MLB Odds: Pirates-Padres prediction, odds and pick

Pittsburgh Pirates beat San Diego Padres 4-2 on Saturday night. Ke’Bryan Hayes hit a three-run home run to give the Pirates the lead. The Pirates are 19-26 and in third place in the NL Central. San Francisco is 29-17 and second place in NL West.

Pittsburgh will cover the spread against San Diego. San Francisco has not played well recently. The Padres have gone 1-3 through four games. Pittsburgh will send Roansy Contreras to the hill. He has had a few good starts this season, but has struggled with pitch count. The team is not hitting well, and needs to score early. They rank 27th in batting average, 26th on-base percentage, 29th runs, 25th home runs.

The Padres are 7th in the majors in team ERA and 3rd in batting average against. They have kept many games close due to good starting pitching. Their offense is not very good. The team needs to come through when they get chances to drive runners home. The Pirates are the favorite. Pirates-Padres is a best-of-five series. Pittsburgh won the first game. Padres will cover the spread. It's unlikely that the team will lose.

The Padres blew a game yesterday and now they need to win today to take the series. The Padres are too good of a team to collapse two days in a row.