Padres at Cubs
GAME: San Diego Padres (6-4) at Chicago Cubs (5-3)
DATE/TIME: Friday, April 17 – 2:20 PM EST
WHERE: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
LINE: 106, -115
TOTAL: 7.5
TV: 2:20 p.m. ET, FSN San Diego, WLS (Chicago)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Padres RH James Shields (1-0, 2.08 ERA) vs. Cubs RH Jason Hammel (1-0, 4.50)
PREDICTION: Padres 4, Cubs 3
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James Shields will be the starting pitcher for the Padres on this day. Right hander Shields is 1-0 this season with a 2.08 ERA.

Meanwhile, it’ll be Jason Hammel who starts for the Cubs. Right hander Hammel is 1-0 with a 4.50 ERA so far this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Padres listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Cubs, while the game’s total is sitting at 7.

Chicago won its last outing, a 5-0 result against the Reds on April 15. Bettors who backed the Cubs at -139 on the moneyline won on the day, and the total score (5) sent UNDER bettors to the payout window.

Hammel labored after he was traded by the Cubs to Oakland last July but he’ll try to replicate the success he had last season at Wrigley Field. Hammel made seven home starts with Chicago last year and compiled a 4-1 record and 2.35 ERA while limiting the opposition to a .213 batting average against. He won his season debut at Colorado, permitting three runs on eight hits while striking out six and not walking a batter.

Team record: 5-3
Chi Cubs is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Chi Cubs’s last 10 games
Chi Cubs is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chi Cubs’s last 7 games at home

San Diego was a 3-2 winner in its last match at home against the Diamondbacks. They won as -133 favorites, while the total score of 5 made winners of UNDER bettors.

Shields is providing early dividends on the four-year, $75 million contract he signed in the offseason, following a solid effort in the season opener with a stellar outing in his first home start with the Padres. Shields earned the victory by limiting reigning World Series champion San Francisco to one run on three hits over seven innings. The 33-year-old has struck out 15 while permitting only three runs over 13 innings.

Team record: 6-4
San Diego is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
San Diego is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Diego’s last 5 games on the road
San Diego is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Chi Cubs

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