GAME: #973 Rangers @ #974 Padres
DATE: 8/19/2020 – 9:10 pm EST
ODDS: Rangers +115 / Padres -120
O/U: 7.5
The San Diego Padres (13-12) host the Texas Rangers (10-12) at Petco Park in San Diego for the third game in the home & home series. The Padres won both games in Texas by scores of 14-4 and 6-4. The Padres have Chris Paddack throwing today and the Rangers have Lance Lynn on the mound.
WEATHER (baseball-weather.com)
The righty ace Lance Lynn will be on the bump for the Rangers. Lynn is 3-0 with a 1.11 ERA and 0.74 WHIP. Lynn has pitched in 32.1 innings and has given up 12 hits, 5 runs, 2 home runs, 12 walks, and 36 strikeouts. The Rangers have not faced Paddack much with the exception of Todd Frazier’s one-hit in 5 at-bats.
SAN DIEGO PADRES
The Padres ace righty, Chris Paddack gets the start today. Paddack is 2-2 with a 4.91 ERA and 1.17 WHIP. Paddack has pitched in 25.2 innings and has given up 26 hits, 14 runs, 7 home runs, 4 walks, and 22 strikeouts. Some of the Padres have had success in the past against Lynn with Machado’s career .429 in 7 at-bats and Profar’s .333 in 9 at-bats.
BATTER VS PITCHER (dailybaseballdata.com)
STARTING LINEUPS (baseballpress.com)
Starting Lineups not released yet.
INJURY REPORT (covers.com)
TRENDS (covers.com)
TEXAS
- Over is 4-0 in Rangers’ last 4 Wednesday games.
- Over is 5-0 in Rangers last 5 during game 3 of a series.
- Over is 4-0 in Rangers last 4 road games vs. a team with a losing record.
SAN DIEGO
- Over is 3-0-1 in Padres last 4 interleague home games vs. a right-handed starter.
- The Padres are 4-0 in their last 4 interleague games as a favorite.
HEAD TO HEAD
- Over is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings.
- Rangers are 8-3 in the last 11 meetings in San Diego.
- Over is 5-2-1 in the last 8 meetings in San Diego.
- Rangers are 7-3 in the last 10 meetings.
RANGERS vs PADRES PREDICTION
Lance Lynn is off to a great start on the Cy Young watch list. Chris Paddack has faced the Dodgers twice and the Diamondbacks twice which explains his poor numbers. The Rangers do not have nearly the offensive power as those teams. The Padres have exploded on offense since losing 5 straight games by scoring 20 runs in their last 2 games.
The Bookie is rolling with the Padres even though Texas has the better pitcher, the Padres have much more offense being ranked #7 in runs while the Rangers are near the bottom-ranked #28 in runs scored.
The Bookie: Padres -120
Fade the Public: no data
Sharp Action: Padres
1.2 Units to win 1 Unit on: (#974) Padres -120
BONUS ACTION
1:35 pm EST
(#961) Philadelphia Phillies -140
1.4 Units to win 1 Unit
The Phillies offense is hot and the Red Sox are not losing 9 in a row.
9:40 pm EST
(#976) Oakland A’s -155
1.55 Units to win 1 Unit
The D-Backs struggle against lefties and the A’s excel against the fastball and curveball(#5 in MLB). Kelly’s top pitches.