Milwaukee Brewers vs San Diego Padres Prediction & Picks - MLB

Prediction published on 6/22/24, 8:50 PM  by Carlos Zabala | Modified on 6/23/24 at 2:44 AM in MLB Picks

Although the Padres have been plagued by injuries, now not being able to count on Tatis, Campusano and Profar, they were able to win two key and electrifying games against the Brewers. Cronenworth carried the Padres on his shoulder, hitting 8-for-14 with 2 HRs in this series. Padres have a 41-40 record, winning 4 games in a row and remain in the fierce fight for the NL wild card. Brewers, despite having hit and reached base in this series as they always do, struck out 22 times between June 21 and 22. The Padres only struck out 6 times in games 2 and 3 of this series and had 25 hits, demonstrating a great ability to make contact at Petco Park.

In the National League Padres have placed players as leaders in several categories. Profar and Arraez are 2nd and 3rd in AVG, Arraez is the leader in Hits with 102, Cease 2nd in strikeouts with 116 and Suarez 3rd in saves with 19. Myers will start for Brewers with a 1.40 ERA in his last 5 starts and Brewers having won in the last 4. He will face King for the Padres who is on fire averaging 6.8 strikeouts per game and just 0.2 HR in the last 5 appearances.