The Dodgers and Giants on Monday open a key four-game series at Dodger Stadium. First pitch is slated for 7:10pm Pacific Time with Blake Snell facing a to-be-named Dodgers starter, although it sounds like right-hander River Ryan will make his Major League debut.
San Francisco in the last series between the National League West rivals took two-of-three, and now the Dodgers will enter this series hoping to exact some revenge and ostensibly eliminate the Giants from the NL West race.
The Dodgers are 11.0 games up on San Francisco entering play Monday. If Los Angeles can win this series, they'll be as many as 13.0 games up with July coming to a close. BetMGM has the Dodgers favored in Game 1 of the series:
Run line
Giants +1.5: -185
Dodgers -1.5: +150
Moneyline
Giants: +110
Dodgers: -130
Total
Over 8.5 runs: -115
Under 8.5 runs: -105
Prediction
Snell is historically excellent against the Dodgers. Without any kind of certainty on who is starting for LA (and if it is Ryan, how he'll handle his first Major League start) it's hard to lean toward the home team, particularly given how their last series went against the Giants.
Giants 4, Dodgers 3
