The Los Angeles Dodgers (33-14) make the journey south to take on the San Diego Padres (31-17) in a three-game battle at Petco Park. Monday’s series opener is set for 9:10 p.m. ET first pitch. Below, we analyze the Dodgers-Padres MLB betting odds and lines, with picks and best bets.
Dodgers at Padres: Projected starting pitchers
LHP Clayton Kershaw vs. RHP Dinelson Lamet
Kershaw is having a marvelous season for the Dodgers. He has posted a 1.98 ERA and 0.78 WHIP over 41 IP spanning 7 starts.
- Was a little off in his last start (3 ER in 5 IP Sept. 9 at the Arizona Diamondbacks). Strikeouts and ground balls are down a tick over his last three starts.
- Has overall been fortunate with his strength-of-schedule – hasn’t pitched at Coors Field or against the Padres and has faced scuffling Arizona three times.
Lamet owns a tidy 2.24 ERA through nine starts. He’s cleaned up at home, logging a 2.06 ERA and a 0.86 WHIP in 35 innings at Petco.
- Logged a season-high pitch count of 111 last time out; that’s 14 more pitches than any other game in 2020.
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Dodgers at Padres: Key injuries
(Get the latest injury news here.)
Dodgers
- RP Joe Kelly (suspension) out
- 3B Justin Turner (hamstring) questionable
Padres
- 1B Eric Hosmer (finger) out
- C Francisco Mejia (thumb) out
- OF Tommy Pham (hand) out
- RP Kirby Yates (elbow) out
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Dodgers at Padres: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips
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Money line (ML)
The Padres (+130) rank second in MLB with an .851 team OPS against right-handed pitching, but the Friars are a near-average group (.771 OPS) against southpaws (and that’s with a generous 18% HR rate on fly balls). Kershaw owns a 1.68 career ERA at Petco, allowing a mere .503 OPS along the way. After Tommy John surgery in 2017, Dinelson is unaccustomed to pitch counts much north of 90, and a bounce here is possible.
LA is the play. Take the DODGERS (-143). Move fast if you can; that price figures to drop.
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Run line/Against the spread (ATS)
The Padres +1.5 (-134) have the best run line record at home (15-8). But Monday’s series opener is best left alone on the run-line tag.
PASS.
Over/Under (O/U)
The season series has been an evenly matched seesaw battle on totals. With some starter questions and a surging LA offense (.896 OPS last 8 games), the definitive lean here is on the OVER 8 (-110).
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