The top two teams in the National League West will get together for the start of a quick two game series on Tuesday. The Los Angeles Dodgers are on the road at the San Diego Padres.
The Dodgers are in first place in the National League. Los Angeles is 63-44 and lead by 6.5 games in the divisional race.
For San Diego, they are 57-51 on the season. San Diego is second in the divisional race. The Padres are coming off a loss on the road at the Orioles on Sunday. Despite that, the Padres have won 7 out of their last 10 games.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are -138 over the Padres. The total is set at 7.5.
San Diego Padres
Matt Waldron will pitch for the San Diego Padres in this game. Waldron comes into the game with a 6-9 record. He has made 21 starts on the season, and has a 3.64 earned run average. Waldron has thrown 118.2 innings, and struck out 103 batters, while walking 33 on the season.
The Padres are scoring 4.6 runs per game. San Diego has a .264 team batting average, which is the best in all of Major League Baseball. San Diego is 12th in all of Major League Baseball, with 119 homeruns on the season.
The leading home run hitter for the Padres this season is Jurickson Profar. He has clubbed 18 homeruns on the season. Three guys have 14 for San Diego, including Fernando Tatis, Jake Cronenworth and Manny Machado.
San Diego will host the Colorado Rockies over the weekend. Next week, the Padres are on the road at the Pittsburgh Pirates, and then a trip to Miami to battle the Marlins.
Los Angeles Dodgers
For Los Angeles, they have also been a solid offensive team. The Dodgers are hitting .254 as a team and scoring just shy of 5 runs per game. The Dodgers have clubbed 146 homeruns, which is the third most in all of Major League Baseball.
Shohei Ohtani, of course, leads the charge on the offensive side. He has 32 homeruns on the season, and 28 doubles. Teoscar Hernandez is second on the team with 22 homeruns and 20 doubles on the season. Will Smith has 15 homeruns, while Mookie Betts, despite being injured as of late, has 10.
The Dodgers have this quick two game series, and then will head to Oakland over the weekend to face off against the Athletics for three games. Next week, the Dodgers are at home to face the Philadelphia Phillies.
Tyler Glasnow is projected to get the start in this game. This would be his 20th start of the season. The right-hander last pitched on July 24th against the giants. He is 8-5, with a 3.47 earned run average.
Dodgers Top Padres
We like Glasnow and the Dodgers here. Our bet is the Los Angeles Dodgers -138 over the San Diego Padres.
