The San Diego Padres (78-65) host the Cincinnati Reds (72-71) on Tuesday in game 1 of a three-game series, with the first pitch at 9:40 p.m. ET from PETCO Park. The favored Padres (-180) enter the matchup following a series win over the Rockies, and the underdog Reds (+150) are coming off of a series win over the Mets. San Diego has Michael King set to start, while Cincinnati will send out Zack Littell.

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Padres vs. Reds betting lines

• Favorite: Padres (-180)
• Underdog: Reds (+150)
• Over/under: 8

Padres betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Padres betting info

• The Padres have been the moneyline favorite 78 total times this season. They’ve gone 46-32 in those games.
• San Diego has a 14-7 record (winning 66.7% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -180 or shorter.
• The Padres have an implied moneyline win probability of 64.3% in this matchup.
• In the 143 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for San Diego, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 61 times (61-76-6).
• The Padres have a 78-65-0 record ATS this season.

Padres hitting info

• Fernando Tatis Jr. is hitting .262 with 27 doubles, two triples, 20 home runs and 83 walks.
• In MLB play, Tatis ranks 64th in home runs and 94th in RBI.
• Tatis enters this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .227 with two home runs, two walks and four RBIs.
• Manny Machado has shown his power as he leads his team with 23 home runs and 84 runs batted in.
• Machado ranks 46th in homers and 25th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Luis Arraez has racked up a team-best batting average of .285.
• Ramon Laureano’s 23 home runs are a team-high mark.
• Laureano has hit safely in eight games in a row. During his last 10 outings he is batting .300 with two doubles, two home runs, two walks and five RBIs.

Padres pitching rankings

• The Padres pitching staff is eighth in MLB with a collective 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
• San Diego’s 3.67 team ERA ranks third among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Padres pitchers combine for the No. 4 WHIP in the majors (1.217).
• Padres pitchers combine to surrender the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (152 total, 1.1 per game).
• In its 8-1 win last time out, San Diego struck out nine Rockies batters while allowing six hits.

Reds betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Reds betting info

• The Reds have entered the game as underdogs 77 times this season and won 37, or 48.1%, of those games.
• This season, Cincinnati has won four of its 13 games, or 30.8%, when it’s the underdog by at least +150 on the moneyline.
• The Reds have a 40% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Cincinnati and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 54 of its 140 opportunities.
• In 140 games with a spread this season, the Reds are 72-68-0 ATS.

Reds hitting info

• Elly De La Cruz is batting .267 this season with a team-high 19 home runs and 80 RBI.
• De La Cruz is 72nd in homers and 28th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• TJ Friedl has 135 hits and an OBP of .366 to go with a slugging percentage of .376 this season.
• Friedl ranks 169th overall in homers and 171st in RBI this season.
• Spencer Steer has collected 111 base hits, an OBP of .311 and a slugging percentage of .401 this season.
• Steer has safely hit in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .385 with a double, four walks and an RBI.
• Austin Hays has collected 89 hits this season and has an OBP of .314. He’s slugging .460 on the year.
• Hays brings a five-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .286 with a double, two home runs and seven RBIs.

Reds pitching rankings

• The Reds have an 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, 10th-best in baseball.
• Cincinnati has pitched to a 3.94 ERA this season, which ranks 16th in baseball.
• The Reds have a combined WHIP of just 1.250 as a pitching staff, which is the 10th-best in baseball this season.
• The Reds have given up the 17th-fewest long balls so far this season with 170 home runs allowed.
• Cincinnati pitchers struck out 12 Mets batters while allowing three hits in a 3-2 win last time out.