The Los Angeles Dodgers are 7-1 over their last eight games and 15-9 on the season. The Dodgers will try to keep things rolling in a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs that starts on Tuesday night.
Dodgers small favorites at Cubs on Tuesday MLB odds
The Los Angeles Dodgers look to stay hot in a road series against the Chicago Cubs this week, and they’re set as small road favorites on the MLB odds for Tuesday.
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Los Angeles is a slight -110 road favorite on the MLB odds in Chicago at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. Kenta Maeda takes the hill for the Dodgers against Jose Quintana and the Cubs who are +100 underdogs at home.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs
When: Tuesday, April 23, 8:05 p.m. ET
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Betting Line / Total: Los Angeles -110 / 9.5 Runs
Los Angeles Dodgers Notes
Through their first 24 games, the Dodgers have the third best offense in baseball averaging 5.67 runs per game and rank eighth in the majors with a starting pitcher ERA of 3.61. The only thing holding Los Angeles back from an even better record is its struggling bullpen which has an ERA of 4.81.
Cody Bellinger has had a remarkable season at the plate thus far ranking best in the MLB in batting average (.424) and second only to Christian Yelich in home runs (11) and RBI (28).
The Dodgers are 3-1 both straight up and against the spread in Kenta Maeda’s four starts this season. Los Angeles has given Maeda an average run support of nine runs per game.
Chicago Cubs Notes
Chicago kicked off the regular season with an ugly 1-6 start and surrendered a staggering 8.4 runs per game over its first eight games. Since then, the team is allowing only 2.17 runs per game and is 9-4 over its last 13 games.
Jose Quintana has been a big part of that turnaround; since giving up eight earned runs in three innings against the Milwaukee Brewers back on April 5, Quintana has pitched seven innings with no earned runs in each of his last two starts and struck out 18 batters over that stretch.
Dodgers at Cubs Betting Total
Tuesday night’s total is set at 9.5 runs. The UNDER is 5-0 in Chicago’s last five games per the OddsShark MLB Database
This should be an exciting series between two of the National League’s top contenders. The series continues on Wednesday with a projected pitching matchup of Walker Buehler vs. Cole Hamels and then wraps up on Thursday with Ross Stripling going up against Jon Lester.
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