Atlanta Braves (52-42) at San Diego Padres (50-48)
Game Info: Sunday, July 14th, 2024 at 4:10 p.m. EST (Petco Park)
Betting Odds: Braves ML (-165) - Over/Under (7.5)
Pick: Braves ML (-165)
The Atlanta Braves and the San Diego Padres will play the third and final game before the All-Star break here on Sunday afternoon at Petco Park in San Diego. Both of these teams came into the season with very high expectations of winning their respective divisions, and at the moment both teams will likely have to settle for one of the three wildcard spots in the National League. However, there is still plenty of time for Atlanta and San Diego to get back into the respective division title races, but they will need to get things going rather quickly coming right out of the All-Star break on Friday. Both teams will look ahead into the All-Star break with some momentum and achieve that by winning this game here on Sunday afternoon.
The Atlanta Braves come into this game, looking to get a huge victory, heading into the break and they will have their best pitcher available on the mound after injuries to two of their best starters this season. Chris Sale gets the baseball for this game and he comes into this one with 12 victories on the year. He will look to further his National League Cy Young award campaign with another quality performance. He has been instrumental in Atlanta success throughout the season after early injuries to top guys like Spencer Strider.
If the Braves want to be successful the rest of the season they will need Chris Sale to continue putting up solid performances. Atlanta comes into this game, sitting in second place of the National League East division with plenty of ground to make up in the second half of the season against the Philadelphia Phillies. They have picked up victories in their last 10 games on the season and they are coming off of a loss against the San Diego Padres in yesterday’s contest. Now they will look to bounce back and get back into the column before heading into All-Star break here on Sunday afternoon.
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The San Diego Padres are another team that had very high expectations coming into the season, but they have looked rather underwhelming playing in the National League West division. Like Atlanta they will have plenty of work to do if they want to chase down the Los Angeles Dodgers throughout the second half of the season. It all starts with building as much momentum as possible into the All-Star break and they can accomplish that by winning a second consecutive game against Atlanta here on Sunday afternoon to wrap up the first half of the season.
Randy Vasquez gets the start for the Padres here on Sunday and he comes into this game with a record of 2-4 on the season. He will need to find a way to stop this Atlanta lineup throughout this game if he wants to be successful and pick up his third victory of the year. San Diego comes into this game as losers of six out of their last 10, but as previously mentioned, they are on a one game-winning streak coming into this contest. They currently sit two games above .500 at 50-48 through their first 98 games of the season.
Betting trends to consider in this matchup:
- San Diego is 26-27 at home
- San Diego is 26-28 against teams above .500
- Atlanta is 27-23 against teams above .500
I look for the Atlanta Braves to bounce back and pick up the victory here on Sunday afternoon to wrap up the first half of the season against San Diego. As I expect Chris Sale to put together a respectable performance on the mound and lead the Braves to a much-needed victory, heading into the second half of the season. I could easily see this being low scoring throughout the inning, but in the end, I think Atlanta will breakthrough and get them the victory along with a solid pitching performance.
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