The San Diego Padres are in a must win situation on Sunday when playing Game 5 of their best-of-seven American League Championship Series on the road against the Philadelphia Phillies. San Diego trails in the series 3-1 following its 10-6 loss in Game 4 on Saturday. San Diego jumped out to a 4-0 lead after a half-inning but could not hold off the hot hitting Phillies. Manny Machado and Juan Soto each hit home runs for San Diego in the loss.'
During the postseason, Austin Nola is batting .281 to lead San Diego, while Manny Machado is the leader in home runs with four, RBIs with eight and hits with 13. Jurickson Profar is the leader in on-base percentage at .372. Trent Grisham has hit three home runs for San Diego. On Sunday, the San Diego Padres will send Yu Darvish to the mound. During the postseason, the right-hander has allowed six runs on 16 hits across 17 innings with San Diego winning two of three, but the one loss was last Tuesday against Philadelphia.
Philadelphia is within one game of reaching the World Series after its victory on Saturday in Game 4. The Phillies fell behind by four runs after the top of the first inning but scored three runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning and took the lead for good after scoring four runs in the bottom of the fifth. Philadelphia hit home home runs on Saturday. Rhys Hoskins hit a pair of homers while Kyle Schwarber and JT Realmuto each hit one.
Bryce Harper is batting .475 to lead Philadelphia in the postseason and the designated hitter has team highs in home runs with four, RBIs with nine and hits with 16. Rhys Hoskins has also hit four home runs and has nine RBIs as well. On Sunday, the Philadelphia Phillies will send Zack Wheeler to the mound. The right-hander during the postseason has made three starts. Wheeler has allowed three runs on seven hits across 19 ? innings and the Phillies are 2-1 over that span, including a 2-0 victory last Tuesday against San Diego.
Recent Betting Trends
- San Diego is 1-5 in its last 6 after scoring 5 or more runs in the previous game
- The OVER has cashed in 6 of the Padres last 9 on the road
- Philadelphia is 5-1 in its last 6
- The OVER has cashed in 6 of the Phillies' last 7 at home
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Philadelphia Phillies -146