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The NL Wild Card Series resumes Wednesday at 8:38 p.m. ET when the San Diego Padres host the Atlanta Braves live on ESPN2 from PETCO Park. The Padres will look to move on to the NLDS while the Braves hope to extend the series with a win. San Diego’s Joe Musgrove and Atlanta’s Max Fried have been named the starters for this contest. The Braves are underdogs (+102) for this matchup with the Padres (-122).
Be sure to check out our betting preview for this matchup, and find all of our MLB picks, too!
Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $36.39
Padres to win vs Braves -122
Padres vs. Braves Betting Lines
- Favorite: Padres (-122)
- Underdog: Braves (+102)
- Over/under: 7
Padres vs. Braves Betting Insights
- The Padres have been chosen as favorites in 103 games this year and have walked away with the win 62 times (60.2%) in those games.
- San Diego has a record of 45-34 when favored by -122 or more this year.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Padres have a 55% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Braves have a 13-17 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 43.3% of those games).
- Atlanta has a record of 3-9 when it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +102 or longer (25%).
- The Braves have an implied moneyline win probability of 49.5% in this game.
Padres vs. Braves Hitting Leaders
- Jurickson Profar has been key for San Diego with 158 hits, an OBP of .380 plus a slugging percentage of .459.
- Profar’s home runs rank him 42nd in baseball, and he is 35th in RBI.
- Manny Machado is batting .275 this season with a team-high 29 home runs and 105 RBI.
- Marcell Ozuna paces the Braves in home runs (39), runs batted in (104) and has put up a team-best batting average of .302.
- Among all hitters in the majors, Ozuna ranks fifth in home runs and 10th in RBI.
- Matt Olson is batting .247 with 37 doubles, a triple, 29 home runs and 71 walks.
Padres vs. Braves Pitching Rankings
- The Padres average 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-most in the league.
- Padres pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.86 this year, which ranks 12th in MLB.
- The Padres have a combined WHIP of just 1.222 as a pitching staff, which is the sixth-best in baseball this season.
- The 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Braves pitching staff ranks first in the majors.
- Atlanta’s 3.49 team ERA leads all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Braves combine for the No. 3-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.197).