San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres MLB Picks, Odds, Predictions 10/2/21

The San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants meet Saturday in MLB action at Oracle Park. The Padres need a win to snap a seven-game losing streak. The Giants look to build on their seven-game winning streak.

The San Diego Padres have scored 12 runs in their last three games and three or less runs in five of their last seven games. The Padres have lost 14 straight games when scoring three or less runs. Manny Machado leads the Padres with 156 hits and 103 RBI while Jake Cronenworth and Eric Hosmer have combined for 284 hits and 134 RBI. Joe Musgrove gets the ball, and he is 11-9 with a 3.22 ERA and 199 strikeouts this season. Musgrove is 2-3 with a 5.51 ERA and 36 strikeouts in his career against the Giants.

The San Francisco Giants have scored nine runs in their last three games and four or more runs in seven of their last nine games. The Giants have won 17 of their last 20 games when scoring four or more runs. Brandon Crawford leads the Giants with 142 hits and 90 RBI while Buster Posey and Mike Yastrzemski have combined for 222 hits and 122 RBI. Kevin Gausman gets the ball, and he is 14-6 with a 2.87 ERA and 222 strikeouts this season. Gausman is 2-1 with a 3.78 ERA and 38 strikeouts in his career against the Padres.

The Padres are 17-36 in their last 53 road games and 1-4 in their last 5 Saturday games. The Giants are 5-1 in their last 6 Saturday games and 41-15 in their last 56 overall. The over is 13-5 in Padres last 18 overall. The under is 4-1 in Giants last 5 Saturday games. The over is 11-1 in the last 12 meetings.

I say time and time again the Padres are a useless team that has the talent to be better but continues to play stupid baseball and come up short. The San Francisco Giants continue to pile up the victories and are one win away from winning the NL West. Nothing should change here. Give me the Giants, as they cruise to their first division title since 2012.