St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres Prediction 8-29-23 MLB Picks

The San Diego Padres and the St. Louis Cardinals meet in game two of their three-game series in MLB action from Busch Stadium on Tuesday. The Padres drew first blood on Monday, can they get back-to-back wins here? Let’s dive in and find out.

Padres Get Win In Monday’s Opener

The San Diego Padres managed to snag the win in Monday’s series opener by a final score of 4-1 to snap a three-game losing streak. The win brought the Padres to 62-70 on the year, sitting 7.5 games back in the NL Wild Card race and a whopping 19.5 games back in the NL West race. Juan Soto leads the Padres with 25 home runs and 78 RBIs with a .400 OBP as well while Xander Bogaerts has a team-high 125 hits. Fernando Tatis Jr. leads San Diego with 28 doubles and Manny Machado also has 25 home runs and 77 RBIs as well this season. Seth Lugo will start for the Padres in this one and is 5-6 with a 3.70 ERA and 107 strikeouts this season.

San Diego Padres Team Facts

• The Padres have lost eight of their last nine games as favorites against National League opponents following a win.
• The Padres have failed to cover the run line in each of their last seven games against National League opponents following a win.
• The Padres have trailed after 7 innings in six of their last eight games as road favorites against NL Central opponents.
• The 'Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs' market has hit in each of the Padres' last four night games.

Cardinals Look Like They’re Waving The White Flag

The St. Louis Cardinals might be done like dinner and I’m about to stick a fork in them after Monday’s loss. The loss dropped the Cards to St. Louis to 56-76 on the year, sitting 18.5 games back in the NL Central and 13.5 games back in the NL Wild Card race. Nolan Arenado leads the Cardinals with 26 home runs, 87 RBIs and a .276 batting average while Paul Goldschmidt has a team-high 139 hits, a .278 batting average and 26 doubles this season. Tommy Edman also has a team-high 4 triples this season. Zack Thompson will start and is 3-5 with a 3.86 ERA and 44 strikeouts this season.

St. Louis Cardinals Team Facts

• The Cardinals have lost each of their last eight night games against National League opponents.
• The Cardinals have failed to cover the run line in each of their last eight night games against National League opponents.
• The Cardinals have trailed after 7 innings in each of their last nine night games.
• The 'Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs' market has hit in each of the Cardinals' last four games as home underdogs against NL West opponents.

Matchup/League Facts

• The St. Louis Cardinals ranks T1st in the league for home runs allowed this season (135).
• The St. Louis Cardinals ranks 29th in the league for opponent batting average this season (.275).
• The San Diego Padres ranks 1st in the league for walks this season (534).
• The San Diego Padres ranks 4th in the league for ERA this season (3.85).

Chris’ Pick

I’m back on the Padres in this game. I don’t love it because I don’t love Seth Lugo as a starting pitcher, but like I said earlier. Stick a fork in the Cardinals. This team’s been out of it for a while and just didn’t admit it, but I truly and honestly think that we’re seeing the Cardinals give up. The Padres are almost at that point themselves, but there’s still a fighting chance for the Padres in my opinion, more so than St. Louis and I just would rather take a shot on a team showing some fight so for me that’s San Diego, but I’m likely not betting this thing.