox 5-2. Its pitchers compiled nine strikeouts and eight hits allowed.