Data Skrive:
The San Diego Padres (79-61) are favorites (-157) on the moneyline when they square off against the Detroit Tigers (70-69) Thursday at 8:40 p.m. ET, live on BSDET. San Diego’s Martin Perez and Detroit’s Casey Mize have been named the starters for this contest.
Take a look at our betting preview for this contest, and find all of our expert MLB picks, too!
Odds to Win
Bet $20, Payout $32.74
Padres to win vs Tigers -157
Padres vs. Tigers Betting Lines
- Favorite: Padres (-157)
- Underdog: Tigers (+133)
- Over/under: 8.5
Padres vs. Tigers Betting Insights
- The Padres have been favorites in 87 games this season and have come away with the win 51 times (58.6%) in those contests.
- San Diego has a record of 23-12 when favored by -157 or more this year.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Padres have a 61.1% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Tigers have won 45.8% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (38-45).
- Detroit is 6-19 (winning only 24% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +133 or longer.
- The Tigers have a 42.9% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
Padres vs. Tigers Hitting Leaders
- Jurickson Profar is batting .280 with 21 home runs and 81 RBI for San Diego this season.
- Among all MLB batters, Profar ranks 21st in batting average, seventh in on-base percentage, and 42nd in slugging.
- Jackson Merrill is batting .291 with an OBP of .323 and a slugging percentage of .493 this season.
- Riley Greene leads the Tigers in home runs (20) and runs batted in (58).
- Among all hitters in the majors, Greene is 54th in home runs and 87th in RBI.
- Matt Vierling has a club-best .261 batting average.
Padres vs. Tigers 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 3.99 this year, which ranks 14th in MLB.
- The Padres rank 12th in MLB with a combined 1.248 WHIP this season.
- The 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Tigers pitching staff ranks 17th in the majors.
- Detroit’s 3.74 team ERA ranks fifth across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Tigers combine for the No. 2-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.184).