San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 9/26/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

Odds/Point Spread: San Diego (-135) San Francisco (+114)

Oracle Park is the site where the San Francisco Giants (77-79) will try to beat the San Diego Padres (77-79) on Tuesday. The odds on this game have the Padres at -135 and the Giants are sitting at +114. The over/under has been set at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Seth Lugo and Kyle Harrison.

As a squad, the San Diego Padres are scoring 4.7 runs per outing, which ranks them 13th in baseball. They have accounted for 731 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .330. The Padres have tallied 263 doubles as a squad and have hit 202 balls out of the park. They have 698 runs batted in as well as 1,265 base knocks on the season, and their batting average comes in at .244. San Diego is slugging .417 and have been called out on strikes 1,253 times, while being walked on 631 occasions.

Their K/BB ratio is 2.59 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.28. Padres pitchers have surrendered 170 home runs and 640 runs (5th in baseball). San Diego has relinquished 1,234 hits (8.0 per 9 innings) and also 591 earned runs. The Padres are sitting with a team ERA of 3.84 so far this season (5th in the league), and they have struck out 1,390 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 536 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.16 as a unit for the year.

Padres pitchers have stepped onto the hill with opponents on base 110 times in addition to having 143 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have racked up 78 holds this year (20th in the league). The Padres relief pitchers have a save percentage of 55.9% and has stepped onto the mound in 138 save situations. They have compiled 33 saves on the campaign and have blown 26 of their 59 save chances. The relievers have inherited 169 base runners this year with 40.2% of them crossed the plate. The Padres have sent 489 relief pitchers to the hill this season.

The Padres have converted 69.9% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 12,465 innings on the field, ranking them 7th in the majors. The San Diego Padres have accumulated 4,155 putouts this year, in addition to 1,385 assists and 71 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .987 which ranks 7th in pro baseball, and have 127 double plays.

Lugo has taken the ball for 632 frames and is sitting with 641 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.54 (249 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.180. He has surrendered 576 hits (8.2 hits per nine innings) with 170 walks. Lugo (39-31 mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.69 and he has gone up against 2,619 opposing hitters in the major leagues.

San Francisco has compiled 169 home runs this season to go along with 641 RBIs. They have notched 250 doubles, while walking 522 times as well as putting up 664 runs. The San Francisco Giants have tallied an on-base percentage of .315 in addition to a team batting average of .238 for the season. The Giants hold a team slugging % of .388 and they have an average of 4.26 runs per contest (23rd in MLB). They have struck out on 1,448 occasions (6th in the league) and have tallied 1,246 hits.

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.262 in addition to having a FIP of 3.92 as a staff so far this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.50 (1,307 strikeouts vs 392 bases on balls). They rank 23rd in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,348. They have allowed 166 HR's and they allow 4.55 runs per 9 innings (16th in baseball). The San Francisco pitching staff have allowed 697 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 4.07 (623 earned runs given up).

San Francisco relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 33.5% out of their 206 inherited runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 161 times in high leverage situations and on 149 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 149 save situations, the Giants have accumulated 71 holds in addition to 27 blown saves. They are ranked 14th in MLB with a save percentage of 64.5%, and they have dispatched 482 relievers onto the field on the campaign. San Francisco has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 76 save chances and they have walked away with 49 saves.

The San Francisco Giants have gotten 136 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .980 (30th in the majors). The Giants have 1,542 assists, 113 errors and have amassed 4,139 putouts on the campaign. In 12,417 innings played, the Giants have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 67.7% (26th in MLB).

So far in his pro baseball career, Harrison has allowed 29 hits while earning 31 punch outs in 29 innings. He has conceded 16 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.281 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.7. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.44 and he has gone up against 127 hitters so far in his pro baseball career. Harrison (1-1 career record) holds a 4.85 ERA while giving up 8.8 hits per 9 innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Diego (-135)

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