St. Louis Cardinals Vs San Diego Padres
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS VS SAN DIEGO PADRES
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Today’s matchup is between the St. Louis Cardinals (30-28) and the San Diego Padres (37-23). The Cardinals have won 3 of their last 5 games & the Padres have won 3 of their last 5 games.
The Cardinals are starting Kwang Hyun Kim (LHP), on the mound who is 3-0 on the season pitching a 1.62 ERA, 3.88 FIP, .247 wOBA, K% of 15.6%, BB% of 7.8%, 87.1 MPH average exit velocity, and a 1.03 WHIP in 39.0 innings pitched.
The Padres are starting Chris Paddack (RHP), who is 4-5 on the season with a 4.73 ERA, 5.02 FIP, .336 wOBA, K% of 23.7%, BB% of 4.9%, 90.9 MPH average exit velocity, and a 1.22 WHIP in 59.0 innings pitched.
The Cardinals are the 19th best in the Majors in Relieving Pitching (WAR) while the Padres are 10th.
On the hitting side, the Cardinals have a .306 wOBA and a .323 OBP. The Padres have a .341 wOBA and a .333 OBP. The Cardinals have 51 HRs this season while the Padres have 95 HRs.
Chris Paddack is coming off a troubling performance where he gave up 5 ERs in 3.2 innings played. With Kwang Hyun Kim the Cardinals have the edge in pitching but the Padres have the edge at bat. Ima go with the closer making his first start as the underdog.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis' last 5 games.
- St. Louis are 8-4 SU in their last 12 games.
- St. Louis are 2-6 SU in their last 8 games against San Diego.
- San Diego are 13-6 SU in their last 19 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 12 of San Diego's last 18 games against St. Louis.
- San Diego are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games at home.