The San Diego Padres (46-47) and the Toronto Blue Jays (44-49) meet on Saturday to begin a three-game series, with the first pitch at 8:40 p.m. ET at Petco Park. San Diego’s Walker Buehler and Toronto’s Trey Yesavage pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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Padres vs. Blue Jays betting lines

• Favorite: Padres (-125)
• Underdog: Blue Jays (+103)
• Over/under: 8

Padres betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Padres betting info

• The Padres have gone 20-17 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 54.1% of those games).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -125 or shorter, San Diego has a record of 14-13 (51.9%).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Padres have an implied win probability of 55.6%.
• San Diego has played in 93 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 40 times (40-51-2).
• The Padres have put together a 50-43-0 record ATS this season.

Padres hitting info

• Manny Machado leads the Padres with 19 home runs and 52 runs batted in.
• Machado’s home runs rank 26th in MLB and he ranks 37th in RBI in MLB.
• Fernando Tatis Jr.’s .283 batting average paces his team.
• Tatis ranks 229th in homers and 130th in RBI among hitters in baseball.
• Tatis heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .350 with two doubles and two RBIs.
• Gavin Sheets has 15 doubles, 14 home runs and 33 walks while batting .228.
• Xander Bogaerts is hitting .225 with seven doubles, eight home runs and 38 walks.

Padres pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Padres has a collective 8.3 K/9, which ranks 20th in MLB.
• San Diego’s 4.20 team ERA ranks 13th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Padres average baseball’s 19th-ranked WHIP (1.336).
• Padres pitchers combine to surrender the 12th-fewest home runs in baseball (101 total, 1.1 per game).
• San Diego its 3-1 loss the last time out, the team struck out 10 Diamondbacks batters while allowing eight hits.

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

• The Blue Jays have won 15, or 37.5%, of the 40 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Toronto has a record of 9-17 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least +103 on the moneyline.
• The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 49.3% chance of a victory for the Blue Jays.
• Games involving Toronto have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 47 of 93 chances this season.
• In 93 games with a spread this season, the Blue Jays are 45-48-0 ATS.

Blue Jays hitting info

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .262 with five home runs and 37 RBI for Toronto this season.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Guerrero is 229th in home runs and 113th in RBI.
• Ernie Clement’s batting average of .297 leads all Toronto hitters this season.
• Clement is 165th in home runs and 169th in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
• Clement heads into this game on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .316 with a double and an RBI.
• Kazuma Okamoto leads Toronto in home runs (21) and runs batted in (59) this season while batting .237.
• Okamoto enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .190 with two home runs and five RBIs.
• Daulton Varsho has collected 66 hits this season and has an OBP of .314. He’s slugging .399 on the year.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

• The Blue Jays average 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-most in the majors.
• Toronto pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.09 ERA this year, which ranks 12th in MLB.
• Blue Jays pitchers have a 1.297 WHIP this season, 14th in the majors.
• The Blue Jays have allowed the 14th-fewest home runs this season with 104, or 1.1 per game.
• Last time out, Toronto defeated the Giants, 10-0, with 11 strikeouts and one hit allowed.