Padres vs. Dodgers Game 2 Picks, Predictions: Darvish, Kershaw Square Off in Pitcher's Duel

The NLDS is a true divisional series with NL East and NL West rivals playing each other.

Padres and Dodgers are playing in the NLDS Game 2 on Wednesday. Darvish and Kershaw are going to pitch for the Dodgers.

The Dodgers are home favorites at -188. San Diego is -165. The run line has the Dodgers at +1.5 and the Padres at -1%. The total opened at 7. 5 but has moved down to 7 across the board.

Yu Darvish and Clayton Kershaw are going to play each other in the wild-card game. Darvsish beat the New York Mets in a one-run game in New Year's Day. Kershaw is looking to build on a tremendous season in which he went 15-7 in his starts.

Padres vs. Dodgers Game 2 is on tonight at 8 p.m.

The Dodgers are 15-5 against the Padres this year and 27-12 over the last three seasons. The Padres are 91-75 this season but only 31-24 against left-handed starters. Los Angeles is 79-35 against right-handers.

Padres vs. Dodgers Game 2 is a pitcher's duel between Darvish and Kershaw. The line is still high, but it's down from 7.5 to 7 under. Darrish's ERA is barely over 3.00 and the Under is 10-19 in DarVish’s starts and 10 -10 in Kershaw's.

Darvish had six-plus strikeouts in 21 of 31 starts this season. Darvishes had at least seven strikeouts at three of his four starts in September.

Padres vs. Dodgers Game 2 is on 10/12/2022 at 1:33 p.m. ET.