The Los Angeles Dodgers (34-15) and San Diego Padres (32-18) take to the diamond at Petco Park for an afternoon game at 4:10 p.m. ET Wednesday to close a three-game series. Below, we analyze the Dodgers-Padres MLB betting odds and lines, with picks and best bets.
Dodgers at Padres: Projected starting pitchers
RHP Dustin May vs. LHP Adrian Morejon
May owns a 2.81 ERA and 1.13 WHIP through 9 starts.
- Has been running into more bats and more hard contact over recent starts.
- Has benefited from an easy schedule of late with his last 5 starts coming against the Colorado Rockies (twice, neither at Coors), the Los Angeles Angels, Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks.
Morejon is a rookie-eligible 21-year-old left-hander making his fourth career start. He has pitched 10 2/3 innings this season, notching a 2.53 ERA.
- Hasn’t started since Aug. 23 and on Wednesday figures to be filling an opener role in setting up a top-10 (and slightly undervalued) San Diego bullpen.
- Generates a lot of swings and misses (opponents with a low 80% contact rate on pitches in the zone) while getting ground balls (56%) and limiting hard contact (28%).
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Dodgers at Padres: Key injuries
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Dodgers
- RP Joe Kelly (suspension) probable
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 (+115) rank second in MLB with an .851 team OPS against right-handed pitching, and San Diego’s .876 home OPS also ranks second in the league. The Dodgers (-128) struggle against lefty pitching (.749 OPS) and their left-leaning lineup plays into a strength of a talented and well-rested Friars bullpen.
San Diego hitters have seen May twice this season, and they appeared to make good adjustments against his stuff the second time around. The Padres are 19-7 at home this season, and they haven’t lost back-to-back games since Aug. 15-16(!).
Back SAN DIEGO (+115) in Wednesday’s rubber match.
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Run line/Against the spread (ATS)
The PADRES +1.5 (-139) play has a fair price. The San Diego side is 17-9 in Petco run-line action and is a moderate lean here.
Over/Under (O/U)
The low-humidity, breeze-in forecast and good bullpens make for an unclear picture here. AVOID the Over 9 (-110)/Under 9 (-110).
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