I was on the Dodgers in the opener of this series Tuesday, and their bats made quick work of San Diego in a laugher. The Padres answered by taking the middle game, and they have won eight of their last ten, so there is a real case that this set is more even than the overall records suggest. But the season-long gap between these two clubs is not close. Los Angeles sits at 97-61 to San Diego's 88-70, and the underlying numbers back it up: the Dodgers score and prevent runs at an elite level, and that kind of two-way strength shows up over 162 games for a reason. Tyler Glasnow gets the ball for the Dodgers tonight and has been sharp on the mound, posting a 3.46 ERA, and I will take the class of the National League to answer in a rubber match with real stakes behind it. Los Angeles is the play on the moneyline tonight.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 84% of the public money was on Los Angeles Dodgers to win on the moneyline. And, 82% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that San Diego would win by a score of 5.0 to 4.0 with San Diego winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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San Diego at Los Angeles
10:10 PM Eastern
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 93% of the public money was on Los Angeles Dodgers to win on the moneyline. And, 89% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Los Angeles would win by a score of 5.5 to 3.8 with Los Angeles winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 72% of the public money was on Los Angeles Dodgers to win on the moneyline. And, 87% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Los Angeles would win by a score of 5.4 to 4.3 with Los Angeles winning on the moneyline, San Diego winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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San Diego at Los Angeles
10:10 PM Eastern
San Diego is the hottest team in baseball right now, winners of nine of its last ten games and riding a five-game winning streak into tonight's finale. That stretch is real, but it still doesn't erase the gap between these two rosters: Los Angeles is 96-60, outscoring its opponents by 193 runs this season, while the Padres are up 41 runs. Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been one of the league's five-best starters by ERA all season at 2.51, working at least six innings in each of his last five turns, including a scoreless outing in his last start. Michael King has answered with a strong season of his own, a 3.03 ERA and a run of near-scoreless starts to match, but that offensive gap is the difference in a series like this one. I had the Dodgers on the moneyline two nights ago, and they backed it up with a clean 3-1 win over the Giants, and nothing about tonight's pitching matchup changes what kind of team is on the other side of that plate. Los Angeles is the right side.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 91% of the public money was on Los Angeles Dodgers to win on the moneyline. And, 77% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Los Angeles would win by a score of 5.5 to 4.2 with Los Angeles winning on the moneyline, San Diego winning on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 95% of the public money was on Los Angeles Dodgers to win on the moneyline. And, 85% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Los Angeles would win by a score of 5.6 to 3.9 with Los Angeles winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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