Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros Picks & Odds

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Daikin Park, Houston

Los Angeles Dodgers logo
FINAL
Houston Astros logo
Los Angeles Dodgers
1
Houston Astros
2

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Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Houston Astros Picks and Predictions: May 5, 2026

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Houston Astros Picks and Predictions: May 5, 2026 - Nate Hornung

Consensus Picks

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FINAL

Projected Winner

Los Angeles Dodgersto win
Confidence57.62%(Slight edge)
Rating edgeStrong edge
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Los Angeles Dodgers

Starting Pitcher

Shohei Ohtani

57.6%

BN Fair Odds

-136

Moneyline Edge

—

Predicted Score

5

Spread Fair Odds

(+1.5)

-248

Spread Edge

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Houston Astros

Starting Pitcher

Peter Lambert

42.4%

BN Fair Odds

+136

Moneyline Edge

★ +59

Predicted Score

4

Spread Fair Odds

(-1.5)

+248

Spread Edge

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Team Ratings

LAD (Away)vsHOU (Home)

Strong96

Pitcher

Strong81
Below Avg34

Bullpen

Average44
Strong99

Defense

Average44
Strong74

Offense

Above Avg70
Weak (0–25)
Below Avg (25–40)
Average (40–55)
Above Avg (55–70)
Strong (70+)

Projection is based on current pitcher, bullpen, defense and offense ratings. Ratings are percentile-based from 0–100.

Betting Records

LAD

LAD

HOU

HOU

22 - 14(6th)

10 - 8

Wins

Away/Home

(26th)15 - 22

9 - 9

21 - 15 - 0(8th)

10 - 8 - 0

ATS

Away/Home

(21st)17 - 20 - 0

10 - 8 - 0

19 - 13 - 4(19th)

10 - 6 - 2

Ov / Un

Away/Home

(7th)23 - 13 - 1

13 - 5 - 0

Batting Stats

LAD

LAD

HOU

HOU
4.94
Runs / Game
4.53
0.440
Stolen Bases / Game
0.310
1.260
Home Runs / Game
1.400
0.257
Batting Average
0.242
0.762
On Base %
0.733
0.424
Slugging %
0.418
1.190
OBPS
1.150

Fielding Stats

LAD

LAD

HOU

HOU
0.39
Errors / Game
0.44
0.989
Fielding %
0.987

Pitching Stats

LAD

LAD

HOU

HOU
0.218
Batting Average Against
0.237
0.365
Slugging % Against
0.400
0.982
On Base % Against
0.984
0.286
Strike Out %
0.262
0.652
Strike %
0.628
0.348
Ball %
0.372

Last 5 Games

LADLAD

Result

ATS

Total

@ HOU

L1 - 2

L-1.5

9

@ HOU

W8 - 3

W0

-

@ STL

W4 - 1

W-1.5

9

@ STL

L2 - 3

L-1.5

8

@ STL

L2 - 7

L0

-

HOUHOU

Result

ATS

Total

vs LAD

W1 - 2

W+1.5

9

vs LAD

L8 - 3

L0

-

@ BOS

W3 - 1

W+1.5

8

@ BOS

W6 - 3

W+1.5

P9

@ BOS

L1 - 3

L+1.5

9

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