The Padres are coming into this game with a 91-67 record this season and they have officially clinched a Wild Card spot at least, but they are only 3 games behind the Dodgers for the NL West and will be pushing to win this match. They are going up against a Dodgers team that is 94-64 this season and has also clinched a playoff spot already, but they are also trying to lock down this division as well. Both of the games in this series have seen 7 runs or less, but this is a good spot for this game to see an explosion on offense. Joe Musgrove is starting for the Padres in this game and he is 6-5 with a 3.95 ERA this season. He has been pitching very well in his recent starts as he has not allowed a run in his last 2 starts, but 1 of those was against the White Sox who have one of the worst offenses in the league and the other was against the Giants right after a start which he allowed 6 earned runs to that same team. He has not pitched well against the Dodgers either as his only start against them this season was a start which he allowed 5 earned runs in less than 3 innings, and he has allowed 9 earned runs total in his last 2 starts against the Dodgers. Walker Buehler is starting for the Dodgers in this game and he is 1-6 with a 5.63 ERA this season. He has not been pitching well as he allowed 4 earned runs in his last start and has allowed at least 4 runs in 2 of his last 3 as well as 3 of his last 5 starts. He also has not had a start which he did not allow a run at all in his last 12 straight starts, and he has only allowed no runs in 1 of his 15 starts this season. Walker Buehler has been struggling a lot this season since coming back from his injury and the Padres have a good offense that will score runs with the way he has pitched, but Musgrove has also struggled a lot against the Dodgers in recent starts and both of these teams are still pushing to win the division so neither is going to lay down if they fall behind here. Between these two teams, there will be enough runs in this game to push it over the total.