San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 9/13/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA

Odds/Point Spread: San Diego (+102) Los Angeles (-122)

Dodger Stadium is where the Los Angeles Dodgers (87-56) will go up against the San Diego Padres (68-77) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this game has San Diego at +102 and Los Angeles is priced at -122. The over/under is 9.5. The starting pitchers will be Blake Snell and Ryan Pepiot.

San Diego owns a slugging percentage of .413 and have struck out 1,174 times, while taking a walk on 582 occasions. They have recorded 639 runs batted in and 1,160 hits on the season, and their team batting average is sitting at .241. The Padres have accrued 243 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 187 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 666 runs while holding a team OBP of .327. As a squad, the San Diego Padres are putting up 4.6 runs per game, which is 16th in baseball.

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The Padres have a team ERA of 3.89 for the season (5th in MLB), and they have rung up 1,269 batters. Padres pitchers have yielded 159 home runs and 602 runs (6th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 499 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.22 as a team for the year. San Diego has surrendered 1,156 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) as well as 555 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.54 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.29.

The Padres relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 54.5% and has come into the game in 128 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 154 base runners on the year and 42.2% of those runners crossed the plate. Padres relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 100 times in addition to having 131 appearances in high leverage situations. The Padres have dispatched 453 relief pitchers to the hill for the season. The relief pitchers have 72 holds this year (19th in MLB). They have compiled 30 saves for the season and have blown 25 of 55 save opportunities.

The Padres have converted 69.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 11,565 innings, which has them ranked 7th in baseball. The San Diego Padres have notched a total of 3,855 putouts this year, in addition to 1,282 assists and 69 errors. Their fielding rate is at .987 which ranks 9th in baseball, and have a total of 120 double plays.

Snell (70-55 career mark) has a FIP of 3.47 while he has gone up against 4,049 opposing batters in the majors. He has conceded 770 hits (7.1 hits per nine innings) with 444 walks. His ERA is 3.26 (353 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.247. Snell has taken the ball for 973 innings and has racked up 1,198 strikeouts thus far in his career.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have accumulated an on-base percentage of .343 as well as a team batting average of .258 over the course of the season. They have struck out on 1,208 instances (18th in the league) and have a total of 1,255 hits. Los Angeles has tallied 224 home runs on the campaign as well as 783 RBIs. The Dodgers have a SLG% of .459 and they have an average of 5.65 runs per contest (2nd in baseball). They have notched 275 doubles, while taking a walk 593 times and scoring 808 runs.

The Los Angeles pitching staff have surrendered 639 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 4.21 (597 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 177 home runs and they relinquish 4.51 runs per 9 innings (15th in baseball). The Dodgers have a WHIP of 1.225 in addition to having a FIP of 4.31 as a team for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.40 (1,193 strikeouts against 406 walks). They are sitting at 5th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 1,156.

With 138 save situations, the Dodgers have tallied 80 holds in addition to 16 blown saves. Los Angeles has had bullpen pitchers step onto the hill in 57 save opportunities and they have come away with 41 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 141 times in high leverage situations and on 120 occasions with runners on. Los Angeles bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 28.8% out of their 184 inherited runners. They are currently ranked 3rd in the league with a save percentage of 71.9%, and they have dispatched 491 bullpen pitchers onto the field on the year.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have gotten 125 double plays and have a fielding rate of .987 (7th in MLB). The Dodgers have racked up 1,255 assists, 66 errors and have amassed 3,826 putouts over the course of the season. In 11,478 innings on the diamond, the Dodgers have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 70.7% (3rd in MLB).

Pepiot (5-0 career win-loss mark) has a 2.51 earned run average while surrendering 5.5 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.03 and he has faced 235 opposing batters during his pro baseball career. He has allowed 16 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.116 and having a FIP of 4.5. During his pro baseball career, Pepiot has given up 35 hits while earning 59 punch outs in 57 innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Diego (+102)

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