Padres vs. Dodgers: LA’s Race Toward A Wild Card Spot Continues

Date/Time: Tue, Sept. 4 / 10:10:00 PM ET, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California

It’s go time for the LA Dodgers. After a rocky end of August, the LA Dodgers have entered September with a vengeance, eyeing a Wild Card spot and a somewhat realistic shot of making the playoffs—a huge deal for those who love to bet on baseball and drop money on LA.

The Dodgers are on a 3-game winning streak run, and they’re just half a game back from entering Wild Card territory.

Last night, L.A recorded its second consecutive walk-off win with an 11-inning, 4-3 win over the San Diego Padres thanks to an RBI single in the bottom of the 11^th by A.J. Ellis that pushed them over the edge.

With this victory, the Dodgers are 4 1/2 games behind National League West-leading San Francisco and one-half game back of St. Louis in the wild-card race. Los Angeles has won three straight games, while San Diego has dropped three in a row and trails the season series 9-4.

PITCHING MATCHUP: Padres LH Eric Stults (5-2, 2.43 ERA) vs. Dodgers LH Clayton Kershaw (12-8, 2.85)

Tonight, the 2^nd place NL West team will try to lock up a fourth win against the San Diego Padres, who sit in 4^th in the NL West, by sending Clayton Kershaw to the mound.

Kershaw didn’t receive a lot of help from the Dodgers on the offense during his last trip to the mound. He gave up just two runs in six innings against Arizona last Thursday, but the Dodgers failed to pull even one run in. It was the second time in Kershaw’s last three starts that his team had failed to get on the board.

That said, Kershaw is 4-0 with a 2.04 ERA in his last six starts against the San Diego Padres, so major league baseball betting fans might want to keep that record in mind when deciding where to lay down their money at online sports gambling websites.

Eric Stults takes the mound for San Diego. He’s gone 4-0 with a 1.69 ERA in his last five starts since re-entering the rotation in early August.  And at the plate, Stults is equally impressive, with a 7 for 17 record, which includes 3 RBIs in one game against Arizona on August 24^th.

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