Padres at Reds 8/19/19 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Great American Ball Park will play host to a Monday night MLB matchup between the San Diego Padres and Cincinnati Reds. On Sunday, Austin Hedges hit a tie-breaking home run in during the seventh inning of a 3-2 road victory against Philadelphia. Kirby Yates struck out the side to notch his 35th save for the Padres, who are seven games below .500 overall.

Twenty-four year old southpaw Eric Lauer (6-8 4.55 ERA) will head to the hill for the Padres in this contest. Last time out, Lauer allowed three runs in five innings during a 7-5 home loss versus Tampa Bay. The Cincinnati Reds have lost six of their last eight games and are running out of time to climb back into the NL Central Division race. On Sunday, Cincinnati rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning before falling versus St. Louis by a 5-4 final score. Jose Iglesias had two hits and scored twice for the Reds, who fell 7.5 games behind the first place Cardinals.

Talented right-hander Trevor Bauer (10-9 4.12 ERA) will make his fourth start as a member of the Reds, Bauer, who was traded from Cleveland, has struck out 204 batters and sports a solid 1.25 WHIP.