Padres vs Braves Baseball Handicapping

A winning streak will be on the line for the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday when they battle the San Diego Padres at Turner Field. The Padres will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Mat Latos in this game. Latos has a 4-3 record and a 4.82 ERA this season. It'll be Jair Jurrjens toeing the rubber for the Braves in this contest. Righthander Jurrjens is 10-8 with a 2.99 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 250-moneyline favorites versus the Padres, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Padres lost to St. Louis 5-2 as a +155 underdog on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9). Nick Hundley hit a solo home run for San Diego and Cesar Carrillo allowed four runs on five hits in two innings. The Braves defeated Florida 7-5 as a -125 favorite on Sunday. The 12 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (8.5). Brian McCann was 3-5 with a home run and five RBI for Atlanta, while Matt Diaz was 4-4 with two runs scored in the win. Current streak: San Diego has lost 2 straight games. Atlanta has won 2 straight games. Team records: San Diego: 52-74 SU Atlanta: 66-58 SU San Diego most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 5-5 Before playing Atlanta are 3-7 After playing St. Louis are 3-7 After a loss are 4-6 Atlanta most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 5-5 Before playing San Diego are 5-5 After playing Florida are 4-6 After a win are 6-4 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Diego's last 5 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Diego's last 5 games when playing on the road against Atlanta The total has gone OVER in 9 of San Diego's last 13 games The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Diego's last 9 games when playing Atlanta Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against San Diego The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing at home against San Diego Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Diego Next up: Atlanta home to San Diego, Wednesday, August 26