San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction: Will Padres respond now?

Monday's Major League Baseball action at Petco Park features a matchup between the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers. This will be the last game of a weekend series that consisted of a total of four games. After the first two games of the series were split, the Los Angeles Dodgers took the initiative on Sunday by winning game three by a score of six runs to go up 2-1 in the series.

Manny Machado had a very productive game for the San Diego Padres on Saturday, contributing two hits, two runs, three RBI, and a home run to the team's victory. In addition to that, Trent Grisham contributed two runs batted in. In their game on Sunday, the San Diego Padres were unable to generate any momentum despite collecting seven hits as a team. Gary Sanchez, the catcher, and Jake Cronenworth, the first baseman, both recorded two hits and a solo home run. On Monday, the San Diego Padres will have Seth Lugo start for them in the starting rotation. In 16 starts so far this season, Lugo has a record of 4-5 with a 3.54 earned run average and 88 strikeouts across 89.0 innings pitched. In his previous seven starts, Lugo has a record of 1-2 with a 3.19 earned run average. He has allowed 15 earned runs over a total of 42.1 innings. Following a defeat, the San Diego Padres have come out on the losing end of each of their past six games against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Additionally, in their last eight games as home favorites against opponents from the National League following a defeat at home, the Padres have covered the run line in seven of those games.

The first game of this series was played on Friday, and the Los Angeles Dodgers were victorious with a score of 10-5. However, they were defeated by a score of 8-3 in the second game. Will Smith hit a home run, but it was an unearned run, and Freddie Freeman drove in a run in the loss. During their 8-2 victory on Sunday, the Los Angeles Dodgers scored six runs in the first two innings of the game. While Enrique Hernandez had three hits, a run, and an RBI of his own, Freddie Freeman had a home run, two runs, three RBI, and three RBI from other people's hits. On Monday, the Los Angeles Dodgers will put Tony Gonsolin in the starting role as the team's starting pitcher. This year, Gonsolin has made 17 starts and has a record of 6-4 with a 4.11 ERA and 71 strikeouts in 87.2 innings pitched. In his previous seven starts, Gonsolin had a record of 2-2 with a 5.86 ERA. He has allowed 23 earned runs over the course of 35.1 innings.

I'm going to take a chance on the San Diego Padres here, most likely. Regardless of this, we have a fairly fascinating starter matchup, and if both of these men pitch effectively, the beginning of the game is going to be a close contest. Lugo's record during his previous three starts is 1-1, and he has allowed six earned runs across a total of 20.0 innings pitched. As for Gonsolin, he has a record of 1-1 in his most recent three starts, but he has allowed a few more runs (10 earned) over the course of 15.0 innings. Due to some early difficulties experienced by starter Rich Hill, San Diego was forced to use a larger portion of their bullpen in game three on Sunday. The Padres' typically reliable offense was ineffective, which is not like them at all. In each of their previous four games, San Diego had scored at least five runs, and I believe that they will continue that trend in this decisive match.