Padres vs. Astros Prediction: Expert Picks, Odds, Stats & Best Bets – Wednesday, September 18, 2024

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Luis Arraez,❀ batting .320 this season, leads the San Diego Padres (86-66) into a matchup with Yordan Alvarez (.307 AVG) and the Houston Astros (82-6🗹9). The Padres are -118 favorites on the moneyline for the matchup at PETCO Park, beginning at 6:40 p.m. ET live on SCHN.

San Diego’s Dylan Cease gets the start, and he’ll go against Houston’s Framber Valdez.

Padres vs. Astros Odds

  • Padres odds to win: -118
  • Astros odds to win: +101
  • Spread: Padres -1.5
  • Total: 7.5 runs
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    Game Time and Information

  • Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2024
  • Time: 6:40 p.m. ET
  • TV: SCHN
  • Who Will Win Padres vs. Astros?

    Padres and Astros Betting Trends

    The Padres have won 56 of the 98 ꦿgames they were favored on the moneyline this season (57🃏.1%).

    San Dꦰiego has a 45-35 record (winning 56.2% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -118 or shorter.

    The Astros have been underdogs in 39 games this season and won 19 (48.7%) of th꧃ose contests.

    Houston has entered 21 games this season as the unde🗹rdog by +101 or more and is 10-11 in those contests.

    The Padres have played in 152 games with an ov🐼er/under set, and have combined with their oppoꦏnents to go over the total 80 times (80-69-3).

    The Astros’ games have gone over the total in 61 of their 151 chances.

    Padres Stats & Insights

    The Padres score the seventh-most runs in baseball (722 total, 4.8 pe♛r game).

    San Diego ranks 11th in MLB action with 176 total home ru🃏ns.

    The Padre🍌s have an MLB-leading .265 batting aꦺverage.

    San Diego strikes out 6.6 times per game, the few꧟est Ks inꦚ baseball.

    The pitching staf𓂃f for the Padres has a collective 9.1 K/9, the fourth-b💙est in the majors.

    San Diego has the 12th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching 🍸staffs (3.༺91).

    Astros Stats & Insights

    The Astros have sco🐎red the 12th-mos⛄t runs in the league this season with 695 (4.6 per game).

    Houston has hit 176 homer🌳s this season, which r꧅anks 11th in the majors.

    The Astros rank third ꦓinܫ MLB with a .262 team batting average.

    Houston is one of the best teams in baseball at making contact this seasဣon, ranking third with an average of 7.3 strikeouts per game.

    The Astros strike out 9.2 batters per nine innings as a 🦂pitching st💃aff, second-best in MLB.

    Houston has the sixth-best ERA (3.71) in the majors t🥃his season.

    Padres Key Players to Watch

    Cease (13-11 𓆏with a 3.58 ERA and 215 strikeouts in 176 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Padres, his 32nd of the season.

    Jurickson Profar is batting .284 with 23 home runs and 83 RBI for𝓰 San Diego this season.

    Manny Machado ꧃leads San Diego in home runs (27) and runs batted in (101) this season while batting .278.

    Arraez leads San Diego with a .320 batting average while slugging fඣour🐠 homers and driving in 43 runs.

    Jackson Merrill has 🤪151 hits an🎃d an OBP of .320 to go with a slugging percentage of .500 this season.

    Astros Key Players to Watch

    The Astros’ Valdez (14-6) will make his 27th start of the season.

    Alvarez ౠhas put up a team-best batting average of .307, while pacing ♍the Astros in home runs (34) and runs batted in (85).

    Jose Altuve is🌟 hitting .301 with 29 do꧋ubles, 19 home runs and 45 walks.

    Alex Bregman ha♌s 28 doubles, two triples, 23 home runs and 42 walks while hitting .256🔥.

    Yainer Diaz is🦋 hitting .297 with 26 doubles, three triples, 16 home runs and 23 walks.

    Padres and Astros Injuries

    Padres: Ha-Seong Kim: 10 Day ♑IL (Shoulder), Stephen Kolek: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Luis Patiño: 60 Day IL (Elbow)

    Astros: Chas McCormick: 10 Day IL (Wrist), Ben Gamel: 10 Day IL (Knee), Jose Urquidy: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Luis Garcia: ও60 Day IL (Elbow), Oliver Ortega: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Cristian Javier: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Lance McCullers Jr.: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Penn Murfee: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Kendall Graveman: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Bennett Sousa: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), J.P. France: 60 Day IL (Undisclosed)

    Padres vs. Astros Prediction

  • Score Prediction: Padres 5, Astros 4
  • Total Prediction: Over 7.5 runs
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