Padres vs Dodgers Prediction, Pick and Preview, September 28 (9/28): MLB

Padres vs Dodgers Prediction, Pick and Preview, September 28 (9/28): MLB

  • Ajay
  • Ajay
  • Sep 28, 2021, 12:24:44 PM

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Odds
Time 10:00 p.m. EST
Padres money line +170
Padres run line +1.0 (+114)
Dodgers money line -179
Dodgers run line -1.5 (+118)
Over / under 8 (-102)

 

Key stats
  Padres Dodgers
Record 78-78 100-56
Road / home record 33-42 52-23
Last 10 record 2-8 7-3
Streak L3 W1
Over / under record 83-69-4 66-80-10
Runs / game 4.54 5.02
Runs allowed / game 4.30 3.44

 

Preview

The Padres will start their penultimate road series against the Dodgers at Dodger Park tonight.  San Diego sits 3rd in the division and has already been eliminated from playoff contention.  They lost 3-1 to the Braves in their last series after winning the opening game.  The 2-1 series win against the Giants prior to the Atlanta series was the Padres only 2 wins in their last 10 games.  The Dodgers are still trying to win the division crown, but are still at the mercy of the Giants and face a tougher task playing the Padres than the Giants do against the D'backs.  They beat Arizona 2-1 in their last series and their longest winning streak in September was back-to-back sweeps of the Padres and D'backs at home.  The Dodgers will need to win this series with a clean sweep once again to keep pressure on the Giants.  

Pitching matchup

Padres

Yu Darvish (8-10, 4.21 ERA) Yu Darvish is scheduled to start his 30th game of the season for San Diego.  In his 9-years, Darvish is a career average 3.56 ERA pitcher and is 4.21 in 2021 with a 1.07 WHIP.  He played the Dodgers four times already this season and pitched 26 innings through which he gave up 12 hits for 7 ERs with 7 walks and 5 strikeouts.  

Dodgers

Walker Buehler (14-4, 2.58 ERA) Walker Buehler will start his 32nd game of the season.  The 5th-year pitcher is a career 2.95 ERA pitcher has a 2.58 ERA and 0.97 WHIP in 2021.  Buehler faced San Diego 4 times this season pitching for 26.2 total innings and surrendered 6 ERs off 20 hits while striking out 26 batters and walking 4.

Prediction

The Dodgers swept the Padres in their last meetings in September.  This was also at home and the Padres were shut out in 2 of the 3 games.  Their previous series was had the same result with the Dodgers sweeping the Padres in San Diego.  The Padres won't have enough to keep up with the Dodgers batting and especially against a LAD team that is superb at home. 

PICK: Dodgers money line (-179)

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