San Diego Padres (77-79) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (101-56)
September 29, 2021 10:10 pm EDT
The Line: Los Angeles Dodgers -196 / San Diego Padres +145; Over/Under: -7.5
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The San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers meet Wednesday in MLB action at Dodger Stadium. The Padres need a win after losing nine of their last 10 games. The Dodgers look for a win after winning seven of their last nine games.
The San Diego Padres have scored 12 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in five of their last eight games. The Padres have lost five of their last eight games when scoring four or more runs. Manny Machado leads the Padres with 153 hits and 101 RBI while Jake Cronenworth and Eric Hosmer have combined for 279 hits and 133 RBI. Ryan Weathers gets the ball, and he is 4-7 with a 5.01 ERA and 70 strikeouts this season. Weathers is 0-0 with a 0.84 ERA and 10 strikeouts in his career against the Dodgers.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have scored seven runs in their last three games and four or more runs in six of their last nine games. The Dodgers have won 10 of their last 11 games when scoring four or more runs. Justin Turner leads the Dodgers with 142 hits and 83 RBI while Chris Taylor and Mookie Betts have combined for 246 hits and 128 RBI. Max Scherzer gets the ball, and he is 15-4 with a 2.28 ERA and 232 strikeouts this season. Scherzer is 6-2 with a 2.57 ERA and 138 strikeouts in his career against the Padres.
The Padres are 2-7 in their last 9 Wednesday games and 0-5 in their last 5 during game 2 of a series. The Dodgers are 7-2 in their last 9 Wednesday games and 50-16 in their last 66 during game 2 of a series. The over is 11-4 in Padres last 15 overall. The under is 24-10-4 in Dodgers last 38 overall. The Padres are 22-52 in the last 74 meetings in Los Angeles.
Weathers has had some success against the Dodgers this season, but I’m not sure it matters. The Padres continue to come up short time and time again and they’ve underachieved all season long. The Padres are pretty much useless if we’re being honest. Scherzer has been out of this world since coming over from Washington, allowing 10 earned runs in 63 innings with 85 strikeouts. The Dodgers also need to keep winning to have any shot of winning the NL West. Give me the Dodgers and the RL.
