The San Diego Padres (81-63) and San Francisco Giants (70-73) will battle on Sunday at PETCO Park, with first pitch at 4:10 p.m. ET.
The favored Padres (-127 on the moneyline) host the Giants (+106). The Padres will start Joe Musgrove (5-4) against the Giants and Spencer Bivens (3-1).
Logan Webb (6.0 IP, 3 R, 10 H, 3 K) earned a win in the Giants’ 6-3 victory over the Padres yesterday. Grant McCray led the way offensively, going 2-for-4 with two home runs and five RBI. Dylan Cease (6.0 IP, 4 R, 6 H, 4 K) was handed the loss for the Padres.
Before the Padres vs. Giants matchup, here’s what you need to prepare for Sunday’s baseball action, including viewing options.
San Diego Padres vs. San Francisco Giants odds and betting lines
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Sunday at 3:16 p.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
- Favorite: Padres (-127, bet $127 to win $100)
- Underdog: Giants (+106, bet $100 to win $106)
- Over/under: 7
Padres vs. Giants: Live streaming info & game time
- Game Day: Sunday, September 8, 2024
- Game Time: 4:10 p.m. ET
- Stadium: PETCO Park
- TV Channel: Padres
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
Padres stats and trends
Padres betting records
- The Padres have been favorites in 91 games this season and won 53 (58.2%) of those contests.
- San Diego has a record of 39-27, a 59.1% win rate, when favored by -127 or more by bookmakers this season.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Padres have a 55.9% chance to win.
- So far this season, San Diego and its opponents have hit the over in 77 of 144 games with a total.
- The Padres are 71-72-0 against the spread this season.
Joe Musgrove (Padres probable starter)
- The Padres will send Musgrove (5-4) to the mound to make his 16th start of the season. He is 5-4 with a 4.09 ERA and 71 strikeouts through 77 2/3 innings pitched.
- His last appearance came on Monday against the Detroit Tigers, when the right-hander went six scoreless innings while giving up three hits.
- The 31-year-old has an ERA of 4.09, with 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings, in 15 games this season. Opponents are batting .259 against him.
- Musgrove is looking to earn his fourth quality start in a row in this outing.
- Musgrove will look to build on a four-game streak of going five or more innings (he’s averaging 5.1 innings per outing).
- In three of his 15 total appearances this season he has not surrendered an earned run.
- He will take the hill against a Giants offense that is batting .239 as a unit (20th in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .392 (20th in MLB) with 149 total home runs (19th in MLB).
- Head-to-head against the Giants this season, Musgrove has pitched 5 2/3 innings, giving up four earned runs on eight hits while striking out three.
Padres batting stats
- The Padres’ 165 home runs rank 12th in Major League Baseball.
- Hitters for San Diego have a combined .417 slugging percentage this season, which ranks 10th in MLB.
- The Padres rank first in the majors with a .265 team batting average.
- San Diego is among the highest-scoring teams in the majors, ranking seventh with 684 total runs this season.
- The Padres are among the best in the league at getting on base, ranking sixth with an OBP of .326.
- No team has fewer strikeouts this season than San Diego, whose batters have struck out only 6.5 times per game on average.
Giants stats and trends
Giants betting records
- The Giants have been victorious in 26, or 40.6%, of the 64 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
- San Francisco has a mark of 13-29 in contests where sportsbooks favor it by +106 or worse on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Giants have a 48.5% chance of walking away with the win.
- San Francisco and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 72 of its 142 opportunities.
- The Giants have posted a record of 68-73-0 against the spread this season.
Spencer Bivens (Giants probable starter)
- Bivens (3-1) pitches first for the Giants to make his second start of the season.
- The right-hander last appeared in relief on Thursday, when he threw four innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks, allowing two earned runs while giving up two hits.
- Opposing hitters have a collective batting average of .237 against him this season. He has a 2.86 ERA and 6.2 strikeouts per nine innings over his 19 games.
- He meets a Padres offense that ranks seventh in the league with 684 total runs scored while batting .265 as a squad. His opponent has a collective .417 slugging percentage (10th in MLB play) and has hit a total of 165 home runs (12th in the league).
Giants batting stats
- The Giants rank 19th in MLB play with 149 total home runs.
- So far this year, San Francisco’s .392 slugging percentage ranks 20th in baseball.
- The Giants are 20th in the majors with a .239 batting average.
- San Francisco scores the 16th-most runs in baseball (608 total, 4.3 per game).
- The Giants’ .308 on-base percentage ranks 18th in the majors.
