San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction & Picks - MLB

Prediction published on 10/8/24, 6:07 PM  by Carlos Zabala in MLB Picks

Padres will be favored to beat the Dodgers at odds as low as -150 at betting sites in Game 3. Darvish was the star of Game 2 where he neutralized the Dodgers offense and unexpectedly Othani who went 0-for-4 with 2 strikeouts.

Things did not go well for the Dodgers as in addition to the poor offense in a key Game 2, Freeman left the game while still dealing with his ankle injury and Hernandez, who replaced him, also went 0-for-2.

The Padres came out strong at Petco Park especially in the second half, when they were there and were also favored at betting sites they had a 37-28 record this season. Against the Braves in the Wild Card Series they were only down on the scoreboard one and a half innings in the two games.

Buehler is Roberts' target pitcher and partly the reason the betting sites favor the Padres so much, as the right-hander did not put up good numbers this season, where he posted a 5.38 ERA, although his last outing was a good one, precisely against the Padres when the Dodgers clinched the division. There Buehler pitched 5 innings, allowed 1 ER and struck out just 1.