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The Dodgers open this NL West set at Oracle Park on Tuesday night with first pitch set for 9:45 p.m. ET, 6:45 p.m. local time. Los Angeles comes in at 16-6 and sitting on top of the division, while San Francisco is 9-13 and trying to stabilize after a slow first three weeks. This is the first regular-season meeting between the clubs in 2026, and the market still has the Dodgers installed as the road favorite behind Yoshinobu Yamamoto against Landen Roupp. The game will air on SportsNet LA and NBC Sports Bay Area. There is some weather noise here, too, and that matters more than usual at Oracle. Forecasts call for rain chances tapering into the evening, with temperatures

JJ Wetherholt, off to a solid start to his rookie season, and the St. Louis Cardinals will look to bounce back on Tuesday after dropping the opener of a three-game series against the host Miami Marlins. The 23-year-old second baseman, who went 0-for-3 in a 5-3 loss on Monday, is hitting .228 with three homers, 11 RBIs, four steals and a .730 OPS in 22 games. The Cardinals’ first-round pick, seventh overall, in 2024, Wetherholt mostly played shortstop in the minor leagues but moved to second base because the Cardinals have a Gold Glove winner at his position, Masyn Winn. Still, Wetherholt has above-average tools in terms of his speed, arm, power and hitting, and he has earned the trust

The start of Isaac Paredes’ second season with the Houston Astros has not gone according to plan. After he was an All-Star last season, Paredes entered play Monday hitting .190, slugging .254 and homerless after he had 20 long balls last season. He believes things are starting to trend back in the right direction after hitting his first two homers of the season on Monday in the Astros’ 9-2 win over the host Cleveland Guardians in the series opener. Paredes will pursue an encore when the teams meet again in the middle contest of a three-game set on Tuesday. “A lot of happiness because of what I’ve been going through,” Paredes said on the postgame broadcast when asked about his

The National League Central-leading Cincinnati Reds have found ways to win despite some dreadful offensive numbers, but their hitters might be finding some form on the current road trip. Winners of four straight to start a six-game trek, the Reds will look for a second consecutive victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Fla. Cincinnati led 2-1 after one inning on Monday and never looked back, cruising to a 6-1 victory. Entering the matchup batting a paltry .178 average with runners in scoring position, the Reds went 4-for-13 on Monday while the Rays finished 0-for-7 in those situations. As a result, Cincinnati logged a ninth win in 11 road outings. While the series opener ended up