The San Diego Padres and the Atlanta Braves meet for Game 2 of the NL Wild Card Series on Wednesday at 8:38 p.m. ET at PETCO Park. The Padres have a 1-0 series lead. San Diego’s Joe Musgrove and Atlanta’s Max Fried pitch first for their squads in this matchup.
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Padres vs. Braves betting lines
- Favorite: Padres (-122)
- Underdog: Braves (+102)
- Over/under: 7
Padres betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Padres betting info
- The Padres have won 62 of the 103 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (60.2%).
- San Diego has a 45-34 record (winning 57% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -122 or shorter.
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Padres have an implied win probability of 55%.
- San Diego has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 82 times this season for an 82-77-4 record against the over/under.
- The Padres have gone 83-79-0 ATS this season.
Padres hitting info
- Jurickson Profar is batting .280 with 29 doubles, 24 home runs and 76 walks.
- In MLB play, Profar ranks 42nd in home runs and 35th in RBI.
- Manny Machado has shown off his power as he paces his team with 29 home runs and 105 RBI.
- Machado currently ranks 24th in home runs and ninth in RBI in the bigs.
- Jackson Merrill has 31 doubles, six triples, 24 home runs and 29 walks while batting .292.
- Merrill brings a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .313 with two doubles, a walk and an RBI.
- Luis Arraez has a club-leading .314 batting average.
- Arraez has hit safely in three games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .250 with three doubles, a triple and two RBI.
Padres pitching rankings
- The Padres pitching staff is fourth in MLB with a collective 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
- San Diego has the 12th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.86).
- Pitchers for the Padres combine for the No. 6-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.222).
- The Padres give up the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (169 total, one per game).
- San Diego struck out 15 Braves batters while allowing seven hits in a 4-0 win in its last game.
Braves betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Braves betting info
- The Braves have been underdogs in 30 games this season and won 13 (43.3%) of those contests.
- Atlanta is 3-9 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +102 or more on the moneyline.
- The Braves have a 49.5% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- Games involving Atlanta have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 59 of 163 chances this season.
- The Braves are 75-87-0 against the spread this season.
Braves hitting info
- Marcell Ozuna is batting .302 with 39 home runs and 104 RBI. All three of those stats rank first among Atlanta hitters this season.
- Ozuna’s home run total ranks fifth in the majors, and he is 10th in RBI.
- Matt Olson has collected 148 hits this season and has an OBP of .333. He’s slugging .457 on the year.
- Olson is 24th among hitters in MLB in home runs, and 18th in RBI.
- Olson enters this matchup on a five-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .300 with .
- Jorge Soler has 119 hits this season and a slash line of .241/.338/.442.
- Soler enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .267 with three doubles and two walks.
- Ozzie Albies has 100 hits and an OBP of .303 to go with a slugging percentage of .404 this season.
- Albies has safely hit in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .211 with a double, a home run, three walks and five RBI.
Braves pitching rankings
- The Braves average 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, first-most in the majors.
- Atlanta has an ERA of 3.49 as a team, best in baseball.
- Braves pitchers have a 1.197 WHIP this season, third-best in the majors.
- The Braves have allowed the second-fewest home runs this season at just 150, or 0.9 per game.
- Atlanta suffered a 4-0 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out five Padres batters while allowing five hits.