Los Angeles Dodgers (44-28, second in the NL West) vs. San Diego Padres (43-32, third in the NL West)
San Diego; Tuesday, 10:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw (8-6, 3.36 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 104 strikeouts) Padres: Blake Snell (2-3, 5.72 ERA, 1.55 WHIP, 85 strikeouts)
BOTTOM LINE: San Diego and Los Angeles will play on Tuesday.
The Padres are 18-14 against NL West teams. San Diego's team on-base percentage of .316 is eighth in the MLB. Tommy Pham leads the team with an OBP of .376.
The Dodgers are 20-9 against division opponents. The Los Angeles pitching staff as a whole has an ERA of 3.27. Walker Buehler leads the team with a 2.38 earned run average.
The Padres won the last meeting 6-2. Yu Darvish earned his seventh victory and Manny Machado went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs for San Diego. Julio Urias took his third loss for Los Angeles.
TOP PERFORMERS: Fernando Tatis Jr. leads the Padres with 22 home runs and has 50 RBIs.
Justin Turner leads the Dodgers with 12 home runs and is batting .282.
LAST 10 GAMES: Padres: 6-4, .265 batting average, 4.19 ERA, outscored opponents by 10 runs
Dodgers: 7-3, .257 batting average, 3.54 ERA, outscored opponents by 10 runs
INJURIES: Padres: Trey Wingenter: (elbow), Taylor Williams: (knee), Matt Strahm: (knee), Drew Pomeranz: (lat), Adrian Morejon: (left forearm), Keone Kela: (right forearm), Pierce Johnson: (triceps), Javy Guerra: (right elbow), Mike Clevinger: (elbow), Jose Castillo: (undisclosed), Michel Baez: (right elbow), Dan Altavilla: (elbow), Jorge Ona: (right elbow), Austin Nola: (knee).
Dodgers: Dustin May: (elbow), Corey Knebel: (lat), Tommy Kahnle: (tommy john surgery), Caleb Ferguson: (elbow), Scott Alexander: (shoulder), Yoshi Tsutsugo: (calf), Cody Bellinger: (hamstring), Corey Seager: (hand), Edwin Rios: (shoulder), Max Muncy: (oblique).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
