Cleveland Guardians vs Los Angeles Dodgers

The Dodgers and Guardians meet in an interleague game at 3:00 p.m. ET. The game will be played at IoanDeport park in Cleveland, and the Guardians are -148 favorites. The Dodgers are +125 and are in first place in the NL West with a 98-64 record. The Guardians lead the AL East with a 94-68 record.

FOX will be televising it, and the over/under line is currently 8 runs. Jack Flaherty will be in the field for the Dodgers, and he will face Gerrit Cole. Los Angeles is riding a five-game winning streak.

Cleveland Guardians vs Los Angeles Dodgers match preview

Teams: Guardians vs Dodgers

• Where: loanDepot park (Cleveland)

• Date: Wednesday, March 5th

• Betting Odds CLG -148 | LAD +125 O/U 8

Cleveland Guardians vs Los Angeles Dodgers final game review

In the final game of the Guardians vs Dodgers series, it was all New York. The Yankees beat the Dodgers 11-4 thanks to a strong third inning in which they scored four of their eleven runs. As for the Dodgers, they scored their four runs in the fifth. Before the game, the Yankees were - 3 favorites on the betting line.

Louis Gil pitched just four innings for the Guardians, but allowed just one hit and one earned run. He finished the game with two strikeouts but two walks. On the other hand, Ben Casparius was tagged for five runs in just two innings of work for the Dodgers.

Cleveland offense was led by Anthony Volpe and Austin Wells as they were the only two Yankees batters to record more than one hit. Volpe, Gleyber Torres, and Alex Verdugo each had two RBI for the Yankees.

Guardians preview

Facing a must-win Game 5, the Guardians are looking to keep their series alive against the Dodgers as Los Angeles holds a 3-1 lead. Cleveland is 94-68 in the regular season, going 44-37 at home and 50-31 on the road. As favorites at home, they are 47-37 this year.

Cleveland`s season run total is 90-85, with a home run differential of +0.5 compared to +1.3 on the road. Their home run record is 38-49. The Guardians over/under record is 91-78, and 69.1% of their games have had totals higher than today`s 8-run line.

Dodgers preview

Leading the series 3-1, the Dodgers travel to the road for Game 5 against the Guardians, hoping to clinch the series. Los Angeles is 46-35 on the road during the regular season, compared to 52-29 at home. As favorites, they are 100-55, while as underdogs they are 8-14.

The Dodgers finished the regular season 92-85 against the run line, including 46-42 on the road. As favorites, they went 81-74 against the run line. Their games have scored an average of 9.5 runs, and their over/under is 100-71. Today`s 8-run O/U line is lower than 73.5% of their games this season.

Guardians vs Dodgers prediction: Dodgers ML +125

We see the Dodgers coming off a 7-5 win over the Guardians. Since the Dodgers are the underdogs, you might also consider taking them at the run line since we see them winning by two runs.

Looking at the starting pitchers, Jack Flaherty pitched five innings and finished with seven strikeouts. As for Gerrit Cole, he also pitched five innings and finished with eight K-outs.