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The Los Angeles Dodgers (90-40) host the San Diego Padres (73-59) at 10:10 PM ET on Friday in a matchup featuring two of the league’s most consistent batters. Freddie Freeman has a batting average of .320 (second in the majors) for the favored Dodgers (-165), while Manny Machado ranks eighth in MLB play batting .306 this season for the underdog Padres (+140). Dustin May starts for Los Angeles, and Yu Darvish is San Diego’s choice to start.
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Game Info, Betting Lines for Dodgers vs. Padres
- Game Day: Friday, September 2, 2022
- Game Time: 10:10 PM ET
- Location: Los Angeles, California
- Stadium: Dodger Stadium
| Favorite | Favorite Moneyline | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Dodgers | -165 | 8 |
Dodgers Stats & Trends
Dodgers Batting
- The Dodgers are fifth-best in MLB play with 170 total home runs.
- The Dodgers have a league-leading .260 batting average.
- The Dodgers have a league-best .337 on-base percentage.
- The Dodgers strike out 8.3 times per game to rank 13th in baseball.
- The Dodgers have hit 79 home runs at home this season (1.3 per game).
- The Dodgers are slugging .462 with 3.7 extra-base hits per game at home.
- At home this season the team averages 8.8 hits per game and is batting .265.
Dodgers Key Batters
- Freeman has an OPS of .898, fueled by an OBP of .392 to go with a slugging percentage of .506. All three of those stats lead Los Angeles hitters this season.
- Among qualifying hitters in baseball, Freeman ranks second in batting average, sixth in on-base percentage, and 12th in slugging.
- Mookie Betts has 129 hits, which is tops among Los Angeles batters this season. He’s batting .280 with 63 extra-base hits.
- Among qualifying batters, Betts is 34th in batting average, 38th in on-base percentage and sixth in slugging percentage.
- Betts heads into this game looking to extend his six-game hit streak. During his last nine outings he is hitting .316 with four doubles, five home runs, three walks and eight RBI.
- Trea Turner is batting .306 with a .478 slugging percentage and 86 RBI this year.
- Will Smith is batting .264 with a .351 OBP and 75 RBI for Los Angeles this season.
Padres Stats & Trends
Padres Batting
- The Padres’ 119 home runs rank 21st in Major League Baseball.
- The Padres’ .243 batting average ranks 16th in the league this season.
- The Padres have an OBP of .321 this season, which ranks sixth in MLB.
- The Padres rank 12th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.2 whiffs per contest.
- In 69 games on the road this season, they’ve hit 61 homers, an average of 0.9 per contest.
- In 69 road games this season, they’re slugging .396 with 216 hits going for extra bases.
- In away games this season, they’re batting .253 with 8.9 base hits per contest.
Padres Key Batters
- Juan Soto has a team-high .409 on-base percentage.
- Soto ranks 90th in batting average, second in on-base percentage and 28th in slugging percentage among all qualifying hitters in MLB.
- Machado’s 143 hits and .536 slugging percentage are both team-highs.
- Machado’s batting average is eighth among all qualified players, his on-base percentage is 11th, and he is eighth in slugging.
- Josh Bell is hitting .278 with 28 doubles, three triples, 16 home runs and 67 walks.
- Brandon Drury has 26 doubles, two triples, 24 home runs and 33 walks while hitting .261.
Dodgers vs. Padres Probable Pitchers
| May | Darvish | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | GS | 24 |
| 1-1 | W-L | 11-7 |
| 1.64 | ERA | 3.41 |
| 11.0 | IP | 155.2 |
| 3 | BB | 29 |
| 13 | SO | 153 |
