Padres vs. Rangers Betting Preview - July 2

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The San Diego Padres have won the last ten games in this series dating back to 2020. The teams meet Tuesday for the first time this season.

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The Padres are really starting to get hot of late, winning eight of their last ten games overall.  The Padres rank fourth in the NL with 98 total home runs, averaging 1.1 per game.

Texas has a 38-46 record overall and a 20-19 record at home. The Rangers have the eighth-ranked team batting average in the AL at .238.  They have won a single game over their last seven.

PITCHING PROBABLES: Padres: Dylan Cease (7-6, 3.84 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 125 strikeouts); Rangers: Nathan Eovaldi (4-3, 3.45 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 74 strikeouts)

Cease delivered an impressive performance in Wednesday’s victory over the Nationals, racking up nine strikeouts over seven innings of shutout baseball.  In 72 at bats, the Rangers have two home runs and 9 RBI's against him.

Eovaldi surrendered five runs in seven innings Wednesday in a no-decision versus the Brewers.   He had a victory in his prior start.

LINE Rangers -114, Padres -105; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

Tune in for the latest news on the MLB as BetUS’s host, Kyle Purviance, and MLB experts BaseWinner and Corbie Craig break down the latest baseball betting trends and most valuable baseball betting odds, to give you their best MLB Picks and Predictions.

In this video:
0:00 MLB Predictions July 2nd
7:12 MLB Betting Record
7:42 St Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
12:27 San Francisco Giants vs Atlanta Braves
21:03 Tampa Bay Rays vs Kansas City Royals
27:14 Arizona Diamondbacks vs Los Angeles Dodgers
32:52 Home Run Props
35:40 MLB Q&A
53:48 MLB Best Bets July 2nd

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