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The Clippers now own the West's best per game point differential (+6.6), which is a big deal, despite being just 2-2 SU since the restart. Montrezl Harrell and Patrick Beverley is still out with injuries, which probably factors into the line move, but LA was still able to defeat Dallas by double digits on Thursday. Portland is probably without Hassan Whiteside today.

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Paddack (2-0, 2.65 earned run average) makes his fourth start of the season against Arizona right-hander Merrill Kelly (1-1, 2.63 ERA). Paddack faced the Diamondbacks and Madison Bumgarner in the season opener on July 24 at Petco Park. He recorded the win, holding the Diamondbacks scoreless on four hits and a walk with four strikeouts over six innings. In his first three starts, Paddack has given up five runs on 15 hits and one walk with 15 strikeouts in 17 innings. Kelly did not face the Padres in the first series between the National League West rivals. But he did see them five times in 2019 as he returned to the United States after playing four seasons in Korea. Overall, Kelly was 13-14 with a 4.42 ERA in 32 starts for the Diamondbacks in 2019.

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Yankees ace Gerrit Cole (3-0, 2.55 ERA) will make his fourth start in Game 1, and the right-hander with the huge price tag has been well worth the investment so far. Since last May 22, Cole has been unbeatable, posting a 19-0 mark and a 1.86 ERA in his 25 starts during the regular season. The hot streak is the sixth-longest unbeaten stretch in major league history. Tyler Glasnow (0-0, 3.12 ERA) will start opposite Cole. The right-hander has been efficient in two short outings, allowing three runs on four hits -- two of them home runs -- in 8 2/3 innings. He has walked five and fanned 14. Glasnow is 0-1 with a 3.60 ERA in two career starts against the Yankees, striking out 14 in 10 innings.

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Seattle starter Margevicius was 2-6 with a 6.79 ERA for the Padres last year before being put on waivers. He was claimed by the Mariners in the offseason and started the abbreviated campaign in the bullpen, registering a 5.40 ERA in three appearances in relief, before an injury to Kendall Graveman opened a spot in Seattle's six-man rotation. Margevicius was 0-2 with a 16.55 ERA in three starts against the Rockies last season. The Rockies will start right-hander Ryan Castellani, one of their top pitching prospects. He was recalled from their alternate training site and will make his major-league debut, manager Bud Black announced. Bone fragments in his elbow limited Castellani, a second-round draft pick as a high schooler in 2014, to 10 starts in Triple-A last season, but he impressed in the Arizona Fall League with a 2.16 ERA in five starts.