Shohei Ohtani is just one homer away from hitting 40 on the season, and will look to reach that milestone when his Los Angeles Dodgers (66-49) host the Toronto Blue Jays (68-48) at Dodger Stadium on Friday, beginning at 10:10 p.m. ET. The Dodgers are favored (-159) in the outing against the Blue Jays (+134). Los Angeles has Clayton Kershaw starting things off, and Toronto will send out Max Scherzer.

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Dodgers vs. Blue Jays betting lines

• Favorite: Dodgers (-159)
• Underdog: Blue Jays (+134)
• Over/under: 9

Dodgers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Dodgers betting info

• The Dodgers have gone 59-40 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 59.6% of those games).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -159 or shorter, Los Angeles has a 41-27 record (winning 60.3% of its games).
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Dodgers a 61.4% chance to win.
• Los Angeles has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 115 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 55 of those games (55-55-5).
• The Dodgers have a 49-66-0 record ATS this season.

Dodgers hitting info

• Ohtani has a team-best 39 home runs and 75 runs batted in.
• Ohtani’s home runs rank third in MLB and he ranks 13th in RBI in MLB.
• Ohtani brings a six-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last 10 games he is batting .308 with three doubles, a home run, eight walks and four RBIs.
• Mookie Betts is batting .236 with 17 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 43 walks.
• Betts ranks 129th in home runs among hitters in MLB and 96th in RBI.
• Betts brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .211 with two doubles, two walks and an RBI.
• Freddie Freeman is hitting .310 with 29 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 40 walks.
• Andy Pages is hitting .276 with 19 doubles, a triple, 19 home runs and 20 walks.
• Pages has hit safely in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .222 with two doubles and two RBIs.

Dodgers pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Dodgers has a collective 8.9 K/9, the sixth-best in the majors.
• Los Angeles’ 4.14 team ERA ranks 18th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Dodgers combine for the 22nd-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.308).
• Dodgers pitchers combine to surrender 138 total home runs at a clip of 1.2 per game (21st-fewest in baseball).
• Los Angeles its 5-3 loss the last time out, the team struck out 14 Cardinals batters while allowing 12 hits.

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

• The Blue Jays have won 36, or 59%, of the 61 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• This season, Toronto has won four of its eight games when it’s the underdog by at least +134 on the moneyline.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 42.7% chance of a victory for the Blue Jays.
• So far this season, Toronto and its opponents have hit the over in 62 of its 115 games with a total.
• The Blue Jays are 69-46-0 against the spread in their 115 chances this season.

Blue Jays hitting info

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads Toronto with 18 home runs this season. He’s batting .296 with 62 RBI.
• In all of MLB, Guerrero is 48th in homers and 44th in RBI.
• Guerrero enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .333 with two doubles, two home runs, two walks and four RBIs.
• Bo Bichette is a key run producer for Toronto with a .301 average, 16 homers and 78 RBI.
• Among all major league hitters, Bichette is 67th in homers and ninth in RBI.
• Bichette takes a seven-game hitting streak into this game. In his last 10 games he is batting .413 with two doubles, three home runs, three walks and 13 RBIs.
• Ernie Clement is slashing .288/.322/.400 this season for the Blue Jays.
• Addison Barger has collected 86 hits this season and has an OBP of .317. He’s slugging .506 on the year.
• Barger brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .286 with a home run, a walk and five RBIs.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

• The Blue Jays strike out 9.0 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-best in MLB.
• Toronto has pitched to a 4.23 ERA this season, which ranks 21st in baseball.
• The Blue Jays have a combined WHIP of 1.246 as a pitching staff, which ranks 13th in MLB.
• The Blue Jays have allowed the fourth-most home runs this season with 156, or 1.3 per game.
• Toronto earned a 20-1 win in its most recent game, striking out 11 Rockies batters while allowing three hits.