The San Diego Padres ꦰ(86-6🐎6), led by Jurickson Profar, host Yordan Alvarez and the Houston Astros (82-69) at 6:40 p.m. ET on Wednesday.
Find out how to w🔥atch the San Diego-Houston m♒atchup below.
When is Padres vs. Astros and when does it start?
Where to watch Padres vs. Astros
The Padres and Astros will take to the diamond at PETCO Park for this matchup on Sept. 18, and if you’d like to catch the matchup live, get your tickets now from !
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Padres vs. Astros Game Preview
Yesterday, the Astros claimed a 4-3 victory over the Padres, with Josh Hader (1.1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 K) earning the win for the Astros. Kyle Tucker finished 2-for-4 with an RBI to lead the of♍fense. Adrian Morejon (0.1 IP💦, 0 R, 2 H, 0 K) took the loss for the Padres.
Padres Stats, Odds & Insights
The Padres have been the moneyline favorite 98 total times this season. They’ve gone 56-42 in those games.
San Diego is 11th in MLB ac💜tion w🦋ith 176 home runs. They average 1.2 per game.
The Padres are eighth in baseball, slugging .419.
San Diego has a 3.91 team 🔥ERA that ranks 12th across all MLB pitching staffs.
Pitchers for the Padres combine for the No. 8-ran🌊ked WHIP in the majors (1.231).
Astros Stats, Odds & Insights
The Astros have been underdogs in 39 games this se☂ason and won 19 (48.7%) of th𝐆ose contests.
Houston’s 176 home runs rank 11th in Major League Baseball.
The Astros💫 rank ni🔯nth in the majors with a .417 team slugging percentage.
Houston has the sixth-best ERA (3.7🅰1) in 🎐the majors this season.
The Astr🌱🧸os rank 12th in MLB with a combined 1.243 WHIP this season.
Padres Starter Recent Performance: Dylan Cease
| Opponent | Date | IP | H | R | ER | K | BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| at Giants | Sept. 13 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| vs. Giants | Sept. 7 | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| at Rays | Sept. 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| at Cardinals | Aug. 27 | 4.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| vs. Mets | Aug. 22 | 6.1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
Astros Starter Recent Performance: Framber Valdez
| Opponent | Date | IP | H | R | ER | K | BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs. Athletics | Sept. 12 | 6.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| vs. Diamondbacks | Sept. 6 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| vs. Royals | Aug. 30 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| at Orioles | Aug. 24 | 5.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| vs. White Sox | Aug. 18 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Padres Key Players to Watch
Dylan Cease (13-11) gets the starting nod for the Padres in his 32nd start of the season. He’s put together a 3.58 ERA in 176 2/3 innings pitched, with 215 strikeouts.
In his last outing on Saturday ♍against the San Franci🅠sco Giants, the righty went six scoreless innings while surrendering four hits.
The 28-year-old has put up an ERA of 3.58, with 11 strikeouts per nine inni🥃ngs, in 31 games this season. Opposing hitters have a .204 battওing average against him.
Profar is b🌜atting .284 with 23 home runs and 83 RBI for San Diego this season.
Manny Machado leads San Diego in home runs with 27 and runs batted in with 101🍌.
Luis Arraez’s batting average of .320 leads all San Diego hitters this season.
Astros Key Players to Watch
The Astros will se💧nd Framber Valdez (14-6) to the mound for his 27th start this season.
The left-hander last pitched on Thursday,ꦍ when he gave up one earned run and allowed five hits in 6 1/3 innings against the Oakland Athl🐻etics.
The 30-year-old has an ꦑERA of 2.91 and 8.7 strikeouts per nine innin🐷gs with an opponent batting average of .217 in 26 games this season.
Alvarez has a team-best battꦬing average of .307, while leading the Astros in home runs (34) and runs ba๊tted in (85).
Jose Altuve🍎 has 29 doubles, 19 home runs and 45 walks while batting .301.
Alex Bregman is﷽ hitting .256 with 28 dou🔴bles, two triples, 23 home runs and 42 walks.
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