Padres vs. Dodgers Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 31, 2024

Luis Arraez, batting .309 this season, leads the San Diego Padres (57-51) into a matchup with one of the league’s other top hitters, Shohei Ohtani (.314 AVG) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (63-44). Arraez and the Padres are -125 favorites on the moneyline for the matchup at PETCO Park, beginning at 8:40 PM ET live on SportsNet LA. San Diego’s Dylan Cease gets the start, and he’ll go against Los Angeles’ Clayton Kershaw.

Here is our betting preview for this tilt, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Padres vs. Dodgers Betting Lines

• Favorite: Padres (-125)
• Underdog: Dodgers (+106)
• Over/under: 7.5

Padres vs. Dodgers Betting Insights

• The Padres have been chosen as favorites in 61 games this year and have walked away with the win 33 times (54.1%) in those games.
• San Diego has a record of 22-19 when favored by -125 or more this year.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Padres have a 55.6% chance of walking away with the win.
• The Dodgers have a 4-9 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 30.8% of those games).
• Los Angeles is 3-6 (winning just 33.3% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +106 or longer.
• The Dodgers have a 48.5% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Padres vs. Dodgers Hitting Leaders

• Jurickson Profar is batting .301 this season with a team-high 18 home runs and 67 RBI.
• Of all hitters in baseball, Profar’s home run total ranks him 29th and his RBI tally places him 19th.
• Arraez’s batting average of .309 leads all San Diego hitters this season.
• Ohtani paces the Dodgers in home runs (32), runs batted in (76) and has put up a team-high batting average of .314.
• Ohtani’s home run total ranks second in the majors, and he is fifth in RBI.
• Teoscar Hernandez is batting .265 with 20 doubles, a triple, 22 home runs and 35 walks.

Padres vs. Dodgers Pitching Rankings

• The Padres have an 8.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, fifth-best in baseball.
• Padres pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.07 this year, which ranks 17th in MLB.
• Padres pitchers have a 1.241 WHIP this season, 11th in the majors.
• The Dodgers pitching staff ranks 12th in the majors with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Los Angeles has the seventh-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.79).
• The Dodgers have the fifth-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.211).