San Diego Padres vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction 8-13-24 MLB Picks

The Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Diego Padres square off 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 a San Diego Padres vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction.

Starting Pitching Matchup

The Pittsburgh Pirates will send out Luis Ortiz for the start here and Ortiz is 5-2 with a 3.40 ERA and 68 strikeouts this season. In his career, Ortiz is 0-0 with a 6.75 ERA and 3 strikeouts against San Diego. The San Diego Padres will be starting Michael King in this one and King is 9-6 with a 3.34 ERA and 151 strikeouts this season. This will be King’s second career start against Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh Pirates Recap

The Pittsburgh Pirates will be looking to find some sort of positive after starting the series with another close loss to San Diego in a 2-1 defeat in Monday’s series opener. The loss made it 8 straight for the Pirates who are trying to rebound from series losses to the Padres, Diamondbacks and Dodgers in the month of August so far.

Pirates Trying To Stop Slide

Bryan Reynolds leads the Pirates with 131 hits with 22 doubles along with 19 home runs and 69 RBIs while Andrew McCutchen has 16 home runs and Jack Suwinski has 9 stolen bases. Oneil Cruz has 12 stolen bases and 141 strikeouts while also posting 25 doubles, 18 home runs and 59 RBIs and Connor Joe has a .238 batting average and 19 doubles as well this season. Ke’Bryan Hayes also has 11 stolen bases as well this season.

Why the Pittsburgh Pirates will win

• The Padres have lost each of their last four games as home favorites against the Pirates following a home win.
• The Pirates have won six of their last seven games as underdogs against the Padres following a road loss.
• The Pirates have covered the run line in each of their last 10 games against the Padres following a road loss.
• The Padres have failed to cover the run line in each of their last six home games against the Pirates following a win.

San Diego Padres Recap

The San Diego Padres will try to keep their momentum going after starting the series with a win on Monday. The Padres are still the hottest team in the second half of the season and are trying to build on series wins over the Marlins, Pirates and Rockies in the month of August so far.

Padres Looking To Catch Dodgers Atop NL West

Jurickson Profar has 124 hits along with a .297 batting average and 22 doubles with 19 homers and 72 RBIs. Jake Cronenworth has 67 RBIs while Fernando Tatis Jr. has belted 14 home runs, 86 hits, 71 strikeouts and 8 stolen bases as well this season, but is out of the lineup because of injury. Manny Machado has 18 home runs and 68 RBIs but also has 92 strikeouts while Ha-Seong Kim has 90 hits with 3 triples, 15 doubles, 10 home runs, 45 RBIs and a team-high 22 stolen bases.

Why the San Diego Padres will win

• The Pirates have lost each of their last eight games.
• The Padres have won each of their last eight night games after playing the previous day.
• The Padres have covered the run line in each of their last six Tuesday games against National League opponents.

San Diego Padres vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction

I’m on the over in this one. I lean towards the Padres for the side, but the first series between these two played out the same way. Under, low-scoring Game in Game one and then the offenses broke out for 17 and 13 runs in the final two Games and these two starters were on the mound in each of those Games. This is a low total, so we might as well take advantage of it. Give me the over.