Padres vs. Dodgers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, player news, history, betting trends and stats for Game 2

Shohei Ohtani made his long-awaited postseason debut on Saturday. He didn't disappoint as he hit a 3-run home run in the bottom of the second inning to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 7-5 victory over the San Diego Padres in the first game of their divisional round series. The Dodgers totaled 10 hits as they overcame Yoshinobu Yamamoto's poor playoff debut to win a playoff game for the first time in two years. Last year they were defeated by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLDS.

It took Ohtani 875 games to make his playoff debut. He went 2-5, drove in three runs and struck out twice. This is Ohtani's first year with the Dodgers after spending the first six years of his career with the Angels.

This is the 3^approx The Dodgers and Padres have met in the playoffs once in the last five years. Los Angeles won their series in 2020 and the Padres won in 2022.

Game 2 is scheduled for Sunday night at Dodger Stadium, with Yu Darvish expected to pitch for San Diego and Jack Flaherty to pitch for the Dodgers.

Let’s dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two.

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Game details and how to watch Padres vs. Dodgers – Game 2

● Date: Sunday, October 6, 2024
● Time: 8:03 p.m. ET
● Location: Dodger Stadium
● City: Los Angeles, California
● TV/Streaming: FS1

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Padres vs. Dodgers Game Odds – Game 2

The latest odds from Sunday:

● Money line: San Diego Padres (+120), Los Angeles Dodgers (-145)
● Spread: Padres +1.5 (-185), Dodgers -1.5 (+150)
● In total: 8.5

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Likely starting players for Padres vs. Dodgers – Game 2

● Pitching matchup on Sunday (October 6): Yu Darvish vs. Jack Flaherty

○ Padres: Darvish (7-3, 3.31 ERA) has allowed 30 earned runs and 65 hits while striking out 78 in 81.2 innings. Darvish has made 11 postseason starts in his career. He is 4-6 with a 4.19 ERA over 58 innings.

○ Dodgers: Flaherty (13-7, 3.17 ERA) has allowed 57 earned runs and 135 hits while striking out 105 in 194 innings. Flaherty, traded from Detroit to the Dodgers at the trade deadline, made 10 starts with LA and compiled a record of 6-2 with a 3.58 ERA. He is 1-3 with a 3.60 ERA in 5 career postseason appearances (4 starts).

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Top betting trends and insights to know ahead of Padres @ Dodgers

• The Dodgers bullpen pitched six scoreless innings in Game 1
• The Dodgers have won their last 6 meetings against division opponents and 9 of their last 11.
• The OVER is 30-23 in the Padres' games against NL West teams this season
• Fernando Tatis Jr. took a 2-4 lead in Game 1, as did Xander Bogaerts
• The bottom third of the Dodgers lineup went 5-12 overall in Game 1

Playoff history for San Diego and Los Angeles

• Padres: San Diego now holds a record of 20-33 in postseason history. They reached the World Series twice, losing in both 1984 and 1998.
• Dodgers: LA owns an all-time playoff record of 11,550-10,209. They have won 7 World Series titles – 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988 and 2020.

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Expert tips and predictions for Game 2 of the series between San Diego and Los Angeles

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Once the model is finished running, we place its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to determine a relative confidence level for each bet.

Here are the best bets our model predicts for Game 2 of Padres vs. Dodgers:

· Money line: NBC Sports recommends a game against the Dodgers on the moneyline
· Spread: NBC Sports recommends a game against the Dodgers on the run line
· Total number of runs: NBC Sports is leaning toward a game with the total OVER 8.5 runs

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