San Diego Padres vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction, 8/7/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Date: Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Location: PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA

TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh

PNC Park is the site where the Pittsburgh Pirates (56-55) will compete against the San Diego Padres (61-52) on Wednesday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Michael King and Marco Gonzales.

The Padres have accounted for 171 doubles as a team and have knocked 128 baseballs out of the park. San Diego is slugging .415 and have struck out 758 times, while drawing a walk on 315 occasions. As a team, the San Diego Padres are scoring 4.7 runs per game, which has them at 12th in MLB. They have 505 RBI's and 1,014 hits on the season, while their team batting average is sitting at .264. They have racked up 526 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .324.

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The Padres are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.01 for the season (17th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 1,003 batters. Padres pitchers have surrendered 123 long balls and 478 runs in total (12th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 322 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 3.85 as a unit for the season. San Diego has conceded 904 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and 446 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.11 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.23.

Padres pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 114 times in addition to having 87 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have tallied 54 holds for the year (21st in the league). The Padres relievers have a save percentage of 61.9% and has entered the game in 97 save situations. They have compiled 26 saves for the season and have missed out on 16 of their 42 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 171 runners this year and 39.8% of them ended up scoring. The Padres have dispatched 369 relievers to the hill so far this year.

The San Diego Padres have a total of 3,002 putouts for the season, as well as 874 assists and 52 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .987 which puts them in 8th in the majors, and they have turned 85 double plays. The Padres have converted 69.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 9,006 innings on the field, ranking them 17th in pro baseball.

King has taken the ball for 371 frames and is sitting with 426 K's so far in his MLB career. His ERA is 3.35 (138 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.182. He has surrendered 311 base hits (7.5 hits per 9 innings) and has had 128 free passes. King (22-23 career mark) has earned a FIP of 3.29 while he has faced 1,549 hitters in the majors.

Pittsburgh has 110 home runs so far this year to go along with 452 runs batted in. They have notched 161 two-baggers, while getting a free base 343 times as well as scoring 468 runs. The Pittsburgh Pirates have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .301 as well as a batting average of .233 on the season. The Pirates have a slugging percentage of .371 and they tally 4.22 runs per contest (18th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 1,019 occasions (5th in baseball) and have notched a total of 877 hits.

The Pittsburgh pitching staff have given up 473 runs so far this season and come in with a team ERA of 3.82 (422 earned runs surrendered). They have given up 113 dingers and they give up 4.29 runs per 9 innings (12th in MLB). The Pirates hold a team WHIP of 1.281 and have a FIP of 3.97 as a team on the campaign. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.40 (930 strikeouts vs 343 bases on balls). They sit at 19th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 929.

Sitting with 103 save situations, the Pirates have accrued 52 holds and 22 blown saves. Pittsburgh has had relievers step onto the mound in 50 save chances and they have earned 28 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 123 times in high leverage situations and also on 88 occasions with base runners. Pittsburgh bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 32.8% out of their 128 inherited runners. They rank 25th in baseball with a save rate of 56.0%, and they have dispatched 338 bullpen pitchers onto the field on the campaign.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have gotten 94 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .985 (19th in MLB). The Pirates have recorded 971 assists, 61 errors and have a tally of 2,980 putouts over the course of the season. In their 8,940 innings on the diamond, the Pirates have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.2% (23rd in the majors).

In his MLB career, Gonzales has conceded 948 base hits while he has accumulated 685 punch outs in 922 innings pitched. Gonzales (66-50 career win-loss mark) has earned a 4.13 ERA and has allowed 9.3 hits per nine innings. He has conceded 423 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.296 and a FIP of 4.1. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.77 and he has faced 3,896 hitters during his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Pittsburgh

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