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National League West foes San Diego and Los Angeles will meet in the Divisional Round of the playoffs beginning Saturday in Chavez Ravine. The two teams battled for the division crown well into September. In fact, the Padres claimed the season series for the first time since 2010, winning 8 of the 13 games. The Dodgers, however, took 2 of 3 from the Padres in the final weeks of the season to clinch the division. Los Angeles finished the season with 98 wins, the most in all of baseball. The Padres finished with 43 wins after the All-Star break, the most in all of baseball.
The two teams face off starting Saturday for the right to play the winner of the Mets/Phillies series in the National League Championship Series. Injuries to a handful of Dodgers starters have forced Los Angeles to rely on Shohei Ohtani and the rest of the Dodgers’ bats to carry them… but Shohei and his teammates have done just that. Ohtani himself became the 1street player in the history of the game to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases. Balance has been the underlying key for the Padres since the All-Star break, as they rank in the top 5 in both scoring and team effectiveness.
Let’s dive into the matchup and sweat a little.
We’ve got all the information and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest information on catching the first pitch, projected pitching matchup, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions and selections. And best bets for the game from our modeling tools and our expert staff.
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Game details and how to watch Padres vs. Dodgers – Game 1
● Date: Saturday, October 5, 2024
● Time: 8:38 pm Eastern Time
● Location: Dodger Stadium
● City: Los Angeles, CA
● TV/Streaming: FS1
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Game Odds for Padres vs. Dodgers
The latest odds through Friday:
● Money line: San Diego Padres (+114), Los Angeles Dodgers (-135)
● Spread: Padres +1.5 (-192), Dodgers -1.5 (+160)
● Total: 7.5
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Probable starting pitchers for Padres vs. Dodgers
● Saturday (October 5) Pitching Showdown: Dylan Cease vs. Yoshinobu Yamamoto
○ Parents: Cease (14-11, 3.47 ERA) has allowed 73 earned runs and 137 hits while striking out 224 in 189.1 innings. Cease has appeared in 2 playoff games in his career pitching a total of 2.2 innings without making a decision but compiling a 10.13 ERA. One of the 2 appearances was a start in which he allowed 3 earned runs in 1.2 innings.
○ Dodgers: Yamamoto (7-2, 3.00 ERA) has allowed 30 earned runs on 78 hits and struck out 105 in 90 innings. The rookie pitcher has yet to appear in the playoffs.
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Top Betting Trends & Info You Need to Know Ahead of Padres @ Dodgers
this is number 3third all-time postseason meeting with the Dodgers winning in 2020 and the Padres claiming victory in 2022.
Yamamoto has struggled this season against the Padres, allowing eight earned runs in six innings over two starts.
The Dodgers have won 8 of their last 10 games against NL West foes.
The OVER is 4-1 in the Dodgers’ last 5 with a rest advantage over their opponent.
San Diego bullpen has 3.16 ERA in second half of season
Playoff history for San Diego and Los Angeles
Parents: San Diego owns a 20-32 record in its postseason history. They have reached the World Series twice, losing in both 1984 and 1998.
Dodgers: Los Angeles owns an all-time playoff record of 11,549-10,209. They have won 7 World Series crowns: 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988 and 2020.
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Expert picks and predictions for Game 1 of the series between San Diego and Los Angeles
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Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread, and over/under bet for every game on the MLB schedule based on data points such as past performance, player matchups, stadium information, and weather forecasts.
Once the model finishes running, we place its projection next to the latest betting lines in the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each bet.
These are the best bets our model projects for Game 1 of Padres vs. Dodgers:
· money line: NBC Sports recommends a play on the Dodgers on Moneyline
· Spread: NBC Sports recommends a play on the Dodgers on the Run Line
· Total executions: NBC Sports recommends a play with a total of MORE than 7.5 runs
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