Philadelphia Phillies at San Diego Padres 6/5/19 – MLB Pick, Preview, Prediction
Can the Phillies get back on the winning path in this game? If the history of the West Coast road trip so far has any say then that is a big fat no. The Phillies have not even been competitive in 3 out of the 4 games on the road trip so far. The one game that they were competitive in it ended up being a 4-3 loss to the Dodgers. What else is not helping the Phillies is the fact that they are 3 games under the five hundred mark on the road. The Padres finally were able to get back to the winning ways as the team picked up a win over the Phillies and have finally been able to level their home record to the five hundred mark on the year.
Philadelphia Phillies Preview
The Phillies on the year have been able to hit at a clip of .242 on the season while recording 493 hits. The Phillies have managed to get a total of 289 runs and have hit a total of 69 homers. Rhys Hoskins has been able to hit a total of 13 homers on the year. Bryce Harper finally showed up to lead the Phillies in RBIs with 43. When it comes to hitting the Phillies have relied on Jean Segura with an average of .287.
When it comes to the pitching staff the Phillies have managed to throw their way to a team ERA of 4.23 while the opponents are roughing up the pitching staff at an average of .260 this season. When it comes to the walks the Phillies have given up 206 walks and struck out only 512 batters on the year. Jake Arrieta is the pitcher who the Phillies are looking to hand the ball off to for starting this game. He has a 5-5 record on the year and a 3.96 ERA. He has thrown a total of 75 innings on the year with 62 strikeouts, but has given up 75 hits and 27 walks.
San Diego Padres Preview
On the season the Padres have been able to hit only at a clip of .231 and have managed to get a total of 454 hits this year. The Padres only have been able to get a total of 240 runs on the year, but have been able to get a total of 89 homers. Hunter Renfroe is the batter who has hit a total of 17 homers on the year. Eric Hosmer is the pitcher who has been able to hit at a clip of .289 on the year and have driven in a total of 34 RBIs.
This year the Padres have been able to throw their way to a team ERA of 4.09 and have kept the opponents to an average of .239 on the year. The Padres have struck out a total of 535 batters on the year and have walked a total of 150 batters on the year. Joey Lucchesi is the pitcher the Padres are putting on the mound in this game and he has a 4-3 record and a 3.96 ERA. Lucchesi has thrown a total of 61.1 innings on the year while striking out 62 batters. He has allowed a total of 53 hits and 15 walks on the year so far.
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My FREE MLB Pick: San Diego Padres
The road trip has not been kind to the Phillies this year and the struggles have actually come from the offensive side of the ball and not so much the pitching. The offense has not been able to produce and that is what has really lead to the Phillies pitching struggles as the pitching is trying too hard to make up the difference and getting worn out early. The Padres, this year have been able to do decent at home and while they had to break their losing skid, the Padres were able to do just that and really looked impressive in how they did it. I look for the Padres to be able to pull out the win in this game and shut down the Phillies offense yet again. Final Score Prediction, San Diego Padre win 6-3.
