The Los Angeles Dodgers take on NL West rivals the San Diego Padres in the first game of a three-game set. The Dodgers have won six in a row. The Dodgers will look for their seventh in a row by sending Clayton Kershaw to the mound. He has gotten off to a great start this season. posting a 5-1 record with. a 1.89 ERA, a 0.76 WHIP, and an outstanding 41/5 K/BB ratio in 38 innings pitched. The Padres come into this game having won two straight and five of their last six. Joe Musgrove gets the start for the Giants. he has made two starts this season and is 1-0 with a not-so-pretty 10.80 ERA, a 1.68 WHIP, and a 9/1 K/BB ratio in 8.1 innings. Clayton Kershaw has been almost unhittable this season and the same thing can be said against the Padres. The current Padres are just 43-for-186 against him. Joe Musgrove has allowed 10 earned runs in his two starts this season while Clayton Kershaw has given up eight earned runs in his six starts. The Dodgers have won 66 of the previous 96 games against the Padres. Both teams have lineups that scare pitchers but the Dodgers have the better pitcher going today.

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