The San Diego Padres and the Atlanta Braves meet in MLB action from Truist Park on Friday night. Let’s dive into the odds, starting pitching matchup, history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Atlanta is a -130 home favorite while San Diego is a +110 road underdog. The total for this game is set at 9.5 runs.
Starting Pitching Matchup
Nick Martinez will start here for the Padres and is 0-1 with a 5.14 ERA and 5 strikeouts this season. Jared Shuster will start for Atlanta and is 0-1 with a 7.71 ERA and 1 strikeout this season.
Matchup History
Atlanta’s 7-6 win on Thursday made it four straight meetings between these two teams without back-to-back winners.
Trends
San Diego is 1-4 in their last 5 road games and 19-8 in their last 27 Friday games while the over is 7-2-1 in their last 10 road games. Atlanta is 43-13 in their last 56 home games and 43-19 in their last 62 games overall while the over is 40-19-5 in their last 64 Friday games.
Pick
I’m backing the over in this one. I just feel like we’re going to see more offense after a thrilling game on Thursday in the opener. I also don’t trust the pitching matchup in the starting role with Martinez against Shuster, and I think we could easily get over this total in the first 5 and by the full game. Give me the over here.