Tuesday night, the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers began their National League Series match at the Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. The NL West rival couple have met for the first time ever in a playoff. To get here, Padres defeated the Cardinal in three matches in the Wild Card series last week, while Dodgers swept The Brewers in the opening round.
Let’s set the scene for Game 1 with the basics.
How to watch
HistoryTuesday 6 October time: 9:38 PM ET
Your site: Globe Life Field (Arlington, Texas)
TV: FS1 | Stream: fuboTV (Try for free)
the odds: Padres: (+150) | Dodgers: (-160) | O / U: 8.5
Jugs: RHP Mike Clevinger vs. RHP Walker Buehler
Follow: CBS Sports app
Preview
These two teams may be the top two teams in the National League, but the rating is that they are meeting up ahead of the LCS Tour. During the regular season, the Dodgers’ Team finished the MLB Best 43-17 with the difference running MLB-best plus-136. Meanwhile, Padres went to 37-23 to achieve the second best record in NL with an 84 plus running difference, which was second only to the Dodgers team throughout the baseball game. The Dodgers have won six of 10 head-to-head matches against San Diego this season.
Padres had yet to fully sort the NLDS rotation, but word came on Tuesday that right-hand man Mike Klevinger would be given a nod for the first game. Let’s see how things change from there. We know he’s a Clevinger in Game 1. The Dodgers counter with Buehler, who during his young career combined Elite Things with Elite Scores.
prediction
Given Buehler’s uniqueness and the uncertainty surrounding the Padres crew as a whole due to injury cases, we’ll lean towards the Dodgers in the first game. Mookie Betts comes out with Homer and doubled up on his Dodger NLDS debut.
