Padres vs. Dodgers NLDS Game 3 Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – October 8, 2024

The San Diego Padres will host the Los Angeles Dodgers in the third game of the NLDS on Tuesday at 9:08 p.m. ET, live on Fox Sports 1 from PETCO Park. The teams split the first two games of the series and would move within a win of the NLCS with a victory in this matchup. Neither team has named a starting pitcher for the contest. The Padres are -140 favorites on the moneyline to win this matchup against the Dodgers (+119).

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Padres vs. Dodgers Betting Lines

• Favorite: Padres (-140)
• Underdog: Dodgers (+119)
• Over/under: 8

Padres vs. Dodgers Betting Insights

• The Padres have come away with 63 wins in the 104 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
• San Diego has a record of 34-22 in contests when oddsmakers favor them by -140 or more on the moneyline.
• The Padres have an implied victory probability of 58.3% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
• The Dodgers have gone 5-12 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 29.4% of those games).
• Los Angeles has gone 2-3 in games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +119 or longer (40%).
• The Dodgers have an implied moneyline win probability of 45.7% in this contest.

Padres vs. Dodgers Hitting Leaders

• Jurickson Profar is batting .280 with 24 home runs and 85 RBI for San Diego this season.
• Of all hitters in MLB, Profar’s home run total places him 42nd and his RBI tally ranks him 35th.
• Manny Machado leads San Diego in home runs (29) and runs batted in (105) this season while batting .275.
• Shohei Ohtani has a team-best batting average of .310, while leading the Dodgers in home runs (54) and runs batted in (130).
• In all of MLB, Ohtani ranks second in home runs and second in RBI.
• Freddie Freeman is hitting .282 with 35 doubles, two triples, 22 home runs and 78 walks.

Padres vs. Dodgers Pitching Rankings

• The Padres average 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-most in the league.
• The Padres have pitched to a 3.86 ERA this season, which ranks 12th in baseball.
• Padres pitchers have a 1.222 WHIP this season, sixth-best in the majors.
• The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Dodgers pitching staff ranks 12th in MLB.
• Los Angeles’ 3.90 team ERA ranks 13th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Dodgers have the eighth-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.228).