Los Angeles Dodgers (98-44) vs. San Francisco Giants (69-74)
The 2022 MLB season goes on Friday, September 16, with the NL West showdown from Oracle Park in San Francisco where the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants start a three-game series. The Dodgers are listed as -155 road favorites, while the Giants sit at +143 moneyline odds with a total of 7.5 runs.
LA has dominated San Francisco so far this season. The Dodgers have gone 12-4 while winning ten of their last 11 encounters with the Giants.
The Los Angeles Dodgers stopped their four-game winning streak last Wednesday, suffering a 5-3 ten-inning defeat at the Arizona Diamondbacks. They still won the fourth straight series, boasting the best record in the majors five and a half games ahead of the Houston Astros. The Dodgers were ten games ahead of the New York Mets and will look to clinch the top spot in the National League as soon as possible.
Back-to-back! pic.twitter.com/5P8pWH1Vux
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 15, 2022
After going 22-6 with a 2.26 ERA in August, the Dodgers are 8-5 with a 3.15 ERA in September. They’ve scored 78 runs in that 13-game stretch while slashing .247/.331/.498 with a whopping 26 home runs and 30 extra-base hits in 446 at-bats. Justin Turner, Freddie Freeman, and Max Muncy have four homers this month apiece.
Dustin May will get the starting call Friday, and the 25-year-old righty is 1-2 with a 4.29 ERA and 1.19 WHIP in four starts (21 innings pitched) this season. May has struggled over his previous two outings, allowing ten runs (nine earned) on nine hits and issuing eight walks across ten innings of work. Dustin hasn’t met San Francisco since 2020, and the current Giants are 4-for-12 against him.