Luis Arraez, batting .320 this season, leads the San Diego Padres (86-66) into a matchup with Yordan Alvarez (.307 AVG) and the Houston Astros (82-69). The Padres are -118 favorites on the moneyline for the matchup at PETCO Park, beginning at 6:40 p.m. ET live on SCHN.
Dylan Cease takes the mound for San Diego while Framber Valdez is Houston’s starter for the contest.
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The Padres have won 56 of the 98 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (57.1%).
In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -118 or shorter, San Diego has a 45-35 record (winning 56.2% of its games).
The Astros have entered the game as underdogs 39 times this season and won 19, or 48.7%, of those games.
Houston is 10-11 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +101 or more on the moneyline.
In the 152 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for the Padres, they have combined with opponents to go over the total 80 times (80-69-3).
The Astros’ games have gone over the total in 61 of their 151 chances.
Padres Stats & Insights
The Padres have the No. 7 offense in MLB action scoring 4.8 runs per game (722 total runs).
San Diego averages 1.2 home runs per game to rank 11th in baseball with 176 total home runs.
The Padres lead the majors with a .265 batting average.
San Diego’s hitters strike out 6.6 times per game, the fewest strikeouts in the majors.
The 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Padres pitching staff ranks fourth in the majors.
San Diego’s 3.91 team ERA ranks 12th across all MLB pitching staffs.
Astros Stats & Insights
The Astros have scored 695 runs (4.6 per game) this season, which ranks 13th in MLB.
Houston ranks 11th in Major League Baseball with 176 home runs.
The Astros have a team batting average of .262 this season, which ranks third among MLB teams.
Houston ranks third in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 7.3 Ks per contest.
The Astros have a 9.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, second-best in baseball.
Houston has the sixth-best ERA (3.71) in the majors this season.
Padres Key Players to Watch
The Padres will send Cease (13-11) out to make his 32nd start of the season. He is 13-11 with a 3.58 ERA and 215 strikeouts through 176 2/3 innings pitched.
Jurickson Profar is batting .284 with 23 home runs and 83 RBI for San Diego this season.
Manny Machado is batting .278 this season with a team-high 27 home runs and 102 RBI.
Arraez leads San Diego with a .320 batting average while slugging four homers and driving in 43 runs.
Jackson Merrill has 151 hits and an OBP of .320 to go with a slugging percentage of .500 this season.
Astros Key Players to Watch
Valdez (14-6) will take the mound for the Astros, his 27th start of the season.
Alvarez has racked up a team-high batting average of .307, and paces the Astros in home runs (34) and runs batted in (85).
Jose Altuve has 29 doubles, 19 home runs and 45 walks while batting .301.
Alex Bregman is hitting .256 with 28 doubles, two triples, 23 home runs and 42 walks.
Yainer Diaz has 26 doubles, three triples, 16 home runs and 23 walks while batting .297.
Padres and Astros Injuries
Padres: Ha-Seong Kim: 10 Day IL (Shoulder), Stephen Kolek: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Luis Patiño: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Astros: Chas McCormick: 10 Day IL (Wrist), Ben Gamel: 10 Day IL (Knee), Jose Urquidy: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Luis Garcia: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Oliver Ortega: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Cristian Javier: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Lance McCullers Jr.: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Penn Murfee: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Kendall Graveman: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Bennett Sousa: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), J.P. France: 60 Day IL (Undisclosed)
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