Padres vs Astros Picks and Prediction – 9/10/2023

The San Diego Padres continue a road trip Sunday afternoon in Houston for their final game against the Houston Astros. San Diego comes into Sunday eight games below .500 on the year following a nine run win in game one of this series. For other MLB Plays and Previews see our MLB Picks. Rich Hill will be on the mound Sunday for San Diego making his 29th start of the year. This season Hill has been terrible with a 5.60 ERA currently seven games Willow .500 after giving up 93 runs in only 138.1 innings.

Offensively San Diego has been well below their expectations with a .240 batting average on 1130 total hits. The power has carried San Diego this season as the team has hit 180 total home runs. Ha-Seong Kim leads the San Diego offense with a .273 batting average to go along with a fantastic .364 OBP. Juan Soto is a team leader with 28 home runs and 85 RBIs.

The Houston Astros remain at home Sunday 18 games above .500 following the loss in game one of this set to end a lengthy winning streak. Offensively Houston has played well compiling 731 runs on 1271 hits this season. Houston also has some of the best power in the league with 196 total team home runs. Kyle Tucker is the offense for Houston leading the team with a .288 batting average to go along with a team high 26 home runs and 99 RBIs.

Hunter Brown took the loss for Houston in the last game after giving up six runs on six hits across 4.1 innings of work. The Houston bullpen struggled as well giving up five more runs on four hits over the final 4.2 innings. Offensively Houston was terrible with just six hits and 32 at bats to leave seven men on base. Alex Bregman and Jose Abreu were the only life lines in the Houston lineup driving in one run each.