The San Diego Padres will play the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of their series at Dodger Stadium on Friday night.
The San Diego Padres are 61-47 this season and have won five of their last six games. San Diego is coming off of a series win against Colorado, where they won four out of the five games played in the series. The San Diego pitching staff has a 3.74 ERA, a 1.20 WHIP, and a .231 opponent batting average this season. The Padres offense has scored 481 runs with a .243 batting average and a .319 on base percentage. Manny Machado is batting .293 with 19 home runs and 60 RBI’s for the Padres this season. The projected starter for San Diego is Sean Manaea, who is 6-5 with a 4.25 ERA and a 1.27 WHIP over 110 innings pitched this season.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are 72-33 this season and have won five games in a row. Los Angeles is coming off of a series win against San Francisco, where they won all four games played. The Los Angeles pitching staff has a 2.94 ERA, a 1.08 WHIP, and a .217 opponent batting average. The Dodgers offense has scored 551 runs with a .258 batting average and a .335 on base percentage this year. Mookie Betts is batting .266 with 25 home runs and 59 RBI’s for the Dodgers this season. The projected starter for Los Angeles is Tony Gonsolin, who is 12-1 with a 2.41 ERA and a 0.90 WHIP over 104.2 innings pitched this season.
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