Padres vs. Phillies Prediction
After taking two-of-three from the Mets over the weekend, the Phillies will look to build off that momentum when they open a series at home versus the Padres today.
According to oddsmakers from online sports book BetDSI, the Phillies are -130 money line favorites over the Padres, who have odds of +110 to pull off the upset today in Philadelphia. The total, meanwhile, is sitting at 7.5 runs.
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Andrew Casher will make his second start of the season after he was tagged for five runs in four innings by the Dodgers last Wednesday. He surrendered six hits, with one of them coming as a home run off the bat of pitcher Kenta Maeda.
The Phillies will counter with Aaron Nola, who pitched seven innings of one-run ball and struck out eight in his debut against the Reds last Wednesday. Of his 95 pitches, 73 of them were for strikes. The lone run that he allowed was a home run to Euegnio Suarez.
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The over is 6-2-1 in the last nine meetings between these two teams and is 3-1-1 in Nola’s last five home starts. The over is also 25-7-1 in the Padres’ last 33 road games dating back to last year and 16-2-3 in their last 21 games during Game 1 of a series.
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