Padres at Dodgers MLB Picks: The Los Angeles Dodgers, with the best record in baseball (39-20), have just about run away and hid in the National League West Standings leading second place San Francisco by 8 1/2 games and tonight's opponent San Diego by 11. The Padres and Dodgers will go at it tonight in the first of a short two game mid-week series at Dodger Stadium. LA will send out ace starter Chad Billingsley to the mound looking for his eighth victory this season. Currently the righthander is 7-3 with an impressive 2.59 ERA. The Padres will counter with their own veteran righthander in Chris Young who is 4-4 this season along with a 4.46 ERA. MLB Picks odds can be found at online sportsbook BetUS.com.

Online oddsmakers at BetUS.com list the Dodgers as -200 favorites on the BetUS moneyline with a 7-run total. Padres backers are getting +170 moneyline odds. Run Line prices on LA (-1 1/2) are +115 and on San Diego (+1 1/2) at +35. In totals wager pricing, the OVER is -120 while an UNDER wagers is EVEN odds.

Young didn't pitch poorly in his last start, allowing three runs in six innings in a loss to the Phillies on June 3. It's just that his offense didn't back him with much in the way of offense in a 5-1 loss.

Billingsley was impressive against the Diamondbacks on Wednesday, tossing six scoreless innings and striking out nine batters but he suffered from control problems as he walked four batters and threw 111 pitches through six innings and picking up a win.

Kevin Kouzmanoff went 2-for-4 with four runs batted in to lead the Padres over the Diamondbacks 6-3 on Monday night. San Diego cashed as -185 home favorites as the game played OVER the 7-run total set by sportsbooks.

The Dodgers lost to Philadelphia 7-2 as a -115 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (8). Matt Kemp drove in a run for Los Angeles and Randy Wolf was tagged for six runs on eight hits in 6 1-3 innings in the loss.

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