San Diego Padres at Seattle Mariners 9/19/20 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 09/19/2020 at 12:31 AM ET

San Diego Padres at Seattle Mariners 9/19/20 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The San Diego Padres play the second game of an interleague series on the road Saturday against the Seattle Mariners. The Padres dropped to 32-19 following a 7-5 loss on Wednesday to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Padres lost two out of three at home to the first-place Dodgers and now trail Los Angeles by four games in the National League West Race, but have won eight of the last 10.

Third baseman Manny Machado is batting .314 to lead San Diego and has team-highs in RBIs with 41, hits with 61 and on-base percentage at .377. Shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. is leading San Diego in home runs with 15. On Saturday, San Diego will send Mike Clevinger to the mound. The right-hander is 3-2 with an ERA of 3.10, 38 Ks and 14 BBs.

The Seattle Mariners dropped to 22-28 following a 6-4 loss on Thursday to the San Francisco Giants. Seattle is in third place in the American League West nine games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics but have lost three straight and six of the last nine. In Thursday's loss to the Giants, the Mariners bullpen allowed a two-run triple during the seventh inning to fall behind and could not answer back in their last two at-bats.

Right fielder Kyle Lewis is batting .291 to lead Seattle and has team highs in home runs with 10, hits with 51 and on-base percentage at .385. Third baseman Kyle Seager has a team-high 33 RBIs. On Saturday, Seattle will send Justus Sheffield to the mound. The left-hander is 3-3 with an ERA of 4.06, 42 Ks and 16 BBs.

This season Mike Clevenger is 3-2 with a solid 3.10 ERA and since joining the Padres, San Diego has won two of the right-hander's three starts. The Padres lost each of the last two games to the Dodgers but had won eight straight prior to those two defeats, while Seattle has lost six of its last nine and five of its last seven versus an opponent from the National League. Final Score Prediction, San Diego Padres win 6-3.

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