The 27-19 San Diego Padres have lost 4 straight but all teams hit a bump in the road and keep in mind, despite last night’s 0-3 loss to the Blue Jays in Toronto, they are still just 1.5 games back of the Dodgers for the top spot in the very competitive NL West. San Diego is a really good team. With that said, the Padres and Blue Jays will resume their 3-game set tonight at Rogers Centre. The 23-24 Jays are expected to turn to Kevin Gausman to throw strikes. He has not looked impressive at all. Gausman is 3-4 with a 4.59 ERA. In his last outing at home against a mediocre at best Tampa Bay Rays team, Gausman gave up 10 hits, 6 runs, 3 long balls, and the Rays won 8-3. The Padres are expected to counter with Randy Vásquez, who is 3-3 with a respectable 3.34 ERA. In his last turn against the Angels, Vásquez pitched 6 strong innings, allowing just 1 run on 4 hits, and the Friars went on to win, 5-1. By far, San Diego is the better team on the field tonight, with the edge in runs scored, run differential, hits per game, etc., etc., etc. They’ll get back on the rails.
TONIGHT’S PICK: SAN DIEGO PADRES