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Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs - National League Championship Series - Game 2

Rating these teams in several key categories is important for handicappers and Chicago has baseball’s No. 3-rated offensive output, at 8.65 hits per game. The Los Angeles Dodgers average 8.45 hits per game, good for No. 22 on the list.

Los Angeles brings the No. 5-rated defense to this matchup, facing the Cubs’s No. 1-ranked defense.

Betting Trends

• LA Dodgers is 1-8 ATS in its last 9 games
• LA Dodgers is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games
• The total has gone OVER in 8 of LA Dodgers’s last 11 games
• LA Dodgers is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
• Chi Cubs is 12-6 ATS in its last 18 games
• Chi Cubs is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
• The total has gone OVER in 6 of Chi Cubs’s last 8 games
• Chi Cubs is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games at home

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