Xander Bogaerts rides a two-game home run streak into the San Diego Padres’ (64-51) matchup with the Boston Red Sox (64-52). The Padres are favored (-179) for this contest against the Red Sox (+150), which begins at 9:40 p.m. ET on Friday at PETCO Park. San Diego’s Nick Pivetta gets the start against Boston’s Walker Buehler.

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Padres vs. Red Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Padres (-179)
• Underdog: Red Sox (+150)
• Over/under: 8.5

Padres betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Padres betting info

• The Padres have a 37-25 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 59.7% of those games).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -179 or shorter, San Diego has gone 10-5 (66.7%).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Padres’ implied win probability is 64.2%.
• San Diego has had an over/under set by bookmakers 115 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 46 of those games (46-64-5).
• The Padres have collected a 63-52-0 record ATS this season (covering 54.8% of the time).

Padres hitting info

• Manny Machado has racked up a team-best batting average of .300, and leads the Padres in home runs (20) and runs batted in (72).
• Machado ranks 31st in homers and 18th in RBI among all hitters in MLB play.
• Fernando Tatis Jr. is hitting .261 with 19 doubles, two triples, 17 home runs and 65 walks.
• Tatis ranks 60th in home runs and 112th in RBI among hitters in MLB action.
• Luis Arraez is hitting .291 with 21 doubles, four triples, six home runs and 23 walks.
• Bogaerts is hitting .271 with 25 doubles, nine home runs and 45 walks.
• Bogaerts has safely hit in two straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .350 with a double, two home runs, a walk and three RBIs.

Padres pitching rankings

• The Padres pitching staff ranks eighth in MLB with a collective 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
• San Diego’s 3.60 team ERA ranks second across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Padres pitchers combine for the No. 3 WHIP in the majors (1.211).
• Padres pitchers combine to allow the fifth-fewest home runs in baseball (113 total, 1.0 per game).
• In its 3-2 win last time out, San Diego struck out 10 Diamondbacks batters while allowing four hits.

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have entered the game as underdogs 42 times this season and won 20, or 47.6%, of those games.
• Boston is 2-5 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +150 or more on the moneyline.
• The Red Sox have a 40% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Games involving Boston have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 55 of 115 chances this season.
• The Red Sox are 62-53-0 against the spread this season.

Red Sox hitting info

• Jarren Duran leads Boston with a batting average of .264. He’s also hit 12 home runs with 64 RBI.
• Among all batters in the majors, Duran is 117th in home runs and 33rd in RBI.
• Duran has safely hit in three straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .250 with two doubles, a home run and four RBIs.
• Ceddanne Rafaela is batting .264 to lead Boston, while adding 14 homers and 51 runs batted in this season.
• Rafaela is 93rd in home runs and 76th in RBI among all batters in the big leagues.
• Trevor Story leads Boston in RBI with 73 while batting .261 with 18 home runs.
• Story brings an eight-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last 10 games he is hitting .378 with four doubles, three home runs, three walks and 13 RBIs.
• Wilyer Abreu is slugging .481 this season, with a team-best 20 homers while driving in 62 runs.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The Red Sox have an 8.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in the majors.
• Boston has the eighth-best ERA (3.73) in the majors this season.
• The Red Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.298 as a pitching staff, which ranks 20th in MLB.
• With just 118 homers allowed, the Red Sox rank eighth in the league at preventing long balls.
• Boston suffered a 7-3 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out 10 Royals batters while allowing 12 hits.