The San Diego Padres (41-41) host the Washington Nationals (38-39) on Tuesday to begin a two-game series, with the first pitch at 9:40 PM ET from PETCO Park. The Padres are listed as -124 favorites, while the underdog Nationals have +105 odds on the moneyline. San Diego’s Adam Mazur gets the start, and he’ll go against Washington’s MacKenzie Gore.
Check out our betting primer for this tilt, and discover all of our expert MLB picks, too!
Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $36.13
Padres to win vs Nationals -124
Padres vs. Nationals Betting Lines
- Favorite: Padres (-124)
- Underdog: Nationals (+105)
- Over/under: 7.5
Padres vs. Nationals Betting Insights
- The Padres have been victorious in 27, or 54%, of the 50 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
- San Diego has a record of 19-17 in contests when sportsbooks favor them by -124 or more on the moneyline.
- The Padres have an implied victory probability of 55.4% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
- The Nationals have won 30 of the 63 games they were the moneyline underdog this season (47.6%).
- Washington has a record of 29-31 in games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +105 or longer (48.3%).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Nationals’ implied win probability is 48.8%.
Padres vs. Nationals Hitting Leaders
- Jurickson Profar leads San Diego in batting average (.319) this season while adding 10 home runs and 48 RBI.
- Profar is 62nd in homers and 19th in RBI among all batters in baseball.
- Jake Cronenworth leads San Diego in runs batted in (49) this season. He’s batting .266 while slugging .458.
- C.J. Abrams paces the Nationals with 12 home runs and 39 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-high batting average of .270.
- Among all batters in MLB, Abrams is 38th in home runs and 46th in RBI.
- Jesse Winker is batting .268 with 11 doubles, eight home runs and 39 walks.
Padres vs. Nationals Pitching Rankings
- The Padres strike out nine batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-best in MLB.
- Padres pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.10 this year, which ranks 19th in MLB.
- The Padres rank 17th in MLB with a combined 1.279 WHIP this season.
- The 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Nationals pitching staff ranks 22nd in the majors.
- Washington has the 12th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.86).
- Pitchers for the Nationals combine for the 19th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.286).