San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 9/14/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Bay Area

The San Diego Padres (82-65) are traveling to Oracle Park on Saturday where they will try to beat the San Francisco Giants (72-74). The starting pitchers will be Joe Musgrove and Mason Black.

The Padres have tallied 221 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 170 baseballs out of the park. San Diego has a slugging % of .417 and have been rung up 962 times, while drawing a walk on 421 occasions. As a unit, the San Diego Padres are putting up 4.8 runs per game, which has them at 8th in baseball. They have accounted for 668 RBI's in addition to 1,323 hits for the season, while their batting average is at .264. They have earned a total of 699 runs and have an on-base percentage of .326.

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The Padres are sitting with a team ERA of 4.01 for the season (15th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 1,327 hitters. Padres pitchers have surrendered 158 long balls in addition to 628 runs (14th in the league). They have walked 426 hitters and their FIP sits at 3.82 as a team so far this season. San Diego has given up 1,199 base knocks (8.3 per 9 innings) as well as 581 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.12 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.25.

Padres relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 148 times in addition to having 130 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have notched 70 holds for the season (21st in the league). The Padres relief pitchers have a save percentage of 63.8% and has entered the game in 130 save situations. They have 37 saves on the campaign and have missed out on 21 out of their 58 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 227 runners over the course of the season and 35.2% of them crossed the plate. The Padres have dispatched 489 relievers to the mound for the year.

The San Diego Padres have earned 3,913 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,158 assists and 65 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .987 which has them ranked 5th in baseball, and they have turned 108 double plays. The Padres have transformed 69.2% of balls in play into outs out of 11,739 innings, which ranks them 20th in pro baseball.

Musgrove has taken the hill for 1,037 innings and has accumulated 1,027 K's in his career. His ERA is 3.78 (436 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.175. He has allowed 958 base knocks (8.3 hits per 9 innings) and has 261 walks. Musgrove (65-62 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.73 while facing 4,315 opposing hitters during his time in the majors.

The Giants have a team slugging percentage of .397 and they average 4.32 runs per game (16th in MLB). They have recorded 245 doubles, while walking 456 times as well as earning 630 runs. San Francisco has recorded 157 HRs for the season to go along with 601 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 1,291 instances (10th in MLB) and have recorded 1,182 base hits. The San Francisco Giants have earned an OBP of .309 as well as a team batting average of .240 so far this season.

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.301 and have a FIP of 3.88 as a staff this year. They sit at 21st in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,207. The San Francisco pitching staff have allowed 642 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 4.17 (598 earned runs conceded). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 9.00 (1,291 strikeouts vs 471 free passes). They have surrendered 145 HR's and they give up 4.48 runs per 9 innings (17th in MLB).

Sitting with 139 save situations, the Giants have 88 holds in addition to 18 blown saves. San Francisco has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 49 save opportunities and they have converted 31 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 137 times in high leverage situations in addition to 120 occasions with runners on. San Francisco relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 36.2% out of their 177 inherited base runners. They are ranked 16th in MLB with a save rate of 63.3%, and they have dispatched 503 bullpen pitchers onto the field on the season.

The San Francisco Giants have turned 129 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .984 (21st in the majors). The Giants have accrued 1,417 assists, 84 errors and have a tally of 3,870 putouts for the season. In 11,610 innings on the diamond, the Giants are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 68.2% (27th in the majors).

During his MLB career, Black has conceded 31 hits while he has accumulated 22 strikeouts in 24 frames. He has surrendered 20 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.625 and a FIP of 7.4. His K/BB ratio is 2.75 and he has gone up against 111 opposing batters so far in his MLB career. Black (0-3 career record) has earned a 7.50 earned run average and has allowed 11.6 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take San Diego

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