San Diego Padres vs Miami Marlins 5/31/2023 Picks Predictions

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The San Diego Padres will finish a long road trip with a closing game of a National League lnter-Division three-game series on the road versus the Miami Marlins at loanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, on Thursday afternoon.

San Diego dropped to 25-30 overall, 13-15 on the road play after losing three of the last four road outings, and placed fourth in the NL West with eight games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first place.

The Padres collected 224 runs scored to date while surrendering 225 for a -1 run difference for the season. San Diego comes into this final match of a series after splitting the first two installments following a 1-2 road loss last time out.

On Wednesday evening, the Padres’ relief pitcher Josh Harder (0-1) wasted his third save of the season in a 1-2 loss to the Marlins with 2 earned runs and one free walk granted in pitching for 0.1 frames in relief.

Right-handed Pitcher Joe Musgrove will climb up the hill to start for the San Diego Padres in the series finale against the Miami Marlins on Thursday afternoon.

The righty starter is 2-2 on the season with a 5.64 ERA, a 1.45 WHlP, and 31 strikeouts while giving away 35 hits, 9 free bases, and 6 home runs in pitching for 30.1 frames in his starts.

In his last appearance on the mound, Musgrove (6.1 lP) gave up one earned run but struck out 6 batters with a solid 0.95 WHlP in a 5-1 road triumph over the New York Yankees on May 26.

The totals went UNDER in 12 of San Diego’s last 17 outings, while the Padres are 6-13 SU in their last 19 matches.

The San Diego Padres are 4-9 straight up in their last 13 road games, and the Padres are 2-5 SU in their last seven contests when playing on the road versus Miami.

The totals went UNDER in 10 of San Diego’s last 13 outings against a rival from the National League.

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San Diego Padres vs Miami Marlins Predictions 5/31/2023

The Miami Marlins will continue a homestand looking for their second straight home win when hosting the series finale facing the San Diego Padres on Thursday evening.

Miami improved 29-27 overall, 15-12 when playing at home after winning the second installment of a home series and tied with the New York Mets in second place in the NL East with four games behind the Atlanta Braves in the first place.

The Marlins accumulated 209 runs scored to date but dropped 254 for a run difference of -45 for the year.

After winning four of the last five contests, Miami played good baseball, including a 2-1 home triumph in the previous game.

Last night, Third Baseman Jean Segura of the Fish even the score with an RBI single in the ninth frame and scored the winning run on a walk-off single from Nick Fortes.

Miami’s reliever Steven Okert (2-0, 2.08 ERA) earned the victory with zero earned runs and zero free walks granted but struck out 3 batters in 1.0 inning pitched in relief.

The Miami Marlins management will counter with southpaw Jesus Luzardo to start the closing game of a series facing the San Diego Padres on Thursday afternoon.

The left-handed thrower is 4-3 for the year with an ERA of 3.67, a nice WHlP of 1.39, and has retired 31 batters while conceding 66 hits, 19 bases on balls, and eight home runs in pitching for 61.1 innings in his starts this season.

In his recent start this year, Luzardo (5 lP) granted one earned run but retired seven hitters with a WHlP of 1.60 in a 6-2 road triumph facing the Los Angeles Angels on May 26.

The Miami Marlins are 4-1 SU in their last five contests, and the Marlins are 5-1 straight up in their last six home matches.

Miami is 5-2 SU in their last seven outings when playing at home versus San Diego. At the same time, the totals went UNDER in 14 of the Marlins’ previous 19 games against an opponent from the National League West Division.

The totals also went OVER in 4 of Miami’s last five contests played on a Thursday.

San Diego Padres vs. Miami Marlins. The MLB Pick for this contest is Miami Marlins +104. The Marlins gained momentum after winning four of the last five matches played, including game 2 of a series over the Padres.

After 55 contests played, San Diego ranked 23rd in OPS and 24th in runs scored, while Miami ranked 20th in OPS and 27th in runs scored for the season.

Miami will dominate this game with home-field advantage on Thursday. The prediction is that the Miami Marlins will win 4-3.

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