Miami Marlins (50-65) vs San Diego Padres (65-52)
Monday, August 15, 2022 at 6:40 pm
My selection is on the first five innings 'under' between San Diego and Miami at 6:40 pm et on Monday.
This is one of the best starting pitching matchups on Monday's board as the Padres send Joe Musgrove to the hill against Sandy Alcantara of the Marlins. We'll look to avoid the inconsistent bullpens here and back the first five innings 'under' only.
Musgrove labored through a four-start stretch before settling down to allow just one earned run over seven innings against the Giants last time out. On the season, he owns a 3.35 FIP and 1.02 WHIP while allowing only 3.19 runs per nine innings. In Musgrove's lone previous outing against the Marlins this season he gave up just two earned runs on five hits while striking out eight and walking just one over seven frames back in early May.
There's Sandy Alcantara and then there's everyone else when it comes to the Marlins pitching staff this year. He's been terrific, recording a 2.85 FIP and 0.95 WHIP while yielding just 2.39 runs per nine innings. With that being said, he'll be looking to avenge one of his worst starts of the season which came against the Padres in May. In that outing he allowed two earned runs on five hits and lasted just 4 2/3 innings. That game still totalled just five runs. The last time we saw Alcantara pitch here at home he tossed a complete game shutout against the Reds on August 3rd. Take the first five innings under (8*).
Sean’s Pick First five innings UNDER 3.0 (+105)
AUTHOR: Sean Murphy
