Padres at Giants Odds & Prediction 6/19/23
Date:
June 19, 9:45 pm
Location:
Oracle Park
TV:
MLBTV
Betting Odds
Moneyline:
SD -120/SF +100
Total:
8.5ov -120
<p>Two teams playing some good ball as of late meet when the Padres and Giants open a three-game NL West series at Oracle Park Monday night. Rookie right-hander Ryan Walker makes his first career ML start here for San Francisco against veteran Michael Wacha for San Diego.<br />
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<h2>MLB Betting Odds </h2>
<p>Monday's baseball betting market opened San Diego and Wacha at around -120 over San Francisco and Walker, with an over/under of 8.5 runs. Both figures were holding steady in the early betting action.</p>
<h2>Padres-Giants Betting Preview</h2>
<p>San Diego just took two of three games at home from Tampa Bay over the weekend, winning Sunday's series finale 5-4. Just before that, the Padres took two of three from Cleveland, and just before that, they took two of three from Colorado.<br />
So San Diego is 3-0 over its last three series and 6-3 over its last nine games.<br />
At 34-35 overall, the Padres sit in ninth place in the National League playoff standings, 2.5 games out of sixth place.<br />
San Francisco, meanwhile, just swept three games at the Dodgers over the weekend by a combined score of 29-8! Just before that, the Giants swept three games at St. Louis, and just before that, they won the final game of a series with the Cubs.<br />
So San Francisco rides a seven-game winning streak into Monday night.<br />
At 39-32 overall, the Giants sit in fourth place in the NL standings and trail first-<br />
place Arizona by 3.5 games in the NL West.<br />
This series is the second meeting between these longtime rivals this season; back in April the Padres swept two games from San Francisco down in San Diego.</p>
<h2>Monday's Pitching Match-Up</h2>
<p>Rookie <a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/595439" title="Ryan Walker Pitching Game Logs">Walker</a> is making his first career start in the Bigs Monday night, to go along with 11 appearances in relief. Most recently, last Friday, he tossed 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief against the Dodgers. And over his last six appearances, he allowed two runs - just one earned - and seven hits through eight innings, with one walk against nine strikeouts.<br />
Walker earned his shot with the Big Club by going 13-6 with a 3.15 ERA and 13 saves through parts of five Minor League seasons. He also recorded 246 K's through 214 innings.<br />
This will be Walker's first career action against San Diego.<br />
<a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/48251" title="Michael Wacha Pitching Game Stats">Wacha</a> is 8/13 on quality starts this season and seven for his last eight. Last Wednesday, he held the Indians scoreless on four hits through 6 2/3 innings of a 5-0<br />
Padres victory. And just before that, he held the Mariners scoreless through six of a 10-3 San Diego win.<br />
The Padres are 9-4 with Wacha this season, 5-2 his last seven times out.<br />
This start will be Wacha's first against San Francisco since 2019, when he was still with St. Louis, and that's already a long time ago.</p>
<h2>Splits With the Sticks</h2>
<p>San Diego is batting .219 against right-handed pitching this season, with a .317 team OBP and a .372 team slugging percentage.<br />
San Francisco is slashing .250/.334/.430 against right-handed pitching. The Giants have also scored at least seven runs six times over their last seven games.<br />
The Bullpens<br />
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<p>The Giants bullpen owns a 3.77 ERA this season, along with a 1.21 WHIP and a 3.03 K/BB ratio.<br />
The Padres pen owns a 3.21 ERA, an ML-best 1.16 WHIP, and a 2.70 K/BB ratio.</p>
<h2>MLB Betting Trends </h2>
<p>San Diego is 16-16 on the road this season and 23-24 against right-handed starters.<br />
San Francisco is 18-17 at home and 27-26 against right-handed starters.</p>
<h2>Totals Report </h2>
<ul>
<li>The Unders are a lopsided 45-24 in Padres games this season.</li>
<li>The Unders are 35-34 in Giants games.</li>
<li>The Unders are 18-15 at Oracle Park this season.</li>
<li>The Unders are 9-4 with Wacha this season.</li>
</ul>
Padres vs. Giants 6/19/23 Free Moneyline Pick
Wacha gets the checkmark in the pitching match-up because he's going so good as of late. From there, San Francisco owns a short edge with the sticks, but San Diego owns a short edge in the bullpen comparison. Also, after sweeping the rival Dodgers in LA, we won't be surprised if the Giants suffer a bit of a letdown over the next series or so. We're betting on the Padres Monday night.
Free Pick:
Take San Diego -115
