The San Diego Padres will have their young flame thrower, Chris Paddack, on the hill tonight when they open a 2-game set against the Los Angeles Dodgers at the Ravine. Paddack has been nothing but amazing. This kid is 3-1, with a 1.55 ERA, and a 0.69 WHIP with 46 K’s and only 10 walks. Now that is dominance. It won’t be a walk in the park for the Friars because Clayton Kershaw will be tapping the rubber for the Dodgers and he has been a Padre killer. The Dodgers are 8-0 in his last 8 turns against the Padres but he is not the force he once was. Kershaw sits at 2-0, and is lucky to be there, with a 3.31 ERA, and he did not look good in his last turn, yielding 4 runs on 9 hits is 6-2/3 innings of work. The Padres are good on the road, at 12-8, and will be a dog tonight. A wager on the Friars is worth consideration.
TONIGHT’S PICK: SAN DIEGO PADRES