Boston Red Sox vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 5/20/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs San Diego Padres

Date: Saturday, May 20, 2023

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Bally Sports San Diego

Odds/Point Spread: Boston (+110) San Diego (-130)

Petco Park is the site where the San Diego Padres (20-24) will try to beat the Boston Red Sox (24-20) on Saturday. The moneyline on this game has Boston at +110 and San Diego is coming in at -130. The over/under comes in at 8. The starting pitchers are Chris Sale and Joe Musgrove.

Boston owns a slugging percentage of .451 and have struck out 341 times, while drawing a walk on 144 occasions. They have amassed 238 runs batted in as well as 411 hits this year, while their batting average comes in at .272. The Red Sox have recorded 100 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 55 baseballs out of the stadium. They have accumulated 248 runs while having a team OBP of .342. As a squad, the Boston Red Sox are scoring 5.6 runs per game, which is 3rd in baseball.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.71 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.38. Red Sox pitchers have given up 61 home runs and 232 total runs (27th in the league). Boston has surrendered 399 hits (9.2 per 9 innings) as well as 216 earned runs. The Red Sox have a team earned run average of 5.00 so far this year (26th in the league), and their staff has struck out 371 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 137 batters and their FIP is 4.67 as a unit for the season.

The Red Sox relief pitchers have a save percentage of 68.8% and has stepped onto the mound in 40 save situations. The relievers have inherited 31 runners this season with 48.4% of those players ended up scoring. Red Sox relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 20 times as well as having 30 appearances in high leverage situations. The Red Sox have dispatched 140 relievers to the mound on the campaign. The relievers have tallied 24 holds so far this year (11th in baseball). They have earned 11 saves for the season and have not converted 5 out of their 16 chances to save the game.

The Red Sox have turned 67.6% of baseballs in play into outs out of 3,501 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 22nd in MLB. The Boston Red Sox have a total of 1,167 putouts this year, in addition to 391 assists and 30 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .981 which has them sitting 27th in baseball, and they have turned 33 double plays.

Sale has taken the mound for 1,721 innings and has earned 2,118 punch outs in his career. His ERA is 3.09 (591 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.048. He has given up 1,405 base knocks (7.3 hits per nine innings) and has 399 free passes. Sale (117-77 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 2.94 while he has faced 6,940 opposing hitters during his time in the majors.

The San Diego Padres have tallied a team OBP of .317 in addition to a team batting average of .226 for the year. They have been rung up on 393 occasions (9th in baseball) and have recorded 325 base hits. San Diego has 46 home runs this year to go along with 162 RBIs. The Padres hold a slugging % of .382 and they are earning 3.91 runs per contest (26th in the league). They have put up 77 doubles, while taking a walk 183 times and putting up 172 runs.

The San Diego pitching staff have allowed 180 runs for the season while having an ERA of 3.97 (172 earned runs allowed). They have yielded 50 home runs and they concede 4.15 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Padres have a WHIP of 1.263 with a FIP of 4.39 as a staff on the year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.60 (372 strikeouts vs 153 free passes). They come in at 5th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 340.

Sitting with 50 save situations, the Padres have accumulated 29 holds and also 8 blown saves. San Diego has called on relievers to take the mound in 21 save chances and they have converted 13 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 51 times in high leverage situations and also on 31 occasions with runners on. San Diego relievers have an inherited score rate of 39.6% of 48 inherited base runners. They rank 18th in baseball holding a save rate of 61.9%, and they have sent 136 relievers to the hill on the campaign.

The San Diego Padres have turned 33 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .993 (1st in the majors). The Padres have accrued 386 assists, 11 errors and have notched a total of 1,172 putouts so far this season. In their 3,516 innings on the diamond, the Padres hold a defensive efficiency of 71.8% (2nd in MLB).

During his career, Musgrove has given up 809 base hits while earning 871 strikeouts in 878 innings pitched. Musgrove (51-55 career record) is the owner of a 3.85 earned run average and has conceded 8.3 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 376 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.179 and a FIP of 3.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.85 and he has gone up against 3,664 opposing batters during his pro baseball career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Boston (+110)

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