The San Diego Padres welcome in the Pittsburgh Pirates in Major League Baseball action tonight. The game is is scheduled for a 10:10 p.m. start time and it will be televised live on MLB.tv. Currently the odds for the game have the Pirates listed as a decent favorite to pick up the win at home.
A battle of a couple of teams on winning streaks, the Pittsburgh Pirates head west tonight to take on the Padres. Pittsburgh is one of the hottest teams in the league after winning six straight coming into tonight. San Diego has won their last two games, but they are just 4-6 in their last 10 games overall.
The Padres are a couple of games under the .500 mark and they've been out-scored by nine runs to date. Pittsburgh, with the recent win streak, has climbed to a couple of games over the .500 mark themselves, they've out-scored opponents by 35 runs so far this season.
Pittsburgh will send A.J. Burnett to the mound. The veteran right-hander is having a very good season with his 4-1 record and 1.37 ERA. Burnett is finding a way consistently to throw strikes and mix in that patented knuckle curve ball. Burnett has pitched the Pirates to four straight victories, tossing seven innings in each start while allowing no more than two earned runs. Current Padres have a .279 average against him in 140 at bats. Melvin Upton Jr. has homered three times against him, both Justin Upton and Will Venable have homered twice.
Ian Kennedy will get the ball for the Padres tonight. He's been up and down so far this season, posting a record of 2-4 with a 6.11 ERA and has been belted around by the Pirates in his career. Neil Walker owns three home runs against Kennedy while the entire Pittsburgh roster owns a .321 average against him in 106 plate appearances.
San Diego has dropped each of his last three starts and Kennedy's ERA of 8.15 in 17 2/3 home innings isn't exactly great. With Pittsburgh's success against Kennedy and his struggles at home, Pittsburgh could pick up a solid win on the road here tonight.
Free Pick: Pittsburgh
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