Los Angeles, CA (My Sportsbook) - The Los Angeles Dodgers will hope for some good fortune while winning their fourth game in five tries tonight in the opener of a four-game series against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium.

On Wednesday, Brian Jordan's RBI single capped a two-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Dodgers downed the Colorado Rockies, 3-2. Marquis Grissom had an RBI double in the ninth for LA, which remains three games behind San Francisco for the NL wild card lead with four games left.

Dodgers closer Eric Gagne (3-1) picked up the win by tossing a scoreless ninth.

Starter Giovanni Carrara yielded two runs on four hits in five innings of work for the Dodgers. He struck out five and walked one in his first start of the year.

San Diego suffered a 6-0 loss to the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. Clay Condrey (1-2) suffered the defeat for the Padres, who have lost four straight and six of their last seven games. He surrendered five hits and five runs -- four earned -- over five innings.

Hideo Nomo takes the mound tonight for the Dodgers, seeking his sixth win in eight starts. The Japanese righthander is 5-0 in his last seven starts and has gone 7-0 since his last loss came on July 16. On Saturday, he yielded two earned runs on four hits over eight innings in a 5-3 win at San Diego. In his last three starts, he has allowed seven runs over 20 2/3 innings.

Nomo is 2-1 with a 2.05 ERA in three starts against the Padres this season. For his career, he has gone 7-4 with an ERA of 4.00 versus San Diego.

At home this season, he is 7-3 with a 3.68 ERA in 16 starts.

Brett Tomko counters for the visitors, hoping to stay on the winning track. He snapped a two-game skid with a win on Friday after allowing four runs on seven hits during 5 2/3 frames in an 8-4 win over Los Angeles. In his last three starts, the righthander has allowed 17 runs over 14 1/3 innings.

Tomko is 3-0 with a 3.71 ERA in four starts against the Dodgers this season. Lifetime, he is 5-2 with a 3.15 ERA versus LA.

In 14 starts on the road in 2002, he is 4-5 with a 5.02 ERA.

The Padres own an 8-7 edge in the season series, but each team has won three of the six meetings in Los Angeles this year.