San Diego Padres vs. Toronto Blue Jays Odds & Prediction: June 14th 2010

Our Monday night MLB predictions take us to Petco Park where the NL West leading San Diego Padres will continue their Interleague MLB betting odds action looking to bounce back from yesterday’s rare home loss against the Toronto Blue Jays. Toronto was at one point one of the best bats in all of baseball on the road, but since it’s dropped 10 of its L/13 as a visitor, manager Cito Gaston’s club stands 17-16 (+$531) away from the Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays enter this series having just been swept by the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field over the weekend.
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Though it just fell to the Mariners who got a fabulous effort out of Felix Hernandez yesterday afternoon, the Padres reclaimed the top spot in the NL West after the Dodgers were swept at home by the red hot Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Manager Bud Black’s outfit is currently the best bet in all of baseball reeling in upwards of $1480 on the year; they’ve tallied victories in 20 of their 33 overall home games (+$653).

Toronto Blue Jays (34-30, +$853) vs. San Diego Padres (37-26, +$1487)
Game Date/Time: Monday, June 14th, 10:05 ET
Game Location: Petco Park, San Diego, CA
TV/Radio Broadcast: SNET, 4SD, XM

MLB Odds: Toronto Blue Jays +1.5 -230 -110 (Shaun Marcum – R) vs. San Diego Padres -1.5 +190 -110 (Jon Garland – R): Total 6.5 O -125 6.5 U +105

After posting a perfect 5-0 record with a 1.85 ERA in six May starts, RHP Shaun Marcum has dropped each of his first two June starts and has been rocked in the process. Though it was Tampa Bay he faced in both outings, the Rays pounded him for a combined 20 hits and 11 ER’s through his 12.1 total innings of work. The seven runs he allowed last Sunday was a season high; he had only allowed that amount three other times and hadn’t done so since late in the season back in 2007. As a visitor this season, Marcum stands 2-1 with a 4.42 ERA & 1.06 WHIP having allowed 34 hits and 18 ER’s with a K/BB ratio of 30/5 through 36.2 total IP. Opponents are batting .241 against him in the 2010 baseball betting season. This will be his first career look at the Padres.

Jon Garland gets the call for the home team for the 14th time this season. He’s 6-4 on the year and carries a 2.81 ERA & 1.32 WHIP with him into this start. He’s coming off a solid showing on the road after allowing the Mets to tally three runs through his six innings of work. The Padres are a $$$-making 5-1 in his six Petco start this season where he’s a perfect 3-0 and carries a sparkling 1.15 ERA & 1.23 WHIP. Opponents are batting .253 against him on the year overall, but that number plummets to .213 when in the comfy confines of Petco. Since he played for a pair of AL teams for a bulk of his career, Garland has seen the Blue Jays quite a bit and has more than lived to tell about it. In fact, he’s been very successful against Toronto going 11-2 with a 4.00 ERA & 1.33 WHIP in 16 career starts.

MLB Insider Tip: Interleague play has seen the worst from the Blue Jays over the years. They enter tonight’s battle with the Padres just 1-5 (-$400) this season and have gone a bankroll depleting 16-26 (-$1420) the L/3 seasons. Throw in the fact that the team is scuffling right now, and I really don’t like their chances of succeeding in this series.

The Padres have won each of their L/8 home games against opponents boasting +.500 road records, and they’re a solid 28-10 the L/38 times they took the field following a defeat. Garland has been flat out money in this ballpark all season long, so I see no reason to hop off the $$$-train just yet. Oddsmakers continue to give the NL West leading Padres no respect, and we’ve laughed our way to the bank for the bulk of the season because of it. That said; my MLB predictions for tonight are for Garland and the Padres to extend the Blue Jays Interleague woes another game.

My MLB Prediction: San Diego Padres (Garland)
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