Or are they setting themselves up for another October fall after dropping the opener of a three-game showdown against a Padres team that looked spirited, energetic and younger?

The Padres staged a dramatic eighth-inning comeback on Sunday afternoon. The Dodgers upstaged them with a wild ninth-inning rally, featuring back-to-back home runs from Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts.

The San Diego Padres hit the road to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers for a pivotal three-game series beginning Tuesday night. Below we will continue with our MLB odds series as we hand out a Padres-Dodgers prediction and pick.