Bet On The Padres As Underdogs At Home Monday Night

• The Los Angeles Dodgers are -122 favorites in their first meeting with the San Diego Padres this season.
• Nick Pivetta will start for the Padres and has not lost a game at home this season, going 5-0 through six starts.

SAN DIEGO – The highly anticipated season series between the two southern Californian ball clubs in the MLB begins Monday night as the San Diego Padres host the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Dodgers vs Padres Game Odds

The Dodgers are currently third in the NL with a 39-27 record and the Padres are just one game back, sitting at 37-27 on the season. Legal sports betting sites slightly favor the Dodgers on the road for tonight’s game.

However, bettors should look to lay the money with the Padres’ moneyline at +102.

San Diego has gone 20-10 at home this season, good for the sixth best home record in the MLB thus far. The Dodgers are 16-16 on the road, which is actually the fifth best in the league, but still just .500.

Nick Pivetta will be on the mound for the Padres tonight and he has been absolutely dominant at home this season, going 5-0 with an ERA of 1.69 and 44 total strikeouts in six appearances, along with just four walks and seven hits allowed.

In his most recent outing against the Dodgers in July of 2024, Pivetta posted six scoreless innings, recording eight strikeouts and allowing just two hits.

Dustin May will pitch for the Dodgers, and while he has been decent overall with a 3-4 record and 4.09 ERA, he has struggled tremendously on the road.

He has gone 1-3 away from Dodger Stadium and his ERA balloons to 5.40. Three of his five road starts have concluded with him being taken out of the game before the end of the fifth inning and allowing at least three runs.

The Padres have won five of the last eight times that these two teams have matched up in San Diego and have won four of their last six games at home overall. With the advantage on the mound and in their home stadium, look for the Padres to take home a victory tonight.

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