Dodgers vs. Cardinals Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups August 6, 2025

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The Los Angeles Dodgers (65-48) host the St. Louis Cardinals (57-57) on Wednesday at 4:10 p.m. ET. The Dodgers are moneyline favorites (-182) against the underdog Cardinals (+150). Shohei Ohtani starts for Los Angeles while St. Louis will counter with Matthew Liberatore.

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Dodgers to win vs Cardinals -182

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Dodgers vs. Cardinals betting lines

  • Favorite: Dodgers (-182)
  • Underdog: Cardinals (+150)
  • Over/under: 9

Dodgers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Dodgers betting info

  • The Dodgers have put together a 58-39 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 59.8% of those games).
  • Los Angeles has gone 31-17 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -182 or shorter (64.6% winning percentage).
  • Based on this game’s moneyline, the Dodgers have an implied win probability of 64.5%.
  • Los Angeles has played in 113 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 54 times (54-54-5).
  • The Dodgers have a 48-65-0 record against the spread this season (covering 42.5% of the time).

Dodgers hitting info

  • Ohtani has accumulated a team-best 38 home runs and 73 runs batted in.
  • Ohtani’s home runs rank third in MLB and he ranks 14th in RBI in MLB.
  • Ohtani brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .300 with a double and three walks.
  • Mookie Betts is hitting .231 with 15 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 42 walks.
  • Betts ranks 126th in home runs and 91st in RBI this year.
  • Will Smith paces the Dodgers with a team-best batting average of .321.
  • Freddie Freeman is batting .308 with 29 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 40 walks.
  • Freeman has safely hit in seven straight games. In his last 10 games he is batting .390 with two doubles, three home runs, three walks and 10 RBIs.

Dodgers pitching rankings

  • The Dodgers pitching staff is sixth in MLB with a collective 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
  • Los Angeles has the 19th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.14).
  • The Dodgers have the 22nd-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.305).
  • The Dodgers give up the 21st-fewest home runs in baseball (136 total, 1.2 per game).
  • Los Angeles struck out nine Cardinals batters while allowing seven hits in a 3-2 loss in its last game.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

  • The Cardinals have entered the game as underdogs 59 times this season and won 29, or 49.2%, of those games.
  • St. Louis has a record of 1-8 in games where sportsbooks have it as underdogs of at least +150 on the moneyline.
  • The implied probability of a win by the Cardinals, based on the moneyline, is 40%.
  • Games involving St. Louis have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 57 of 113 chances this season.
  • The Cardinals have an ATS record of 60-53-0 in 113 games with a spread this season.

Cardinals hitting info

  • Brendan Donovan is batting .279 with nine home runs and 42 RBI for St. Louis this season.
  • In all of MLB, Donovan is 160th in home runs and 138th in RBI.
  • Alec Burleson’s batting average of .281 leads all St. Louis hitters this season.
  • Burleson currently ranks 92nd in home runs and 88th in RBI in the big leagues.
  • Willson Contreras leads St. Louis in home runs (15) and runs batted in (63) this season while batting .256.
  • Masyn Winn has 104 hits and an OBP of .325 to go with a slugging percentage of .395 this season.

Cardinals pitching rankings

  • The Cardinals have a 7.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in baseball.
  • St. Louis has the 20th-ranked ERA (4.17) in the majors this season.
  • Cardinals pitchers have a 1.280 WHIP this season, 16th in the majors.
  • The Cardinals have allowed the fourth-fewest home runs this season at just 108, or 0.9 per game.
  • Last time out, St. Louis defeated the Dodgers, 3-2, with nine strikeouts and three hits allowed.
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