Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 10/8/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Diego Padres

Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: FS1

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (+125) San Diego (-149)

Petco Park is the site where the San Diego Padres (93-69) will try to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers (98-64) on Tuesday in Game 3 of the NLDS. The series is tied 1-1. The moneyline on this contest has the Dodgers at +125 while the Padres open at -149. The total is set at 7.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Walker Buehler and Michael King.

Los Angeles is slugging .446 and have been rung up 1,336 times, while drawing a walk on 602 occasions. They have accrued 815 runs batted in as well as 1,423 base knocks on the campaign, while their team batting average is .258. The Dodgers have recorded 291 doubles as a unit and have smacked 233 baseballs out of the stadium. They have earned a total of 842 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .335. As a team, the Los Angeles Dodgers are scoring 5.2 runs per game, which has them sitting at 2nd in MLB.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.77 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.23. Dodgers pitchers have yielded 198 long balls and also 686 total runs (13th in baseball). Los Angeles has conceded 1,273 hits (7.9 per 9 innings) as well as 626 earned runs. The Dodgers are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.90 over the course of the season (13th in the league), and they have rung up 1,390 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 501 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 4.18 as a team for the season.

Dodgers relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 118 times as well as having 179 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 104 holds so far this season (4th in MLB). The Dodgers relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 63.3% and has stepped onto the mound in 186 save situations. They have accumulated 50 saves on the season and have missed out on 29 of their 79 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 160 base runners this year and 32.5% of those players ended up scoring. The Dodgers have sent 565 relievers to the mound this season.

The Dodgers have turned 71.0% of baseballs in play into outs out of 13,011 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 2nd in pro baseball. The Los Angeles Dodgers have a total of 4,337 putouts thus far, as well as 1,366 assists and 88 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .985 which has them ranked 18th in pro baseball, and they have turned 119 double plays.

Buehler (47-22 mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 3.22 and he has faced 2,902 batters during his time in the majors. He has given up 588 base knocks (7.4 hits per nine innings) and has had 190 walks. His ERA is 3.27 (259 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.091. Buehler has taken the hill for 713 innings and has accumulated 754 punch outs so far in his MLB career.

The San Diego Padres have a team OBP of .324 as well as a team batting average of .263 on the year. They have struck out on 1,077 occasions (30th in the league) and have earned 1,456 base knocks. San Diego has compiled 190 long balls for the year to go along with 726 RBIs. The Padres hold a team slugging percentage of .420 and they average 4.69 runs per outing (8th in baseball). They have hit 259 doubles, while taking a walk 458 times as well as scoring 760 runs.

The San Diego pitching staff have surrendered 669 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.86 (617 earned runs relinquished). They have allowed 169 homers and they surrender 4.18 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The Padres hold a team WHIP of 1.222 and have a FIP of 3.77 as a staff for the year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 9.10 (1,453 strikeouts against 462 bases on balls). They are sitting at 11th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,296.

With 154 save situations, the Padres have earned 85 holds and also 23 blown saves. San Diego has called on relievers to enter the contest in 67 save chances and they have walked away with 44 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 151 times in high leverage situations and also on 163 occasions with runners on base. San Diego relievers have an inherited score rate of 33.3% out of their 246 inherited runners. They sit at 12th in MLB with a save percentage of 65.7%, and they have sent 539 relief pitchers to the hill this year.

The San Diego Padres have turned 117 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (6th in MLB). The Padres have recorded 1,297 assists, 75 errors and have earned 4,318 putouts over the course of the season. In 12,954 innings played, the Padres have a defensive efficiency of 69.7% (16th in pro baseball).

In his pro baseball career, King has given up 356 base knocks while accumulating 483 strikeouts in 420 innings. He has given up a total of 150 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.194 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.2. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.31 and he has faced 1,761 hitters so far in his pro baseball career. King (26-26 mark in his career) holds a 3.21 ERA while allowing 7.6 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take San Diego (-149)

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