San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 68-75 Arizona Diamondbacks play host to the 67-77 San Diego Padres tonight in MLB action on the grass of Chase Field, Sept 14, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 9:40PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Padres -104/Diamondbacks -106
O/U Total: 8.5
Pitching Matchup
James Shields (R) W/L 11-6 WHIP 1.34 ERA 3.90
Jeremy Hellickson (R) W/L 9-8 WHIP 1.33 ERA 4.60
San Diego was a 10-3 loser at San Francisco yesterday completing a 3-game sweep. They have lost 4 games in a row and are 2-8 in their last 10 games. Arizona was a 4-3 loser to the Dodgers on Sunday. They are 3-3 on their homestand and 3-7 in their past 10 games.
The Padres have a slim 5-4 lead in the last 9 encounters in 2015 between these two NL West rivals.
Shields was an 11-4 winner over Colorado in his last start. He yielded 4 runs over 6 innings and has 18 Q starts on the season.
Hellickson was a 4-1 winner over Pittsburgh in his last outing. He allowed 1 run in 5.1 innings and has 11 Q starts on the year.
SD OF Justin Upton is 5-10 (.500) against Hellickson with 2 HRs and 4 RBIs while OF Wil Myers is 3-7 (.429) with a solo HR. 1B Yonder Alonso is 5-11 (.455) vs. the right-hander with a pair of RBIs while OF Matt Kemp is 4-12 (.333) with 3 RBIs. The Padres are hitting .314 as a team against Hellickson.
Arizona 1B Paul Goldschmidt is 3-5 (.600) against Shields with a HR and 2 RBIs while OF A.J. Pollock is 3-6 (.500) with a solo HR. 2B Aaron Hill is 11-38 (.289) vs. the veteran right-hander with 4 HRs and 6 RBIs while OF David Peralta is 2-5 (.400) with a solo HR.
San Diego at Arizona Betting Trends
San Diego is 1-4 straight up in their last 5 games overall.
The Padres are 3-6 straight up in their last 9 road games at Arizona.
The game total has gone over in 4 of San Diego’s last 5 games against Arizona.
The Diamondbacks are 3-7 straight up in their last 10 games overall.
Arizona is 4-10 straight up in their last 14 home games.
Injury Report
SAN DIEGO PADRES
Josh Johnson P 60-Day Disabled List
Cory Luebke P 60-Day Disabled List
Brandon Maurer P 15-Day Disabled List
Brandon Morrow P 60-Day Disabled List
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS
Tuffy Gosewisch C 60-Day Disabled List
Evan Marshall P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Pick (Moneyline)
San Diego: 51%
Arizona: 49%
Free MLB Pick
As noted above the Padres have feasted on Diamondbacks’ starter Jeremy Hellickson’s offerings. Padres’ starter Shields hasn’t actually been good against Arizona allowing nine runs in 12 innings pitched this season leading us to a play on the OVER.
Take the OVER 8.5 @ BETONLINE.AG
