Month: September 2025

The 78-59 Los Angeles Dodgers will be at PNC Park tonight to open a 3-game set with the 61-77 Pittsburgh Pirates. This is a great opportunity for the NL West-leading Dodgers to put some space between them and the San Diego Padres, who are on their tails just 2.5 games back of them for the lead. Tonight Los Angeles will send future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw to the hill. Most people thought the southpaw’s best days were behind him, but they were all dead wrong. Kershaw is 9-2 with a 3.06 ERA, a 1.15 WHIP, and over his last 3 turns he is 3-0 with a 2.70 ERA and a WHIP of only 0.72. The Bucs are expected to send Carmen Mlodzinski to the hill. He is 3-7 with a decent ERA of 3.86 and a 1.32 WHIP. Los Angeles has won 6 of the last 7 meetings with Pittsburgh and the Pirates score the fewest runs in the league; not good with Kershaw on the hill.
TONIGHT’S PICK: LOS ANGELES DODGERS

The San Diego Padres and the Baltimore Orioles will open a 3-game set today in SoCal. At 61-76, the O’s will not be making the postseason, that is a given. They enter tonight’s game with just one win in their last seven and are 30-39 on the road. Baltimore is expected to send Kyle Bradish to the hill. He is 0-1 with a 3.00 ERA and a 0.67 WHIP but that is over just six innings of work. The Padres are in a dog fight with the Dodgers for the top spot in the NL West, sitting just two games back of their hated rival. San Diego is expected to give the nod to Dylan Cease. His numbers are nothing to write home about. Cease is 6-11 with a 4.82 ERA and a 1.32 WHIP but keep in mind that is over 142 innings of work. The Friars are tough to beat at Petco, with a record of 43-22. They cannot afford to lose to the lowly Orioles if they want to catch the Dodgers and they know it.
TODAY’S PICK: SAN DIEGO PADRES