Will Smith leads the Los Angeles Dodgers (63-46) into a matchup against Jonathan Aranda and the Tampa Bay Rays (54-56) on Friday at 7:35 p.m. ET at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Smith is batting .325, the second-best batting average in MLB, for the favored Dodgers (-152), and Aranda is fourth in MLB play with a .316 batting average this season for the underdog Rays (+126). Los Angeles has Clayton Kershaw starting, while Tampa Bay counters with Shane Baz.

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Dodgers vs. Rays betting lines

• Favorite: Dodgers (-152)
• Underdog: Rays (+126)
• Over/under: 9

Dodgers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Dodgers betting info

• The Dodgers have won 56 of the 93 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (60.2%).
• Los Angeles has gone 43-27 (winning 61.4% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -152 or shorter.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Dodgers’ implied win probability is 60.3%.
• Los Angeles has played in 109 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 54 times (54-50-5).
• The Dodgers have put together a 46-63-0 record ATS this season (covering 42.2% of the time).

Dodgers hitting info

• Shohei Ohtani has a team-high 38 home runs and 73 runs batted in.
• Ohtani’s home runs rank second in MLB and he ranks 11th in RBI in MLB.
• Mookie Betts is hitting .240 with 15 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 41 walks.
• Betts ranks 121st in home runs among hitters in MLB play and 89th in RBI.
• Smith paces the Dodgers with a team-best batting average of .325.
• Smith heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .353 with two doubles, two walks and two RBIs.
• Andy Pages is batting .281 with 17 doubles, a triple, 19 home runs and 20 walks.
• Pages has safely hit in three straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .182 with .

Dodgers pitching rankings

• The Dodgers pitching staff is sixth in the majors with a collective 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Los Angeles’ 4.23 team ERA ranks 21st across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Dodgers combine for the 23rd-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.319).
• Dodgers pitchers combine to give up 131 total home runs at a rate of 1.2 per game (22nd-fewest in the majors).
• Los Angeles fell to the Reds 5-2 in its last game with 12 strikeouts while allowing eight hits.

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have won 22, or 42.3%, of the 52 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Tampa Bay is 8-11 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +126 or more on the moneyline.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 44.2% chance of a victory for the Rays.
• Tampa Bay and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 44 of its 110 opportunities.
• The Rays are 50-60-0 against the spread this season.

Rays hitting info

• Yandy Diaz is batting .283 with 18 home runs and 62 RBI for Tampa Bay this season.
• Diaz’s home run total ranks 39th in the big leagues, and he is 30th in RBI.
• Junior Caminero is batting .252 this season with a team-high 27 home runs and 71 RBI.
• Caminero is sixth in home runs and 13th in RBI among all MLB hitters this year.
• Aranda leads Tampa Bay with a .316 batting average while slugging 12 homers and driving in 54 runs.
• Aranda takes a four-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .333 with a double, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.
• Brandon Lowe has collected 91 hits this season and has an OBP of .326. He’s slugging .483 on the year.
• Lowe brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .313 with a double, a walk and an RBI.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 13th in MLB.
• Tampa Bay pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.90 ERA this year, which ranks 13th in MLB.
• The Rays have a combined 1.218 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-lowest in MLB.
• The Rays have allowed the 25th-fewest home runs this season with 143, or 1.3 per game.
• Last time out, Tampa Bay fell to the Yankees 7-4. Its pitchers compiled nine strikeouts and eight hits allowed.