The San Diego Padres (60-49) will look for Luis Arraez to prolong a 13-game hitting streak when they square off against the St. Louis Cardinals (55-55) on Friday at 9:40 p.m. ET at PETCO Park. The Padres are favored (-141) over the Cardinals (+119). Nick Pivetta starts for San Diego while St. Louis will counter with Matthew Liberatore.
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Padres to win vs Cardinals -141
Padres vs. Cardinals betting lines
- Favorite: Padres (-141)
- Underdog: Cardinals (+119)
- Over/under: 7.5
Padres betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Padres betting info
- The Padres have compiled a 33-23 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 58.9% of those games).
- In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -141 or shorter, San Diego has a record of 20-13 (60.6%).
- The Padres have an implied moneyline win probability of 58.5% in this contest.
- San Diego has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 109 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 43 of those games (43-61-5).
- The Padres have a 60-49-0 record against the spread this season.
Padres hitting info
- Manny Machado leads the Padres with 20 home runs and 71 runs batted in, while putting up a team-high batting average of .302.
- Among all hitters in MLB, Machado’s home run total ranks 24th and his RBI tally ranks 13th.
- Machado heads into this game on an eight-game hitting streak. In his last 10 outings he is batting .429 with four doubles, two home runs and 11 RBIs.
- Fernando Tatis Jr. has 18 doubles, two triples, 17 home runs and 60 walks while hitting .269.
- Tatis currently ranks 52nd in homers and 99th in RBI in the majors.
- Tatis brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .278 with two doubles, five walks and an RBI.
- Arraez has 20 doubles, four triples, six home runs and 22 walks while hitting .295.
- Arraez heads into this game on a 13-game hitting streak. During his last 10 games he is hitting .400 with three doubles, a home run, three walks and five RBIs.
- Xander Bogaerts is hitting .267 with 24 doubles, seven home runs and 44 walks.
Padres pitching rankings
- The Padres pitching staff ranks 12th in the majors with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
- San Diego has the third-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.57).
- The Padres have the fifth-lowest WHIP in baseball (1.219).
- The Padres surrender the sixth-fewest home runs in baseball (106 total, 1.0 per game).
- In its 5-0 win last time out, San Diego struck out 10 Mets batters while allowing three hits.
Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Cardinals betting info
- The Cardinals have been underdogs in 55 games this season and won 27 (49.1%) of those contests.
- This season, St. Louis has won eight of its 24 games, or 33.3%, when it’s the underdog by at least +119 on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win by the Cardinals, based on the moneyline, is 45.7%.
- Games involving St. Louis have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 55 of 109 chances this season.
- The Cardinals are 58-51-0 against the spread in their 109 chances this season.
Cardinals hitting info
- Brendan Donovan has been key for St. Louis with 111 hits, an OBP of .358 plus a slugging percentage of .416.
- Among all hitters in the majors, Donovan is 155th in home runs and 121st in RBI.
- Alec Burleson leads St. Louis in batting average (.287) and home runs (14) this season, while also driving in 48 runs.
- Burleson ranks 86th overall in homers and 82nd in RBI this season.
- Willson Contreras leads St. Louis in home runs (14) and runs batted in (61) this season while batting .257.
- Nolan Arenado has collected 85 hits this season and has an OBP of .294. He’s slugging .366 on the year.
- Arenado brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .118 with two walks.
Cardinals pitching rankings
- The Cardinals average just 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in the big leagues.
- St. Louis pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.18 ERA this year, which ranks 19th in MLB.
- The Cardinals rank 18th in MLB with a combined 1.284 WHIP this season.
- The Cardinals have given up the fifth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 104 home runs allowed.
- Last time out, St. Louis fell to the Marlins 2-0. Its pitchers compiled seven strikeouts and six hits allowed.
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