San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 8/31/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Bay Area

Odds/Point Spread: San Diego (-120) San Francisco (+100)

The San Diego Padres (71-59) are en route to Oracle Park on Wednesday where they will compete against the San Francisco Giants (61-66). The moneyline on this matchup has the Padres at -120 and the Giants are opening at +100. The over/under has been set at 7.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Joe Musgrove and Alex Wood.

San Diego has a slugging % of .382 and have struck out 1,062 times, while taking a walk on 470 occasions. They have accumulated 558 RBI's as well as 1,065 hits this year, while their team batting average is at .242. The Padres have tallied 223 doubles as a squad and have knocked 118 baseballs out of the stadium. They have earned a total of 576 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .321. As a squad, the San Diego Padres are earning 4.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 13th in baseball.

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The Padres are sitting with a team ERA of 3.81 on the campaign (11th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 1,148 batters. Their K/BB ratio is 3.08 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.22. Padres pitchers have given up 131 home runs in addition to 533 total runs (13th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 373 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 3.75 as a unit so far this year.

The Padres have dispatched 378 relievers to the mound on the year. The relief pitchers have inherited 159 runners this year with 40.3% of them ended up crossing the plate. They have tallied 40 saves on the year and have blown 18 of 58 save chances. The Padres bullpen have accumulated a save percentage of 69.0% and has come into the game in 120 save situations. The relief pitchers have earned 58 holds on the season (22nd in the league). Padres pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 100 times and also have had 134 appearances in high leverage situations.

The San Diego Padres have amassed 3,468 putouts on the year, in addition to 1,134 assists and 63 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .986 which puts them in 11th in the majors, and have accumulated 97 double plays. The Padres have transformed 69.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of 10,404 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 15th in pro baseball.

Musgrove has taken the mound for 820 innings and is sitting with 806 K's so far in his MLB career. His earned run average is 3.84 (350 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.167. He has given up 753 base knocks (8.3 hits per nine innings) and has had 205 free passes. Musgrove (48-53 career win-loss mark) has a FIP of 3.78 while he has faced 3,414 batters in the major leagues.

The San Francisco Giants hold a team on-base percentage of .316 as well as a batting average of .233 so far this year. They have been rung up on 1,109 occasions (11th in the league) and have a total of 985 base hits. San Francisco has a total of 143 long balls over the course of the season as well as 537 runs batted in. The Giants hold a team SLG% of .390 and they tally 4.42 runs per contest (14th in the league). They have put up 208 doubles, while getting a free base 455 times and earning 561 runs.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.285 with a FIP of 3.55 as a team on the season. They rank 22nd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,093. The San Francisco pitching staff have given up 564 runs this year while having an ERA of 4.00 (499 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio is 3.04 (1,065 strikeouts vs 350 free passes). They have given up 110 long balls and they concede 4.52 runs per 9 innings (19th in baseball).

San Francisco has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the mound in 45 save chances and they have tallied 27 saves. They are ranked 20th in baseball with a save rate of 60.0%, and they have sent 446 relievers to the mound this season. Their relievers have come in 134 times in high leverage situations and on 112 occasions with runners on. San Francisco bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 35.6% out of their 163 inherited base runners. With 105 save situations, the Giants have accumulated 57 holds and 18 blown saves.

Out of their 10,107 innings on the diamond, the Giants have earned a defensive efficiency of 67.8% (27th in pro baseball). The San Francisco Giants have turned 93 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .984 (24th in the majors). The Giants have accrued 1,205 assists, 76 errors and have 3,369 putouts this year.

So far in his career, Wood has surrendered 1,057 base knocks while he has accumulated 1,061 strikeouts in 1,116 innings. Wood (71-59 win-loss record in his career) has a 3.67 ERA while surrendering 8.5 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 455 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.226 and a FIP of 3.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.40 and he has faced 4,666 opposing hitters so far in his MLB career.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Diego (-120)

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