6:35 pm
April 14

Padres @ Pirates

Who will WIN this matchup?

San Diego Padres (8-4)

@ Pittsburgh Pirates (4-7)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Musgrove (SD): 2-0; 0.00 ERA

Anderson (PIT) 0-2; 5.23 ERA

 

Current odds:

San Diego Padres: (-210)

Pittsburgh Pirates: (+190)

 

• Musgrove (2-0, 0.00 ERA) will face Pittsburgh left-hander Tyler Anderson (0-2, 5.23 ERA) in the second game of a four-game series. Musgrove, 28, a San Diego native, went home when he was traded to the Padres as part of Pittsburgh’s rebuilding offseason, and became the sixth pitcher since 1990 to deliver a no-hitter for a team in the state where he was born.

• One thing to watch from the Padres’ perspective is the status of right fielder Wil Myers. A night after he matched a career high with five RBIs in Monday’s win, Myers left Tuesday’s game after the third inning with what afterward was described by the team as right knee inflammation, a problem he also had during the spring.

• Pittsburgh’s Anderson is coming off a loss to the Chicago Cubs in Pittsburgh’s home opener Thursday, when he gave up three runs and 10 hits in 5 1/3 innings, with no walks and five strikeouts.

• Anderson is 3-2 with a 2.61 ERA in nine career games against San Diego, eight of those starts. Musgrove is 0-1 with an 11.25 ERA in one previous start against the Pirates.

6/10
Confidence
StreakSmarter Pick
San Diego Padres
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