<p>The Dodgers and Padres commence their 2022 NL West rivalry series with a three-game set in San Diego starting Friday night. Lefty Julio Urias takes his turn on the mound for Los Angeles here against righty Nick Martinez for the Padres. </p>
<p>How are we playing Friday's game with our <b>free baseball betting pick</b>?</p>
<h2>MLB Betting Odds</h2>
<p>Friday's baseball betting lines opened Los Angeles and Urias as around -160 over San Diego and Martinez, with an over/under of 8.5 runs. Early betting action then dipped that total to eight.</p>
<p>LA could also be found getting around +105, giving the 1.5 runs on the run line.</p>
<h2>Dodgers-Padres MLB Betting Preview </h2>
<p>Los Angeles just took two of three games at home from Atlanta, winning Wednesday's series rubber match 5-1. The Dodgers then enjoyed yesterday off.</p>
<p>Just before that, LA swept four games from Cincinnati, and just before that, they took two games at Minnesota. So the Dodgers are 3-0 over their last three series and 8-1 over their last nine games.</p>
<p>Los Angeles has also held opponents to three runs or less ten times through its first 12 games.</p>
<p>San Diego, meanwhile, just swept three games at home from the hapless Reds, winning Wednesday's series finale 6-0. The Padres then also enjoyed yesterday off.</p>
<p>Just before that, San Diego split four games with the Braves, and just before that, it lost two of three to San Francisco.</p>
<p>Padres' pitching's also been pretty good this season, holding opponents to three runs or less nine times through their first 14 games.</p>
<p>Last year LA took the season series from San Diego 12 games to seven.</p>
<h2>Friday's Pitching Match-Up </h2>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/57166&quot; title="Nick Martinez Pitching Logs">Martinez</a>, who spent the last four years pitching in Japan, is 0/2 on quality starts for his new team this season. Last Saturday, he gave up four runs on seven hits, including three home runs and four walks through five innings of a 5-2 San Diego loss to Atlanta. But five days before that, in his season debut, he held San Francisco to one run through five frames of a 4-2 Padres victory.</p>
<p>On the whole, Martinez has allowed five runs and 17 base-runners (hits + walks) through 10 innings, with five walks and nine strikeouts.</p>
<p>This will be Martinez's first-ever start against the Dodgers.</p>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/79612&quot; title="Julio Urias Pitching Stats">Urias</a> is also 0/2 on quality starts this season. Last Saturday, he held Cincinnati scoreless on one hit through five innings of a 5-2 Los Angeles win. But six days before that, he gave up six runs - three earned - and six hits through just two innings of a 9-4 LA loss to Colorado.</p>
<p>So on the hole this season, Urias has allowed three ER and seven hits through seven innings.</p>
<p>Over three starts last year against San Diego, Urias allowed six runs and ten hits through 16 innings. The Dodgers won two of those three games.<br />
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<h2>Splits With the Sticks</h2>
<p>Los Angeles is batting .282 against right-handed pitching this season, with a .363 team OBP and a .460 team slugging percentage.</p>
<p>San Diego is slashing .252/.342/.466 against left-handed pitching. The Padres are also still playing without Fernando Tatis, Jr. (42 HR last year).</p>
<h2>The Bullpens</h2>
<p>The Dodgers bullpen owns a 2.44 ERA this season, along with a 0.83 WHIP.</p>
<p>The San Diego pen owns a 3.61 ERA and a 1.12 WHIP.</p>
<h2>MLB Betting Trends</h2>
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<li>The Dodgers are 8-2 against right-handed starters this season.</li>
<li>The Padres are 4-1 against left-handed starters.</li>
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<h2>Totals Report </h2>
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<li>The Under is 7-4 in Dodgers games this season.</li>
<li>The Under is 10-4 in Padres games.</li>
<li>The overs played 41-38 at Petco Park last season.</li>
<li>The overs played 10-7 in Dodgers-Padres games last season.</li>
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