Good Morning PreGamers!
Coming off a 3-1 night on Saturday, I am currently on a 8-2 run on my MLB Plays over the past 3 days and I am looking to continue rolling on Sunday.
The Padres and Braves have split their first two games of this series and Sunday sees two lefty’s go head to head in Atlanta. Eric Stults gets the nod for the Padres and has had an awful season up to this point in 2014. He is 3-12 in 20 starts and ranks 4th worst in the NL with a 5.00 ERA and 3rd worst with a lofty 1.46 WHIP. Stults has struggled even more in his 11 starts away from San Diego, going 0-8 with a 5.43 ERA and 1.53 WHIP. Stults has given up 20 HR in 2014 and ranks worst in the NL in terms slugging percentage against with .496.
The Braves give the ball to Mike Minor, who has been roughed up to the sound of 12 ER on 21 hits over 9 IP innings in his last two outings. Minor is 1-5 with a 5.70 ERA and 1.78 WHIP in 8 starts away from Turner Field this season. Just like Stults, Mike Minor gives up a lot of HR with Minor surrendering 10 homers in eight starts at home in 2014.
Although the Padres have been cold with the bat in 2014, they have hit a purple patch recently by hitting .282 and averaging over 5 runs per game over the last week. The Braves are just 3-14 (.214) with RISP in the opening two games of this series and have left 18 runners on base. I like both teams to put runs on the board tonight and with the goal at 7.5, I see great value in taking the Over in this match up.
San Diego Padres / Atlanta Braves Over 7.5 - WINNER
GL
Jonathan Young