Ala Hann Sport picks

The betting online is getting a little more frantic as the teams head towards the playoffs in MLB. The NFL betting is just about ready to get under way, and NCAA football betting is just around the corner. But for now, the sports world is focused on the upcoming baseball playoffs, and every game from here to October is extremely important.

The San Diego Padres wound up being the best of a division that did not feature a whole lot of promise. Aside from glimpses of brilliance by the San Francisco Giants, and moments of strong team play from the Colorado Rockies, the NL West was a pretty wide-open division that anyone could have taken at any time. The MLB betting may have favored the Los Angeles Dodgers in the pre-season, but the Padres have a four game lead in the NL West and they just keep on winning.

The Atlanta Braves are not only holding off the surging New York Mets and the pre-season NL East favorite Philadelphia Phillies, they are doing so with great ease. Right now the Braves enjoy a five and a half game lead in the NL East, and they are giving no indications of letting that lead go before it is time to award the NL East pennant.

The MLB playoffs are all about momentum. The team that has it, can ride it all the way to the World Series. The Padres are on a four game winning streak that came just in time as they were losing fairly consistently for a little while. The Braves have won six of their last 10, including their last game of the series with the Milwaukee Brewers. So both teams are pretty strong coming in to this game.

On the mound for the Padres is Joe Garland. He has a 9-6 record and a 3.45 ERA. Garland is known for his bad starts to games, and equally as known for his great finishes. He tends to get himself in trouble early and either pitches out of it, or gets pulled before it is too late.

The Braves will be putting Tommy Hanson on the mound with his 8-6 record and 4.19 ERA. Hanson is incredibly inconsistent. In two starts in June he gave up a total of 15 earned runs, but in two games in July he only have up two runs total. He has control problems that sometimes he can fix, and other times he just loses his aim.

The Padres rank at the bottom of just about every hitting category. They get by with their defense and great pitching. Garland is enough to keep the Braves at bay, and Hanson may be just the medicine the ailing Padre bats are looking for. If the Padres want to make some noise in the playoffs, they will need to get their offense going. This game could be the perfect chance for San Diego to put some pop in their bats as they move into the playoffs.

Pick: San Diego Padres 4-2

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