San Diego Padres (22-17) –145, o/u 8 ˝ at Arizona Diamondbacks (21-17), 9:40 p.m. Eastern
by Ultimatecapper.com Staff
The Arizona Diamondbacks, who beat San Diego 6-5 in 10 innings Monday night in the opener of this 3-game series, again host the Padres Tuesday.
The Padres have won 14 of their last 16 games and lead the National League West by a half-game over the Diamondbacks, who have won two games in a row.
San Diego won the season series with Arizona last year 9 games to 7, with the over/under going 9-7. But the D-Backs are 4-0 vs. the Padres this year.
San Diego is 12-5 on the road this season, while Arizona is 11-7 at home.
Padres’ starter Jake Peavy (3-3, 3.61) has allowed just 3 ER in his last 21 IP. In five starts vs. Arizona this year and last, Peavy allowed 13 ER and 39 H+W in 37 IP.
D-Backs starter Orlando Hernandez (2-4, 7.36) has given up 14 ER in his last 9 1/3 IP. In one start vs. SD this year, Hernandez gave up just 1 ER in 6 IP, K’ing 9.
The over/under is 4-2 in Peavy’s starts this year, 5-2 in Hernandez’sstarts.
San Diego owns a .323 team OBP, 3rd-worst in the NL, and is averaging 4.5 RPG.
Arizona owns a .341 team OBP, 5th-best in the league, and averages 5.0 RPG.
The Padres bullpen has allowed 11 ER and 23 H+W in its last 17 2/3 IP.
The D-Backs bullpen has given up 4 ER and 21 H+W in its last 18 1/3 innings of work.
The o/u is 19-17 in Padres games this year, 20-16 in Arizona games. Also, the o/u is 8-6 at Chase Field.
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The Ultimatecapper Pick: We like Jake Peavy at these odds vs. an unstable Hernandez.
