The San Diego Padres (27-21) play the Atlanta Braves (24-24) after Gavin Sheets homered twice in a 7-6 loss to the Blue Jays. The Braves are favored (-141) in this matchup with the Padres (+120), which starts at 7:15 p.m. ET on Friday. Atlanta has Chris Sale starting, while San Diego will counter with Nick Pivetta.

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Braves vs. Padres betting lines

• Favorite: Braves (-141)
• Underdog: Padres (+120)
• Over/under: 8

Braves betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Braves betting info

• The Braves have won 55.6% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (20-16).
• In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -141 or shorter, Atlanta has a 13-9 record (winning 59.1% of its games).
• The Braves have an implied moneyline win probability of 58.5% in this game.
• In the 48 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for Atlanta, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 18 times (18-26-4).
• The Braves have a 22-26-0 record against the spread this season (covering 45.8% of the time).

Braves hitting info

• Matt Olson has hit a team-high 10 homers.
• In MLB action, Olson ranks 20th in home runs and 57th in RBI.
• Olson enters this game on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .400 with two doubles, three home runs, a walk and five RBIs.
• Marcell Ozuna has six doubles, eight home runs and 40 walks while hitting .266.
• Ozuna currently ranks 45th in homers and 89th in RBI in the bigs.
• Ozuna takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .235 with two home runs, four walks and five RBIs.
• Austin Riley leads the Braves in runs batted in (28) and has put up a team-best batting average of .283.
• Ozzie Albies has six doubles, five home runs and 15 walks while batting .225.
• Albies heads into this matchup on a seven-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is hitting .225 with two doubles, two walks and two RBIs.

Braves pitching rankings

• The Braves pitching staff ranks 13th in the majors with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Atlanta has the 14th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.79).
• The Braves average MLB’s 14th-ranked WHIP (1.241).
• The Braves allow the 18th-fewest home runs in baseball (55 total, 1.1 per game).
• Atlanta lost to the Nationals 5-3 in its last game with four strikeouts while allowing eight hits.

Padres betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Padres betting info

• The Padres have been underdogs in 20 games this season and won 10 (50%) of those contests.
• This season, San Diego has won three of its nine games, or 33.3%, when it’s the underdog by at least +120 on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Padres have a 45.5% chance to win.
• San Diego and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 21 of its 48 opportunities.
• The Padres are 26-22-0 against the spread in their 48 chances this season.

Padres hitting info

• Fernando Tatis Jr. is batting .290 this season with a team-high 12 home runs.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Tatis ranks ninth in homers and 46th in RBI.
• Manny Machado leads San Diego in batting with a .305 average while slugging three homers and driving in 20 runs.
• Machado is 180th overall in homers and 108th in RBI this year.
• Luis Arraez has 52 hits this season and a slash line of .304/.339/.439.
• Arraez heads into this matchup on a nine-game hitting streak. In his last 10 outings he is batting .325 with four doubles, a triple, a walk and an RBI.
• Xander Bogaerts has collected 39 hits this season and has an OBP of .328. He’s slugging .352 on the year.

Padres pitching rankings

• The Padres average 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, eighth-most in the big leagues.
• San Diego pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.53 ERA this year, 10th-best in baseball.
• Padres pitchers have a 1.200 WHIP this season, eighth-best in the majors.
• With 50 homers allowed, the Padres rank 14th in the league at preventing long balls.
• San Diego suffered a 7-6 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out seven Blue Jays batters while allowing 12 hits.