The Los Angeles Dodgers (31-21) play the middle game of a 3-game interleague series with the Tampa Bay Rays (38-15) Saturday at Tropicana Field. First pitch is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Dodgers vs. Rays odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Season series: Rays lead series 1-0
Los Angeles kicked off this interleague series by laying an egg in a 9-3 loss Friday. The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in the top of the 1st inning, but that’s the only time they found themselves on top. The Rays scored 2 runs in the 1st, 2 in the 2nd, and 1 more in each of the 3rd and 4th innings to take a 6-2 lead. Tampa never looked back, taking the 1st installment of this rematch of the 2020 World Series.
The Dodgers have dropped back-to-back games, and L.A. is just 3-5 in the first 8 games of a 10-game road trip. The last time L.A. dropped 3 straight was back on April 7-9 at the Arizona Diamondbacks.