LA is averaging 6.6 runs in its first six games, scoring five or more runs in every game. That's without a single home run off the bat of Shohei Ohtani, as OF Teoscar Hernandez has three, and Mookie Betts leads the club with four dingers. On Monday, the Dodgers will face SF SP Keaton Winn (4.68 ERA in 2023), who surrendered six runs to LA in his final outing of last year and has pitched less than 50 total innings in the big leagues. SF is allowing over seven runs a game so far in 2024 and gave up 13 runs on Sunday...

The Giants' bats came alive in San Diego, however, as they scored 15 runs in their two victories and averaged 6.2 runs per game. LA SP James Paxton (4.50 ERA in 2023) is a fill-in replacement in a Dodgers rotation missing Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler, and Emmet Sheehan. He really faded down the stretch of last season, allowing 23 runs on 38 hits (nine HRs) and 13 walks in his last six appearances (26.0 IP).