The Los Angeles Dodgers (94-42) start a 3-game series against the San Diego Padres (76-62) Friday at Petco Park with 1st pitch at 9:40 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze Tipico Sportsbook‘s lines around the Dodgers vs. Padres odds with MLB picks and predictions.
Season series: Dodgers lead 10-3
Despite going 4-3 to begin September, the Dodgers enter this game as the best team in baseball with 7 more wins than the 2nd-best team in the NL and 6 up on the AL’s best team. Los Angeles went 22-6 in August.
The Padres have lost 3 of their last 5 games. San Diego is positioned in the No. 2 wild-card spot in the NL, though, they are only a half game ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Dodgers at Padres projected starters
RHP Dustin May vs. RHP Mike Clevinger
May (1-2, 3.94 ERA) makes his 4th start. He has a 1.06 WHIP, 4.5 BB/9 and 10/1 K/9 in 16 IP.
- Has pitched 5-plus innings in each of his first 3 starts
- Sept. 2 vs. Padres: 5 IP, 4 H, 6 ER, 5 BB, 5 K
Clevinger (5-6, 3.96 ERA) makes his 18th start. He has a 1.18 WHIP, 2.9 BB/9 and 7.8 K/9 in 88 2/3 IP.
- Has allowed multiple ER in each of his last 4 starts
- Sept. 4 at Dodgers: 3 1/3 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Dodgers at Padres odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Friday at 8:18 a.m. ET.
- Money line (ML): Dodgers -170 (bet $170 to win $100) | Padres +135 (bet $100 to win $135)
- Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Dodgers -1.5 (+100) | Padres +1.5 (-120)
- Over/Under (O/U): 8.5 (O: -108 | U: -112)
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Dodgers at Padres picks and predictions
Prediction
Dodgers 8, Padres 4
Money line
AVOID taking the money line in this one as the Dodgers have -165 odds to win the game. I’d consider including the money line for Los Angeles if I’m doing a parlay, but I can’t recommend taking it straight up.
Run line/Against the spread
The Dodgers have seemingly had the Padres’ number this season, beating them in 10 of their first 13 meetings. DODGERS -1.5 (+100) is where I’m leaning as Los Angles has beaten San Diego by multiple runs in each of their 10 wins against them.
You can also take DODGERS -0.5 FIRST 5 INNINGS (-110) if you aren’t comfortable taking them to win by 2-plus runs.
Over/Under
When the Dodgers and the Padres have faced each other this season, it has typically been runs galore. OVER 8.5 RUNS (-108) is a solid pick with May potentially getting himself in trouble with walks and Clevinger with a career-worst K/9.
In San Diego’s last 7 games, the Over has hit in 6 of them. On the other side, Los Angeles has gone 6-0-1 to the Over in their last 7 games and the Over is 4-1-1 in the last 6 meetings between these teams.
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