San Diego Padres vs Oakland Athletics Prediction 6-11-24 Picks

The Oakland A’s and the San Diego Padres meet Tuesday in MLB action from Petco Park. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this Game. Here’s an San Diego Padres vs Oakland Athletics Prediction.

Starting Pitching Matchup

The Oakland A’s will send out JP Sears for the start and Sears is 4-5 with a 3.93 ERA and 53 strikeouts this season. This will be Sears’ first career start against the Padres. The San Diego Padres will trot out Randy Vasquez for the start here and Vasquez is 1-3 with a 5.40 ERA and 21 strikeouts this season. This will be Vasquez’s first career start against the A’s.

Oakland A’s Recap

The Oakland A’s come into this Game looking to bounce back from a 6-1 loss to the Padres in Monday’s series opener, starting the series on the wrong foot after series losses to the Blue Jays, Mariners and Braves over the last week and a half.

A’s Struggling At The Plate

Going into Monday’s action, Brent Rooker leads the A’s with 40 RBIs along with 13 home runs this season while Abraham Toro has a team-high 66 hits and 23 RBIs. JJ Bleday has a team-high 18 doubles, 56 hits and 24 RBIs and Toro has a .270 batting average. Rooker also has the unfortunate title of leading strikeout bat with 74 K’s at the dish this season. Shea Langeliers has also chipped in 12 home runs and 30 RBIs.

Why the Oakland Athletics will win

• The Padres have lost three of their last four games as favorites against American League opponents.
• The road team has won three of the last four games between the Athletics and Padres.
• The Padres have failed to cover the run line each of their last six Tuesday games against AL West opponents that held a losing record.
• The road team has covered the run line in six of the last seven games between the Athletics and Padres.

San Diego Padres Recap

The San Diego Padres will be out to build some steam after opening the series with a triumph on Monday, taking a step in the right direction after settling for a series split with the Diamondbacks this past weekend.

Padres Starting To Find Their Footing

Entering Monday’s opener, Jurickson Profar leads the Padres with 76 hits along with a .325 batting average and 12 doubles with 10 homers and 43 RBIs. Jake Cronenworth has 44 RBIs while Fernando Tatis Jr. has belted a team-high 12 home runs this season. Manny Machado has 6 home runs and 32 RBIs but also has 53 strikeouts while Ha-Seong Kim has 51 hits with 3 triples, 8 doubles, 9 home runs, 32 RBIs and a team-high 13 stolen bases. Tatis Jr. also has a team-high 60 strikeouts and 7 stolen bases as well this season.

Why the San Diego Padres will win

• The Padres have won each of their last eight home games against AL West opponents.
• The Athletics have lost 13 of their last 14 road games after playing the previous day.
• The Padres have covered the run line in each of their last eight games as home favorites against AL West opponents.
• The Athletics have failed to cover the run line in each of their last seven games against NL West opponents.
• The Athletics have trailed after 5 innings in each of their last eight games against National League opponents.

San Diego Padres vs Oakland Athletics Prediction

I’m going to take a shot on the A’s here. Oakland’s best shot at getting a win from starting pitching this season has been through Paul Blackburn (who’s still dealing with injury) and the aforementioned Sears and this might be Oakland’s best shot at a win in this series. The Padres still have their fair share of issues against left-handed pitching and while Oakland’s offense isn’t better at anything by any stretch, they’ve been able to rise to the occasion with Sears going here and I think they show some value in this spot as well. Give me the A’s.