Rich Hill (10-3, 2.09 ERA) is on the hill for the Los Angeles Dodgers (74-60) as they square off against Luis Perdomo (7-7, 5.84 ERA) and the San Diego Padres (56-78) in the second of a three-game series at Dodger Stadium. The Padres won the last game 4-2, and San Diego leads the series 1-0. Action begins at 9:10 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sep. 3 and can be seen on SNLA and FSSD.
Hill pitched 6.0 innings in his most recent start, surrendering zero runs and striking out three in a 1-0 win over the Giants. Justin Turner (.270, 61 Rs, 24 HRs, 76 RBIs, 3 SBs) went 1 for 5 yesterday. Perdomo went 9.0 innings, surrendering one run, striking out three and walking three in a 3-1 win over the Marlins in his last outing. Yangervis Solarte (.273, 48 Rs, 14 HRs, 55 RBIs, 1 SB) has been successful at the plate, going 2 for 5 yesterday with two runs, one home run, and one RBI.
Notes
When leading after seven innings, Los Angeles is 29-24, while San Diego is 23-31.
The Padres are coming into this game after allowing one walk during their last outing. The Dodgers have a 15-12 record when opponents give up one walk or less.
When they outhit their opponents, the Dodgers are 52-16. The Padres have a 40-9 record when outhitting opponents.
Both falling in the bottom half of the league based on total runs this season, Los Angeles ranks 16th with 598 runs and San Diego is 20th with 575.
Ranking 28th, San Diego is near the bottom of the league for its on-base plus slugging percentage (.697). Los Angeles ranks in the bottom half at 18th with an OPS of .732.
The Padres are 28-55 in games where they allow one or more home runs. The Dodgers are 34-48 when they allow at least one homer.
