San Diego Padres vs. Arizona Diamondbacks MLB Betting Preview | September 6

Joe Musgrove aims for his 10th victory of the season when the San Diego Padres (74-62) host the Arizona Diamondbacks (65-69). The Padres are favored in the matchup (-166) against the Diamondbacks (+141), and first pitch is at 9:40 PM ET on Tuesday. San Diego’s Musgrove and Arizona’s Merrill Kelly will start this matchup.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for Padres vs. Diamondbacks

• Game Day: Tuesday, September 6, 2022
• Game Time: 9:40 PM ET
• Location: San Diego, California
• Stadium: PETCO Park

Padres Stats & Trends

Padres Batting

• The Padres rank 21st in MLB play with 123 total home runs.
• The Padres’ .241 batting average ranks 17th in MLB.
• The Padres rank seventh in the league with a .319 on-base percentage.
• The Padres strike out 8.2 times per game, the No. 13 average in the league.
• The Padres have hit 58 homers at home this season (0.9 per game).
• The Padres are averaging 2.4 extra-base hits per game while slugging .362 in home contests.
• The team is batting .229 with 473 hits (7.4 per game) at home this season.

Padres Key Batters

• Manny Machado has 146 hits to go with a slugging percentage of .538, both of which are best among San Diego hitters this season.
• Among qualifying hitters in baseball, Machado’s batting average ranks eighth, his on-base percentage ranks 13th, and he is seventh in slugging.
• Juan Soto has 107 hits this season and a team-best OBP of .408.
• Soto is 95th in batting average, second in on-base percentage and 35th in slugging in the major leagues.
• Josh Bell has collected 133 base hits, an OBP of .366 and a slugging percentage of .444 this season.
• Bell has picked up a hit in two games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .143 with a walk.
• Jurickson Profar is batting .243 with a .341 OBP and 53 RBI for San Diego this season.
• Profar enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .313 with three doubles, a home run, two walks and five RBI.

Diamondbacks Stats & Trends

Diamondbacks Batting

• The Diamondbacks rank 15th in Major League Baseball with 145 home runs.
• The Diamondbacks have a team batting average of .232 this season, which ranks 24th among MLB teams.
• The Diamondbacks have an on-base percentage of .309 this season, which ranks 21st in the league.
• The Diamondbacks have shown patience at the plate this season with the 10th-best rate of strikeouts per game (8.1) among MLB offenses.
• They’ve hit 83 homers, an average of 1.3 per game, in 63 road contests this season.
• They have a team slugging percentage of .399 in away games this season with 194 extra-base hits.
• They are averaging 7.6 base hits per game and batting .226 on the road this season.

Diamondbacks Key Batters

• Christian Walker has racked up 111 hits with a .479 slugging percentage, both team-best numbers for the Diamondbacks.
• Including all qualified hitters, Walker ranks 114th in batting average, while his on-base percentage ranks 65th and he is 24th in slugging.
• Walker heads into this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .278 with a double, a home run, two walks and four RBI.
• Daulton Varsho has 20 doubles, three triples, 20 home runs and 41 walks while batting .239.
• Including all qualifying hitters, Varsho ranks 111th in batting average, 109th in on-base percentage and 57th in slugging percentage.
• Ketel Marte has 36 doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 48 walks while hitting .246.
• Josh Rojas leads his team with a .356 on-base percentage.

Padres vs. Diamondbacks Probable Pitchers