Alternating wins and losses across the week, the Dodgers have blown through the leeway they secured with the recent home sweep of the Padres, and it’s back to square one with both teams entering play on Saturday with a 73-56 record. Only a superior H2H record puts the Dodgers ahead of the Padres at the moment.

The man tasked with helping Los Angeles maintain that NL West lead is Tyler Glasnow, who comes into this start with a limited yet rather successful record against the Padres. Glasnow has pitched particularly well at Petco Park, where the Friars have a .127 AVG against him in his 17 innings of work.

Opposite Glasnow will be one of the many new faces in these San Diego Padres, who, unlike the Dodgers, were quite active during the trade deadline. For the first time since Game 3 of las

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