The San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves meet Sunday in MLB action at Truist Park. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
The San Diego Padres have scored 15 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 5 straight games. The Padres are 4-2 this season when scoring 4 or more runs. Xander Bogaerts leads the Padres with 11 hits and 8 RBI, while Manny Machado and Trent Grisham have combined for 17 hits and 5 RBI. Seth Lugo gets the ball, and he is 1-0 with a 1.29 ERA and 7 strikeouts this season. Lugo is 4-5 with a 4.06 ERA and 49 strikeouts in his career against the Braves.
The Atlanta Braves have scored 12 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 7 of their 9 games. The Braves are 6-1 this season when scoring 4 or more runs. Matt Olson leads the Braves with 13 hits and 10 RBI, while Ronald Acuna Jr. and Travis d’Arnaud have combined for 22 hits and 9 RBI. Dylan Dodd gets the ball, and he is 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA and 3 strikeouts this season. This will be Dodd’s first career game against the Padres.
The Padres are 1-4 in their last 5 road games and 21-8 in their last 29 during game 4 of a series. The Braves are 44-14 in their last 58 home games and 44-20 in their last 64 overall. The over is 7-3 in Padres last 10 overall. The under is 5-2 in Braves last 7 overall. The Padres are 5-2 in the last 7 meetings in Atlanta.
Fun matchup under the lights between two offenses that are absolutely rolling out of the gate. The difference for me is that Dodd has just 5 MLB innings under his belt and I need to see a larger sample size before I can get behind him, especially against a lineup this stacked. Lugo has seen the Braves a lot from his time with the Mets. Give me the Padres in this spot because of the experience edge on the hill.