The Boston Red Sox were the best team of the regular season with a record of 108-54, and they have successfully carried the momentum of that excellent season into an impressive postseason run. The Red Sox will try to complete their postseason run with a World Series title when they take on the Los Angeles Dodgers.
World Series 2018 Game 1 odds: Red Sox betting favorites in opener for Tuesday night
The Boston Red Sox host the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first game of the World Series on Tuesday night, with the sportsbooks siding with the home side at Fenway Park.
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Boston is a -150 home favorite in Tuesday night’s series opener at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. Staff ace Chris Sale will get the start for the Red Sox going up against Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers as +130 road underdogs.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Boston Red Sox
When: Tuesday, Oct. 23, 8:09 p.m. ET
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Betting Line / Total: Boston -150 / 7.5 Runs
Boston Red Sox
To get to this point, the Red Sox have had to beat a pair of 100-win teams; their hated rival New York Yankees and the defending champion Houston Astros.
Boston passed both of these tests with flying colors, defeating the Yankees, 3-1, in the ALDS and the Astros, 4-1, in the ALCS. Even against such elite competition, Boston has managed to dominate the postseason averaging 6.22 runs per game while allowing only 3.78 runs per game.
In the last 10 meetings between the Dodgers and the Red Sox, Boston is 7-3 straight up and 6-4 on the runline per the OddsShark MLB Database.
Los Angeles Dodgers
While the Red Sox were making it look easy against Houston, the Dodgers were pushed to the brink by a very solid Milwaukee Brewers club. In the end, Los Angeles got the job done on the road in Game 7, defeating Milwaukee, 5-1, to return to the World Series.
The Dodgers have received sensational pitching from their bullpen this postseason as the unit owns a dazzling 1.30 ERA through 60.2 innings pitched. Los Angeles is 50-37 on the road this season.
Tuesday night’s total is set at 7.5 runs. The OVER is 7-3-1 in Boston’s last 11 games.
This should be a very entertaining series. This Red Sox team is on a historic run and is going off as the favorite on the odds to win the World Series at -165. But after clawing all the way back to this point after falling a game short of the championship last year, don’t expect the Dodgers to go down without a fight.
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