Dodgers vs Phillies Picks and Prediction – 4/5/2025

The Los Angeles Dodgers play the second game of a three-game series on the road Saturday versus the Philadelphia Phillies. Los Angeles is 8-0 and leads the National League West League by a half-game over San Diego. Los Angeles defeated the Atlanta Braves 6-5 on Wednesday, completing a sweep of that three-game series after sweeping the Detroit Tigers in their previous series. Keep up to date with all the MLB action with our MLB picks.

Will Smith is batting .450 with an on-base percentage of .607 to lead Los Angeles in both categories. Tommy Edman is the leader in home runs with four. Teoscar Hernandez is the leader in RBI with eight, while Shohei Ohtanin is the leader in hits with 10. On Saturday, the Los Angeles Dodgers will send Roki Sasaki to the mound. The right-hander is 0-0 with a 5.79 ERA, 5 Ks, and 9 BBs.

The Philadelphia Phillies lead the National League East with a 5-1 record. The Phillies are 1 ½ games ahead of the Miami Marlins. Philadelphia defeated the Colorado Rockies 3-1 on Thursday. Taijuan Walker threw six shutout innings for the Phillies, and Kyle Schwarber homered. Philadelphia swept Colorado in its three-game series and its only loss thus far was to Washington.

Kyle Schwarber is batting .308 with four home runs and eight RBI to lead Philadelphia in each of the three categories. Edmundo Sosa is the leader in hits with nine, and Brandon Marsh is the leader in on-base percentage with .421. Philadelphia has a team batting average of .305 and a slugging percentage of .500. On Saturday, Philadelphia will send Aaron Nola to the mound. The right-hander is 0-1 with an 8.44 ERA, 8 Ks, and 0 BBs.

Los Angeles will win on Saturday when visiting Philadelphia, but the play here is OVER. The OVER has cashed in five of the Dodgers’ last seven. Philadelphia starter Aaron Nola was hit hard last time out, allowing five runs on six hits, including serving up a pair of home runs, across 5.1 innings, resulting in a loss to the Washington Nationals. The Dodgers will hit Nola hard and score plenty of runs, while Dodgers’ starter Sasaki will be tagged for a few runs to cash the OVER. Final Score Prediction, Los Angeles Dodgers win but our best play is OVER 7-3.