The Los Angeles Dodgers dominance over the San Diego Padres continued last night when they knocked off the Friars 5-3 in Game 1 of the NLDS. Tonight they will meet again at Chavez Ravine for Game 2 and San Diego is expected to send ex-Dodger Yu Darvish to the hill. Darvish is having a great year, with a record of 17-8 (including the post season) with an ERA of 3.03 and a 0.95 WHIP. Southpaw Clayton Kershaw is expected to get the nod for the Dodgers and he has been even better. The future Hall of Famer will be making his post-season debut tonight. He is 12-3 with an ERA of only 2.28 and a 0.94 WHIP. Kershaw has owned the Padres over his career. He is 23-9 against San Diego with an ERA of just 2.03 and this year he was 1-0 against them with a 0.75 ERA. With last night’s win, LA is 15-5 this year against San Diego and is worth considering.
TONIGHT’S PICK: LOS ANGELES DODGERS