The San Diego Padres are set to do battle against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PETCO Park. The game will begin at 10:10 p.m. ET and this NL matchup will be shown on either ATPT or FSSD.
Pittsburgh Pirates at San Diego Padres Odds
The Pirates are 39-42 SU and have gone 36-44 against the spread (ATS). They’ve lost 6.8 units for bettors taking the moneyline and 10.9 units ATS. The Padres, on the other hand, are 36-48 SU and 41-42 ATS. They’ve lost 2.7 units for bettors taking the moneyline and 14.1 units ATS.
Padres games have an over/under record of 37-44-2 so far in 2018. Pittsburgh has an over/under record of 37-36-7.
Trevor Williams will get the start for the visiting Pirates. The right-handed Williams is 6-5 with a 4.03 ERA and 64 strikeouts. He’s 0-0 with five strikeouts and a 6.00 ERA against San Diego this year.
The Padres are putting the ball in the left hand of Joey Lucchesi (3-3, 3.57 ERA), who has 55 strikeouts and 19 walks this season as well as a 1.25 WHIP. Lucchesi has yet to face the Pirates this year and did not accrue any MLB pitching stats in 2017.
As a unit, San Diego’s pitching staff has yielded 4.5 runs per game overall this season. The team’s starters have an ERA of 4.58, a WHIP of 1.43 and a strikeouts-per-nine of 7.9. The bullpen has a 3.49 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 9.5 K/9.
The San Diego hitters have put up 3.7 runs per contest, including 2.9 per game over its last 10 games and 2.8 per game over their last five. The team has slashed .231/.285/.318 over its last five matchups and is 1-4 SU during that stretch.
The Padres’ hitters have been led by Eric Hosmer, who is hitting .277/.351/.440 with nine home runs, 36 RBIs and 37 runs scored.
In the other dugout, Pittsburgh’s pitchers have allowed 4.5 runs per game and its starting pitchers own a 4.16 ERA, 1.26 WHIP and 7.65 K/9. The bullpen has logged an ERA of 4.22, along with a WHIP of 1.26 and a K/9 of 9.59.
Pirates hitters have slashed .249/.321/.401 on their way to 4.4 runs scored per game this year, including 2.9 runs per game over the team’s last 10 games and 4.0 per game over the team’s last five contests (3-2 SU).
Pittsburgh’s offense has been led by Corey Dickerson. Dickerson is slashing .297/.333/.438 with five home runs, 32 RBIs and 33 runs scored.
The Pirates just took the previous game in the series by a final score of six runs to three.
Pittsburgh Pirates at San Diego Padres MLB Pick
Predictions: SU Winner – Padres, ATS Winner – Pirates, O/U – OVER
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Betting Trends
The over has cashed in just two of San Diego’s last seven games.
Each team has swatted five home runs over its last 10 outings.
Pittsburgh has recorded 17.7 Runs + Hits + Errors per game over its last 10 outings and 21.2 over its last five.
The Padres have dropped five of their last six games SU.
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