The Los Angeles Dodgers host the New York Yankees in the opening game of the World Series on Friday at 8:08 p.m. ET at Dodger Stadium. Los Angeles has Jack Flaherty starting, while New York will counter with Gerrit Cole.

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Dodgers vs. Yankees betting lines

• Favorite: Dodgers (-130)
• Underdog: Yankees (+110)
• Over/under: 8.5

Dodgers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Dodgers betting info

• The Dodgers have won 97 of the 152 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (63.8%).
• Los Angeles has gone 83-44 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -130 or shorter (65.4% winning percentage).
• The Dodgers have a 56.5% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• In the 173 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Los Angeles, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 99 times (99-69-5).
• The Dodgers have covered 51.2% of their games this season, going 88-84-0 against the spread.

Dodgers hitting info

• Shohei Ohtani leads the Dodgers with 54 home runs and 130 runs batted in, while racking up a team-high batting average of .310.
• Ohtani ranks second in homers and second in RBI among all hitters in MLB play.
• Ohtani enters this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .333 with two home runs, eight walks and five RBI.
• Freddie Freeman is hitting .282 with 35 doubles, two triples, 22 home runs and 78 walks.
• Freeman currently ranks 58th in homers and 28th in RBI in the bigs.
• Mookie Betts is batting .289 with 24 doubles, five triples, 19 home runs and 61 walks.
• Betts takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .364 with three doubles, two home runs, four walks and six RBI.
• Teoscar Hernandez is batting .272 with 32 doubles, two triples, 33 home runs and 53 walks.

Dodgers pitching rankings

• The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Dodgers pitching staff ranks 12th in the majors.
• Los Angeles has the 13th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.90).
• Dodgers pitchers combine for the No. 8 WHIP in MLB (1.228).
• Dodgers pitchers combine to allow the 25th-fewest home runs in baseball (198 total, 1.2 per game).
• Los Angeles knocked off the Mets 10-5 in its last game with nine strikeouts while allowing 11 hits.

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• This season, the Yankees have been the underdog 27 times and won 20, or 74.1%, of those games.
• New York is 7-1 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +110 or more on the moneyline.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 47.6% chance of a victory for the Yankees.
• So far this season, New York and its opponents have hit the over in 89 of its 169 games with a total.
• The Yankees are 85-83-0 against the spread in their 168 chances this season.

Yankees hitting info

• Aaron Judge is batting .322 with 58 home runs and 144 RBI. All three of those stats lead New York hitters this season.
• In all of MLB, Judge is first in homers and first in RBI.
• Juan Soto has 166 hits and an OBP of .419 to go with a slugging percentage of .569 this season.
• Soto ranks fourth among hitters in MLB in homers, and sixth in RBI.
• Soto brings a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .368 with a double, three home runs, four walks and six RBI.
• Jazz Chisholm is slashing .256/.324/.436 this season for the Yankees.
• Gleyber Torres has 151 hits and an OBP of .330 to go with a slugging percentage of .378 this season.
• Torres heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .364 with a double, two walks and two RBI.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The Yankees strike out 9.0 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, sixth-best in MLB.
• New York pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.75 ERA this year, seventh-best in baseball.
• The Yankees rank 12th in MLB with a combined 1.244 WHIP this season.
• With 181 homers allowed, the Yankees rank 13th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, New York defeated the Guardians, 5-2, with 11 strikeouts and seven hits allowed.