The Dodgers took care of the Padres in the opener of their crucial four-game series on Monday, 6-3, despite going down early with Shohei Ohtani on the mound. Los Angeles remains atop the NL West as the Dodgers seek their fourth straight win tonight at 10:10 p.m. ET.
The Dodgers will be working out of the bullpen today, with Matt Sauer (3.94 xFIP), Justin Wrobleski (3.56 xFIP), and Jack Dreyer (4.03 xFIP) expected to work a majority of the innings on Tuesday.
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Padres vs. Dodgers Picks – Tuesday, June 17
Here are the top Padres vs. Dodgers picks and predictions for tonight’s on PrizePicks. Click to read more about each pick.
- Padres 3B Manny Machado – 1.5 Total Bases
- Dodgers 3B Max Muncy – 1.5 Hits+Runs+RBIs
- Padres P Randy Vasquez – 3 Strikeouts
Padres 3B Manny Machado – 1.5 Total Bases
- Padres 3B Manny Machado has picked up at least one hit in 12 of the last 13 games.
- Machado homered in Monday’s loss to the Dodgers, his fifth home run in June.
- In eight of the past 11 games, Machado has compiled two bases or more.
- In four games against the Dodgers this season, Machado is batting .353, but only two of his six hits have been for extra bases.
- Machado has eaten up fastballs this season, slugging .612, while batting .434 against sinkers.
Dodgers 3B Max Muncy – 1.5 Hits+Runs+RBIs
- Dodgers 3B Max Muncy picked up the go-ahead two-run single in the fourth inning of Monday’s win over San Diego.
- Muncy has compiled four hits in 13 at-bats against the Padres this season. All four of the hits have been singles, while scoring three runs.
- In two plate appearances against Padres SP Randy Vasquez, Muncy has walked and recorded an out.
- All nine of Muncy’s home runs this season have come against right-handed pitchers. Eight of the nine homers have been hit at Dodger Stadium.
- In nine of the last 15 games, Muncy has eclipsed the Hits+Runs+RBIs projection.
- Muncy needs to avoid breaking pitches, as he has struck out 30 times and hit zero home runs against them.
Padres SP Randy Vasquez – 3 Strikeouts
- Padres SP Randy Vasquez has tied or topped this strikeout projection in seven of his last eight starts.
- Vasquez has allowed two hits in 16 at-bats to this Dodgers roster. Dodgers OF Teoscar Hernandez has struck out twice against Vasquez, while Shohei Ohtani has struck out once.
- Among San Diego starters, Vasquez has the lowest K% rate at 13.9%.
- Vasquez’s top two pitches responsible for his most strikeouts are cutters and sweepers. Ohtani has a strikeout rate of 31.8% on sweepers, the second-most of any pitch he faces.
- In his last matchup with the Dodgers at home last Wednesday, Vasquez posted four strikeouts in 4.2 innings of work.
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The Padres look to avenge last night’s loss to the Dodgers and move up the NL West standings with a win over their California rivals.
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