Padres vs Giants Betting Preview: Red Hot Padres Slight Favorites

The San Diego Padres visit the San Francisco Giants for a three-game series beginning Monday. While neither team has been officially eliminated from the playoffs, it’s just a matter of time. At least one of the two teams will be eliminated before the series is over. Possibly both, depending on what the teams ahead of them do. Both teams entered the season with high expectations, but it wasn’t to be. For the Padres, it’s a matter of waiting until it’s too late to start playing well. The Giants are limping to the end of the season. The Padres vs Giants betting preview has Blake Snell and Logan Webb as the starters for Monday’s opening game.

The MLB betting lines have the Padres at -116 and the total is 7-under (-120). San Diego is +155 on the run line at -1.5 runs. San Francisco is -175.

The MLB standings by division have the Giants and the Padres tied for the third in the NL West with identical 77-79 records. Each can point to their road records as one reason they didn’t make the playoffs. The Giants ended up at 34-47 on the road. The Padres are 33-42.

The other reason the Giants will be missing the playoffs is an offense that is No. 27 in team batting average and No. 23 in runs scored. San Francisco’s pitching staff was a little better than average during the year, sitting at No. 13 in team ERA. The bullpen converted 49 of 77 save opportunities, so there are a few games they’d like to have back.

The Padres are No. 20 in team batting average and No. 13 in runs scored. San Diego’s pitching staff is No. 5 in team ERA. But the team has converted just 33 of 59 save opportunities.

Monday’s Game

The Padres vs Giants betting preview shows Snell is 14-9 on the year with a solid 2.33 ERA. The Padres have gone 17-14 in the games he started this season and went 11-19-1 in totals. Webb is 10-13 with a 3.35 ERA, so he’s pitched better than his record indicates. San Francisco is 14-18 when he starts and 10-22 in totals. The Giants are 26-20 against left-handed starters this season. But it’s not because of their offense.

San Francisco scores .4 fewer runs against left-handers than they do right-handers. The Giants are 18-28 in totals when facing a left-hander due to decent pitching. The MLB score predictions are calling for 6.0 runs to be scored here, so the under is worth a look.

Tuesday’s Game

The Padres vs Giants betting preview has Seth Lugo and Kyle Harrison as the scheduled starters for Game 2. Lugo is 7-7 on the year with a 3.79 ERA. San Diego is just 11-14 with Lugo on the mound, even though he’s pitched pretty well during the year. Harrison is 1-1 with a 4.85 ERA. San Francisco is 3-3 when the rookie left-hander starts and is 3-3 in totals.

The Padres are 27-19 against left-handed starters, scoring 5.28 runs per game. San Diego averages 4.44 runs against right-handers during the year. With the Padres swinging the bats better against southpaws, they’ll offer the most value in this game.

Wednesday’s Game

The Padres vs Giants betting preview is showing Matt Waldron and Sean Manaea as the scheduled starters for the series finale. Waldron is 1-3 with a 4.58 ERA. He’s appeared in seven games since being called up and five of those appearances have been starts. The Padres are 2-3 when he starts and 2-3 in totals.

For the Giants, Manaea is 7-6 with a 4.51 ERA for the season. Manaea has primarily pitched out of the bullpen this season. He’s made 36 appearances with nine of those being starts. San Francisco has gone 3-6 when Manaea starts and 7-2 in totals.

The Giants have allowed nine or more runs four times in Manaea’s nine starts. But he was strong last time out in a 5-1 victory over the Dodgers in his best outing of the season. But Manaea has been too inconsistent to bank on him following up with another strong outing. With the Padres hitting left-handers pretty well, San Diego is probably the right side in this game.

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