San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers
LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — The San Diego Padres will visit the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. The National League West matchup is scheduled for a 70-degree forecast at game time.
San Diego enters at 87-69 and has won nine of its past 10 games. The Padres completed a three-game sweep of Miami with a 7-3 home win Sunday. Los Angeles is 96-60 after a 3-1 home win over San Francisco on Sunday. The Dodgers have won seven of their past 10 games.
San Diego’s current four-game winning streak includes a 7-6, 10-inning victory over Miami on Sept. 19. The Padres won at Colorado 9-3 on Sept. 16 and 9-2 on Sept. 17. Los Angeles has won three straight, including a 10-4 victory over San Francisco on Sept. 19 and an 8-2 win on Sept. 18.
Robbie Ray is San Diego’s probable pitcher. The left-hander has a 13-8 record this season. Ray will face a Los Angeles club that has won eight of the 10 meetings this season. The Dodgers took Tuesday’s series opener 7-0 at Dodger Stadium. San Diego’s most recent win in the series came July 5, a 5-2 victory in Los Angeles.
Jake Cronenworth is a player to watch for San Diego. He went 3 for 4 with two home runs and five RBIs in Sunday’s 7-3 win over Miami. Cronenworth also had two hits in three at-bats against Miami on Sept. 18 and posted two-hit games at Colorado on Sept. 16 and Sept. 17. He had one hit in each of the Padres’ three games at San Francisco from Sept. 11-13 and one hit at Colorado on Sept. 15.
Emmet Sheehan is a player to watch for Los Angeles. He struck out nine and allowed one hit over 5 1/3 scoreless innings against San Francisco on Sept. 20. Sheehan also struck out 10 over 5 2/3 innings against Cincinnati on Sept. 7 and fanned five over six scoreless innings at Miami on Sept. 13.
The Padres are set to continue the series at Los Angeles on Thursday. San Diego then returns home for a weekend series against Arizona, beginning Friday. The Dodgers will also play the Padres on Thursday before traveling to San Francisco for a weekend series starting Friday.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of San Diego 9, Los Angeles 8. Interstat’s ELO system gives Los Angeles a 58.8 percent probability to win. Los Angeles has been installed as the pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The over/under for the game is 8.5.