San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 32-34 Arizona Diamondbacks play host to the 33-36 San Diego Padres tonight in MLB action on the grass of Chase Field, June 19, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 9:40PM EST.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Padres -109/Diamondbacks -101
O/U Total: 8.5
Pitching Matchup
James Shields (R) W/L 7-0 WHIP 1.22 ERA 3.59
Rubby De La Rosa (R) 5-3 WHIP 1.28 ERA 5.27
San Diego got a 3-1 win over Oakland yesterday to end a 4-games losing streak. They are 3-7 in their past 10 games. Arizona was a 7-1 loser to the Angels on Thursday but is 5-2 in their past 7 games.
The Padres have a 4-3 lead in the season series but the Diamondbacks have a 5-4 advantage in the last 9 encounters.
Shields received a no decision in his last outing, a 4-2 loss to the Dodgers. He allowed 1 ER in 7 innings of work for his 11th Q start in 14 games. Despite his record the team is 2-5 in games in which he doesn’t record a decision.
De La Rosa was a 4-0 winner at San Francisco in his last start. He went 8 innings and struck out 6 for his 6th Q start of the year.
No player on San Diego has more than 7 ABs vs. De La Rosa. IF Yangervis Solarte is 3-6 (.500) with 2 RBIs while 1B Yonder Alonso is 1-5 (.200) with a solo HR off the right-hander. No other player on the team has hit a HR, driven in a run or stolen a base off of De La Rosa. The quintet of C Derek Norris, IF Alexi Amarista and OFs Justin Upton, Matt Kemp and Max Venable are a combined 3-26 (.115) against him.
Several Diamondbacks hitters have taken Shields deep in very few ABs. 1B Paul Goldschmidt is 2-3 (.667) with a solo HR while the duo of OFs A.J. Pollock and David Peralta are both 1-3 (.333) with solo HRs. UT Chris Owings is also 1-3 with a HR and 2 RBIs. 2B Aaron Hill has by far the most experience against the big right-hander and is hitting .278 (10-36) with 4 HRs and 5 RBIs. The duo of SS Cliff Pennington and C Jarrod Saltalamacchia are not happy to see Shields as they are a combined 1-23 (.043) against him.
San Diego at Arizona Betting Trends
The Padres are 1-4 straight up in their last 5 games.
San Diego is 4-2 straight up in their last 6 games against Arizona.
The game total has gone over in 7 of San Diego’s last 10 games against Arizona.
The Diamondbacks are 5-2 straight up in their last 7 games.
Arizona is 2-4 straight up in their last 6 games against San Diego.
Injury Report
SAN DIEGO PADRES
Tim Federowicz C 60-Day Disabled List
Josh Johnson P 60-Day Disabled List
Cory Luebke P 60-Day Disabled List
Brandon Morrow P 15-Day Disabled List
Wil Myers OF 15-Day Disabled List
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS
Bronson Arroyo P 60-Day Disabled List
Archie Bradley P 15-Day Disabled List
Enrique Burgos P 15-Day Disabled List
Patrick Corbin P 60-Day Disabled List
Tuffy Gosewisch C 15-Day Disabled List
Oscar Hernandez C 60-Day Disabled List
Ender Inciarte OF 15-Day Disabled List
Gerald Laird C 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
San Diego: 55%
Arizona: 45%
Free MLB Pick
James Shields has some sharp numbers against the Diamondbacks’ roster and he has been pitching well, but he got taken long 4 times in his most recent visit to Chase Field. Rubby De La Rosa went through a rough stretch but pitched very well in his latest and his team has won all 3 of his starts against the Padres. He does have a bloated 5.30 ERA at home but Arizona is 4-2 in his starts at Chase Field and he gets to take on a team that has an embarrassing .211 in the last 7 days. We’ll place our bets on the small home favorite.
Take the Arizona Diamondbacks -110
