Its Friday, April 11 and the Cubs (9-6) are in Los Angeles to take on the Dodgers (10-4).
Matthew Boyd is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Yoshinobu Yamamoto for Los Angeles.
The Dodgers snapped a three-game losing streak Wednesday with a 6-5 win over the Washington Nationals. Teoscar Hernandez continued his strong start to the season cracking his fifth home run and driving in three runs. The veteran is tied for second in the National League with 16 RBIs.
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Chicago comes to Tinseltown following a split of their four-game series against the Texas Rangers. Wednesday, they lost 6-2 to the Rangers. Kyle Tucker went hitless for the first time in five games. It was just the fourth game this season Tucker has failed to get a hit.
These teams met for a pair of games in Tokyo to start the season. The Dodgers won both.
Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two.
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- Date: Friday, April 11, 2025
- Network/Streaming: MARQ, SNLA
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The latest odds as of Friday:
- Moneyline: Cubs (+165), Dodgers (-199)
- Pitching matchup for April 11, 2025: Matthew Boyd vs. Yoshinobu Yamamoto
- Cubs: Matthew Boyd (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
- Last outing: 4/5 vs. San Diego – 6IP, 0ER, 5H, 1BB, 5Ks
- Dodgers: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1-1, 1.69 ERA)
- Last outing: 4/4 at Philadelphia – 6IP, 0ER, 3H, 3BB, 5Ks
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- The Dodgers have won each of their 6 home games this season
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed 1 run in 5 innings in Tokyo against the Cubs on March 18
- The Cubs have won 7 of their last 9 games
- The Dodgers are 7-7 on the Run Line this season
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Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager.
Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Friday’s game between the Cubs and the Dodgers:
- Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the Los Angeles Dodgers on the Moneyline.
- Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Chicago Cubs at +1.5.
- Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the over on the Game Total of 8.0.
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