The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Angels meet in an MLB interleague matchup from Angel Stadium on Tuesday night. Let’s dive into the odds, starting pitching matchup, history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

The Dodgers are listed as -145 road favorite while the Angels are +125 home underdog. The total for this game is set at 8.5 runs.

Starting Pitching Matchup

Clayton Kershaw will start for the Dodgers here and is 8-4 with a 2.95 ERA and 98 strikeouts this season. Reid Detmers will start for the Angels and is 1-5 with a 4.48 ERA and 76 strikeouts this season. 

Matchup History

The Dodgers’ 7-1 win over the Angels on July 16th, 2022, made it six straight wins for the Dodgers in this head-to-head matchup. 

Trends

The Dodgers are 7-3 in their last 10 interleague road games and 2-5 in their last 7 road games while the over is 5-0-1 in their last 6 games against a team with a left-handed starter. The Angels are 12-2 in their last 14 series-opening games and 5-1 in their last 6 home games while the over is 2-0-2 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record. 

Pick

I’m backing the over here. I get the case to be made on either side, but it’s splitting hairs here. The Angels are playing the better baseball as a team, but the Dodgers in my eyes are the more complete team with the better starting pitcher. The problem there is that Clayton Kershaw’s been less effective on the road this season, and this just feels like a fairly high-scoring game when all is said and done. Give me the over.