The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres close out their two-game Seoul Series to start the MLB season when the two teams square off on Thursday at Gocheok SkyDome in Seoul, South Korea. In the first game of the 2024 MLB season on Wednesday, the Dodgers rallied from a one-run deficit en route to beating the Padres, 5-2. On Thursday, the Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto will square off against the Padres' Joe Musgrove.

First pitch is scheduled for 6:05 a.m. ET. Los Angeles is the -187 money-line favorite in the latest Dodgers vs. Padres odds, while San Diego is a +156 underdog. The over/under for total runs scored is 8.5.

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The model knows that Los Angeles starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been a dominant pitcher in Japan over the past several seasons. Signed in the offseason to a 12-year, $325 million contract, Yamamoto throws six pitches, including a four-seam fastball, splitter and curve. He had a career 1.72 ERA in Japan in almost 1,000 innings and went 16-6 with a 1.21 ERA for the Orix Buffaloes last year.

The model also has taken into account that San Diego starter Joe Musgrove ended last season on a roll. Over his final 12 starts of last season, Musgrove went 9-1 with a 1.84 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP. The Padres went 9-3 over those 12 games. This year, the 31-year-old righty is coming off his best start of spring training, allowing just two hits and one run over 4.1 innings against Oakland.

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