Dodgers at Giants 9/30/18 - MLB Picks & Predictions

NL West Division rivals will clash on Sunday afternoon, when the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants finish their weekend series from AT&T Park. On Saturday, the Dodgers clinched at least a wild card spot with a 10-6 victory. Manny Machado delivered a go ahead triple in the eighth inning for Los Angeles, who moved to within a half-game of division leading Colorado.

Twenty-four year old righty Walker Buehler (7-5 2.76 ERA) will take the mound for the Dodgers in this matchup. Through 130 plus innings, Buehler has struck out 148 batters and sports a sparkling 0.98 WHIP. The San Francisco Giants have dropped the first two games of this series by a 13-7 combined score and have lost three straight overall. During yesterday’s loss, SP Dereck Rodriguez was tagged for five runs in just three innings of work and did not factor in the decision. Hunter Pence doubled twice and scored a pair of runs for the Giants, who are 15 games below .500 overall.

Rookie left-hander Andrew Suarez (7-12 4.22 ERA) will make his 29th career major league start for the Giants. Last time out, Suarez gave up six hits and two runs during a 9-2 loss at St. Louis.