Free MLB Pick: Pirates vs. Padres Odds
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2019 MLB Season
(21-20) Pittsburgh Pirates vs. San Diego Padres (23-21)
Date: Saturday May 18, 2019
Time: 8:40 PM ET
Venue: Petco Park, San Diego, CA
Projected Pitchers: TBD vs. Margevicius
MLB Moneyline Odds: OFF
MLB RunLine Betting Odds: OFF
MLB Baseball Gambling Total: OFF (As of 7:15pm ET Friday)
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Gregory Polanco homered against San Diego on Thursday but it wasn’t enough in a 4–3 San Diego win. Ian Kinsler hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning to propel the Padres to a win.
Pittsburgh’s Trevor Williams left with two outs in the fourth with a strained side muscle. Francisco Liriano came on earlier than usual and struck out three of the four batters he retired. He’s now thrown more than twenty innings this season and given up just two runs on a homer. He’s been predictably nasty out of the ‘pen with a WHIP just over one.
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Felipe Vazquez, Pittsburgh’s lefty closer, has been even better. He’s given up just one run (on a solo homer) in an out shy of twenty innings. Those two could use some additional help, though. Kyle Crick is the only other guy with an ERA+ over 100 (151). He’s thrown fourteen innings.
San Diego Padres
San Diego has been slightly under .500 since Fernando Tatis Jr. went out with a hamstring injury at the end of April but it’s still two games over .500 going into Friday.
Tatis is unlikely to return on San Diego’s current home stand, which runs through next Wednesday before the Padres take a day off and head East (and actually North of the border to play Toronto).
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Nick Margevicius gave up eight hits and a walk in his last outing against Colorado and his ERA inflated by more than half a run, up to 4.14. He’s yet to face Pittsburgh this season and ought to do well against a lineup that hits lefties better than it does righties.
MLB Baseball Betting Trends:
- Under is 37-12-2 in PIT last 51 Sat. games.
- PIT are 14-5 in their last 19 Sat. games.
- Over is 10-4 in PIT last 14 overall.
- SD are 5-14 in their last 19 Sat. games.
- Over is 7-3-1 in SD last 11 Sat. games.
- Under is 16-7 in SD last 23 home games.
Free Pittsburgh Pirates vs. San Diego Padres MLB Prediction: San Diego in a low-scoring game.
This whole series should be low-scoring and close but I’m taking the Padres at home.
4* Free MLB Betting Pick: Odds aren’t yet available but a final score prediction is below.
MLB Free Score Prediction: Pittsburgh 1 – Padres 3
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