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Dodgers open as slight World Series favorites over Astros

Jim Young / USA TODAY Sports

The Houston Astros' convincing Game 7 win over the New York Yankees clinched the club's first American League pennant, but it wasn't enough for oddsmakers to install them as favorites to win the World Series.

Game 1 of the Fall Classic is set to get underway on Tuesday, and the Westgate SuperBook has set the Dodgers as -140 favorites.

The Dodgers, who own home-field advantage throughout the World Series, will be going for the club's first championship since 1988.

While the Astros are slight underdogs - listed at +120 - the World Series matchup puts arguably the two best regular-season clubs together. No team scored more runs than the Astros this past year who, as a club, led all of baseball in batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging.

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