Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium has a little bit of everything: a Cy Young-caliber arm on the bump, the best player alive locked in on offense, and a Cardinals team that’s just playing out the string in a lost season. St. Louis rolls into Chavez Ravine at 68-70, while the Dodgers sit at 82-55 and are chasing another deep October run. First pitch is 10:10 PM ET, and this one has same game parlay written all over it.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto takes the mound for LA sporting a 12-8 record and a sparkling 2.56 ERA, with 153 strikeouts in 158 innings this season. The Cardinals haven’t even named a starter yet, which tells you everything about how this matchup is shaping up on paper. Add in Shohei Ohtani sitting on a juicy home run number, and there’s a fun 3-4 leg SGP hiding in plain sight here — let’s build it out leg by leg.
Leg 1: Ohtani Goes Deep
Start with the obvious superstar angle. Ohtani is having another monster year at the plate — a .280 average, .379 on-base percentage, .529 slugging, and 30 home runs on the season — and he’s drawn home run odds as long as +265 and as short as +225 for this game depending on the book. That’s a real number for a hitter of his caliber, especially against a Cardinals pitching staff that’s scrambling to fill a rotation spot.
Ohtani’s been the engine of this Dodgers lineup all year, and Dodger Stadium in September under the lights is about as good a home run environment as you’ll find. Betting him at anything north of +225 to leave the yard once is the kind of value play that makes an SGP worth building around.
Leg 2: Freddie Freeman Gets on Base
Pair the Ohtani swing for the fences with a steadier, safer leg: Freddie Freeman recording a hit. Freeman is hitting .304 with a .382 OBP this season, and his hits prop has been sitting around -135 to -145 on the over depending on the book. He’s been remarkably consistent lately too — hits in 8 of his last 10 games, including multi-hit efforts against Detroit and Atlanta just last week.
Facing a Cardinals staff still figuring out its own rotation, Freeman’s contact skills and on-base ability make this the “glue” leg of the parlay — the one designed to actually hit more often than not while the other legs chase bigger value.
Leg 3: Dodgers Win and Cover the Total
The Dodgers are heavy favorites at home, priced anywhere from -245 to -250 on the moneyline, with the total sitting right around 7.5 runs. With Yamamoto dealing and a St. Louis lineup that’s been inconsistent on the road, the safest team-level lean here is Dodgers to win. If you want to squeeze more value into the parlay, the over on the total (priced near -122) is worth a look too — this Dodgers offense has been piling up runs at home, and a shaky Cardinals bullpen behind an unnamed starter is exactly the recipe for a game that clears 7.5.
Shopping for the best MLB odds on both the moneyline and the total before locking in this leg is worth the extra minute — a few cents of difference adds up over a full slate.
The Full Parlay
Stack it together: Ohtani to homer (+240ish), Freeman to record a hit (-140ish), and the Dodgers to win (-250ish), with the over as an optional fourth leg for the more aggressive builder. Combined, a three-leg version of this parlay lands in solid plus-money territory — right around the +400 range depending on where you shop your odds — while still leaning on real form and a favorable matchup rather than pure guesswork.
Yamamoto on the mound, Ohtani doing Ohtani things, and a Cardinals team with nothing to play for but pride — this is about as clean a same game parlay setup as you’ll find on a Wednesday night slate. Check the live odds on your book of choice before locking anything in, since lines move fast as first pitch approaches.
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