Chicago Cubs at San Diego Padres Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 20-20 San Diego Padres play host to the 21-17 Chicago Cubs tonight in MLB action on the grass of Petco Park, May 20, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 10:10PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Padres -144/Cubs +134
O/U Total: 7

Pitching Matchup
Tsuyoshi Wada (L) 1st appearance of the season
Tyson Ross (R) W/L 2-3 WHIP 1.53 ERA 3.94

San Diego won the opener of the series 4-3 last night. They are 2-3 on their current homestand and 3-5 in their last 8 games. Chicago is 0-1 on their road trip and 6-2 in their last 8 games overall.

The Padres have a 3-1 edge on the season series and a 7-3 lead in the last 10 games between these two clubs.

This will be Wada’s first appearance in 2015. He was winless in his last 5 starts of 2014.

Ross was an 8-3 winner over Washington in his last start. He gave up 2 runs in 5 innings of work. He has 4 Q starts on the season and has allowed more than 3 ERs in only 1 of his 8 starts.

Cubs C Miguel Montero is the only hitter to have faced Ross more than 7 times. He is 5-20 (.250) off of the tall right-hander with 1 HR and 3 RBIs. OF Dexter Fowler is hitting .286 with a HR.

Only 3 Padres hitters have faced Wada before. OF Matt Kemp is 1-5 (.200) but that hit was a HR. IF Yangervis Solarte is 2-2 while IF Alexi Amarista is 0-2.

Chicago at San Diego Betting Trends

The Cubs are 6-2 straight up in their last 8 games.
Chicago Cubs are 3-9 straight up in their last 12 games on the road in San Diego.
The game total has gone over in 6 of Chicago’s last 8 road games.
The Padres are 5-1 straight up in their last 6 games against Chicago Cubs
The game total has gone over in 5 of San Diego’s last 6 games against Chicago.

Injury Report

CHICAGO CUBS
Chris Denorfia OF 15-Day Disabled List
Tommy La Stella 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Mike Olt 3B 60-Day Disabled List
Neil Ramirez P 15-Day Disabled List
Jacob Turner P 60-Day Disabled List

SAN DIEGO PADRES
Yonder Alonso 1B 15-Day Disabled List
Tim Federowicz C 60-Day Disabled List
Josh Johnson P 15-Day Disabled List
Cory Luebke P 60-Day Disabled List
Brandon Morrow P 15-Day Disabled List
Wil Myers 1B 15-Day Disabled List
Melvin Upton OF 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Chicago: 42%
San Diego: 58%

Free MLB Pick

It’s a number that we would normally pass on but Cubs’ starter Tsuyoshi Wada is making his first start of the season. The Padres have hit lefties well this season and the pitching edge is a big one.

Take the San Diego Padres -134‏