San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers Starting Lineup — Friday, Jul 3, 2026

San Diego has a few notable success stories against Shohei Ohtani, led by Jake Cronenworth, who is 3-for-3 with a 3.667 OPS, and Manny Machado, who is 2-for-4 in 6 PA with a 1.000 OPS. Fernando Tatis Jr. is 1-for-6 in 7 PA with a .453 OPS, while Xander Bogaerts is 2-for-11 in 12 PA with a .705 OPS. Ty France has the deepest history here at 3-for-17 in 20 PA with a .535 OPS, Gavin Sheets is 1-for-8 with a .250 OPS, and Jackson Merrill is hitless in his lone at-bat, going 0-for-1 with a .000 OPS. Sung-Mun Song and Rodolfo Durán have no MLB history vs Ohtani.

Los Angeles brings much more established history against Michael King, starting with Shohei Ohtani at 8-for-18 in 21 PA with a 1.580 OPS. Mookie Betts is 4-for-16 in 18 PA with a .958 OPS, Teoscar Hernández is 6-for-22 in 24 PA with a .742 OPS, and Alex Freeland is 1-for-1 in 2 PA with a 2.000 OPS. Andy Pages has reached in limited work, going 1-for-4 in 8 PA with a .875 OPS, while Freddie Freeman is 2-for-14 in 17 PA with a .437 OPS, Max Muncy is 2-for-14 in 16 PA with a .679 OPS, and Kyle Tucker is 1-for-10 in 11 PA with a .191 OPS. Dalton Rushing has no MLB history vs King.

The Dodgers clearly have the more familiar group against the opposing starter, with several hitters carrying double-digit at-bat samples against King. San Diego has some standout individual results against Ohtani, but less overall depth and two batters with no prior history.