San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 6/20/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

The San Diego Padres (35-36) are traveling to Oracle Park on Tuesday where they will take on the San Francisco Giants (39-32). The expected starting pitchers will be Seth Lugo and Anthony DeSclafani.

As a team, the San Diego Padres are putting up 4.2 runs per contest, which ranks them 22nd in MLB. They are sitting with 300 runs while having a team OBP of .319. The Padres have compiled 127 doubles as a squad and have knocked 83 baseballs out of the park. They have accounted for 284 RBI's in addition to 529 base knocks this season, while their average at the plate is at .228. San Diego is slugging .395 and have been called out on strikes 616 times, while being walked on 294 occasions.

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They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.70 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.23. Padres pitchers have yielded 75 home runs and also 276 runs in total (4th in the league). San Diego has yielded 547 hits (7.8 per 9 innings) as well as 263 earned runs. The Padres are sitting with a team ERA of 3.75 on the year (4th in the league), and their staff has struck out 613 batters. They have walked 227 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.09 as a unit so far this season.

Padres pitchers have stepped onto the hill with opponents on base 45 times in addition to having 70 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have accumulated 43 holds for the year (7th in the league). The Padres relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 64.5% and has stepped onto the mound in 74 save situations. They have tallied 20 saves so far this season and have blown 11 of 31 chances to save the game. The relief pitchers have inherited 72 runners for the season with 36.1% of them crossed home plate. The Padres have dispatched 218 relievers to the hill over the course of the season.

The San Diego Padres have accounted for 1,893 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 634 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .990 which ranks 1st in MLB, and they have twisted 59 double plays. The Padres have transformed 71.0% of balls in play into outs in their 5,679 innings, ranking them 3rd in MLB.

Lugo has pitched in 536 innings and has racked up 546 strikeouts thus far in his career. His earned run average is 3.52 (210 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.180. He has allowed 485 base hits (8.1 hits per nine innings) and has had 148 walks. Lugo (35-27 win-loss record in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.66 while going up against 2,225 batters during his time in the majors.

The Giants have a team SLG% of .422 and they tally 4.99 runs per game (7th in baseball). They have notched 127 doubles, while taking a walk 247 times and putting up 354 runs. San Francisco is sitting with 90 home runs on the year as well as 349 runs batted in. They have struck out on 692 occasions (3rd in baseball) and have notched a total of 624 hits. The San Francisco Giants have compiled an OBP of .330 in addition to a team batting average of .255 on the season.

The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.254 and have a FIP of 3.89 as a unit so far this season. They are currently ranked 16th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 596. The San Francisco pitching staff have yielded 306 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 3.85 (271 earned runs conceded). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.90 (627 strikeouts vs 198 free passes). They have conceded 72 dingers and they yield 4.35 runs per 9 innings (10th in baseball).

San Francisco has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 35 save chances and they have walked away with 27 saves. They are ranked 1st in MLB holding a save rate of 77.1%, and they have dispatched 219 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the season. Their relief pitchers have come in 68 times in high leverage situations and on 66 occasions with runners on. San Francisco relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 26.3% out of their 99 inherited runners. Sitting with 71 save situations, the Giants have earned 34 holds in addition to 8 blown saves.

Out of their 5,703 innings on the diamond, the Giants hold a efficiency on defense of 67.9% (25th in the majors). The San Francisco Giants have gotten 67 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .979 (30th in professional baseball). The Giants have recorded 710 assists, 55 errors and have 1,901 putouts on the campaign.

So far in his career, DeSclafani has allowed 916 base knocks while he has totaled 811 K's in 922 innings pitched. DeSclafani (54-54 win-loss record in his career) holds a 4.14 earned run average while allowing 8.9 hits per nine innings. He has conceded a total of 424 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.262 and having a FIP of 4.1. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.27 and he has gone up against 3,875 opposing batters so far in his pro baseball career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take San Francisco

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