The San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers face off in the postseason for the second time in the last three seasons, the first time the Padres won the NLDS in 2022 in four games.
San Diego Padres (93-69) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (98-64)
Game 1:
Date: Saturday, October 5
Time: 8:38 pm EST
Broadcast: FS1
Field: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
Line: Dodgers -145 / O/U 7.5
Probable Starting Pitchers
Dylan Cease (14-11, 3.47 ERA) vs. Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-2, 3.00 ERA)
Cease gets the ball for the Padres he finished the regular season going 14-11 with a 3.47 ERA, a 3.10 FIP, a 1.07 WHIP, a 3.1 BB/9, and a 10.6 K/9 in 189.1 innings. This season against the Dodgers he made two starts going 1-0 with a 3.37 ERA, a 1.31 WHIP, and ten strikeouts in 10.2 innings. Yamamoto in his first season made 18 starts, going 7-2 with a 3.00 ERA, a 2.61 FIP, a 1.11 WHIP, a 2.2 BB/9, and a 10.5 K/9 in 90 innings. Against the Padres this season he’s made two starts going 0-1 with a 12.00 ERA, a 1.67 WHIP, and eight strikeouts in six innings pitched.
2024 Head to Head
Padres vs. Dodgers
3/20: San Diego won 5-2
3/21: Los Angeles won 15-11
4/12: San Diego won 8-7
4/13: Los Angeles won 5-2
4/14: San Diego won 6-3
5/10: San Diego won 2-1
5/11: Los Angeles won 5-0
5/12: San Diego won 4-0
7/30: San Diego won 6-5
7/31: San Diego won 8-1
9/24: San Diego won 4-2
9/25: Los Angeles won 4-3
9/26: Los Angeles won 7-2
San Diego won the season series 8-5. San Diego outscored Los Angeles 61-57.
Padres vs. Dodgers Leaders
Padres: Postseason
AVG – Fernando Tatis Jr. – .667
HR – Kyle Higashioka – 2
RBI – Kyle Higashioka – 3
IP – Michael King – 7.0
ERA – Michael King – 0.00
K – Michael King – 12
Dodgers: Regular Season
AVG – Shohei Ohtani – .500
HR – Shohei Ohtani – 54
RBI – Shohei Ohtani – 130
IP – Gavin Stone – 140.1
ERA – Yoshinobu Yamamoto – 3.00
K – Tyler Glasnow – 168
Padres vs. Dodgers Numbers
Padres
AVG: .263 (1)
OPS: .745 (6)
R: 760 (8)
HR: 190 (10)
ERA: 3.86 (12)
K: 1453 (6)
WHIP: 1.22 (6)
Dodgers
AVG: .258 (4)
OPS: .781 (1)
R: 842 (2)
HR: 233 (3)
ERA: 3.90 (13)
K: 1390 (12)
WHIP: 1.23 (8)
