San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres MLB Picks, Odds, Predictions 10/3/21

The San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants meet Sunday in MLB action at Oracle Park. The Padres need a win after losing 12 of their last 14 games. The Giants look for a win after winning 11 of their last 14 games.

The San Diego Padres have scored six runs in their last three games and three or less runs in six of their last eight games. The Padres have lost 10 of their last 11 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 286 hits and 134 RBI. The San Diego Padres didn’t announce a starting pitcher at the time this article was published.

The San Francisco Giants have scored 10 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in six of their last nine games. The Giants have won 15 of their last 18 games when scoring four or more runs. Brandon Crawford leads the Giants with 143 hits and 90 RBI while Buster Posey and Mike Yastrzemski have combined for 222 hits and 122 RBI. Logan Webb gets the ball, and he is 10-3 with a 2.93 ERA and 150 strikeouts this season. Webb is 0-1 with a 4.05 ERA and 19 strikeouts in his career against the Padres.

At the time of publishing this article, we’re not sure if the Giants need to win this game or if they’ve already won the NL West. What we do know is the Padres aren’t a good baseball team and have had issues stringing together wins all year. The Giants still have the best record in baseball, they’re at home and Webb has been money all year, which includes a 1.63 ERA and .210 allowed batting average in 66.1 innings at home. The Giants have lost back-to-back games just once since September 2.

Give me the Giants.