Milwaukee Brewers vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 8/12/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs San Diego Padres

Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Padres.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Milwaukee (-152) San Diego (+126)

The San Diego Padres (62-57) host the Milwaukee Brewers (74-44) at Petco Park on Wednesday. The moneyline on this game has the Brewers at -152 and the Padres are coming in at +126. The betting total is set at 8. The pitchers who are expected to start are Dustin May and Robbie Ray.

The Brewers have tallied 211 doubles as a team and have smacked 109 balls out of the park. Milwaukee is slugging .398 and have struck out 978 times, while taking a walk on 489 occasions. As a team, the Milwaukee Brewers are recording 5.0 runs per game, which has them sitting at 5th in the league. They have 554 RBI's as well as 1,006 hits for the year, and their batting average comes in at .253. They have accounted for 585 runs while having a team OBP of .337.

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The Brewers have a team earned run average of 3.47 on the year (2nd in the league), and they have struck out 1,156 hitters. Brewers pitchers have surrendered 118 home runs and also 444 runs in total (2nd in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 371 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 3.54 as a unit for the season. Milwaukee has surrendered 852 hits (7.3 per 9 innings) as well as 407 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 3.12 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.16.

The Brewers bullpen have compiled a save rate of 71.7% and have entered the game in 113 save situations. They have earned 38 saves so far this season and have not converted 15 of their 53 save chances. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 127 base runners on the campaign with 42.5% of them ended up crossing the plate. Brewers relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on 90 times and also have had 118 appearances in high leverage situations. The Brewers have dispatched 362 relievers to the hill so far this season. The relievers have a total of 59 holds for the season (20th in the league).

The Brewers have converted 71.2% of balls in play into outs out of 9,501 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 6th in the majors. The Milwaukee Brewers have a tally of 3,167 putouts for the season, in addition to 915 assists and 50 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .988 which has them sitting 6th in professional baseball, and they have turned 86 double plays.

May has thrown 330 innings and has tallied 302 K's during his pro baseball career. May (20-20 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 3.79 and he has gone up against 1,379 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 3.85 (141 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.197. He has surrendered 279 hits (7.6 hits per nine innings) and has 116 walks.

San Diego has 128 long balls for the season as well as 486 runs batted in. They have notched 176 two-baggers, while getting a free base 404 times and recording 504 runs. The San Diego Padres have a team OBP of .313 in addition to a team batting average of .237 for the season. The Padres have a team slugging % of .385 and they average 4.24 runs per contest (21st in MLB). They have been rung up on 967 occasions (19th in MLB) and have totaled 927 base knocks.

The San Diego pitching staff have yielded 514 runs this season while holding an ERA of 4.16 (485 earned runs surrendered). They have surrendered 133 long balls and they relinquish 4.41 runs per 9 innings (12th in MLB). The Padres have a WHIP of 1.319 and have a FIP of 4.21 as a pitching staff so far this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.20 (961 strikeouts vs 410 walks). They come in at 17th in MLB as a staff in total hits relinquished with 975.

San Diego bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 32.2% out of their 199 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 134 times in high leverage situations and on 117 occasions with base runners. With 126 save situations, the Padres have earned 73 holds and also 15 blown saves. They are ranked 8th in MLB with a save rate of 70.0%, and they have sent 403 bullpen pitchers to the mound this season.

The San Diego Padres have turned 99 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .989 (4th in pro baseball). The Padres have recorded 1,051 assists, 47 errors and have amassed 3,150 putouts on the campaign. In 9,450 innings on the field, the Padres are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.1% (13th in MLB).

So far in his MLB career, Ray has allowed 1,257 base hits and he has 1,736 punch outs in 1,446 innings. Ray (88-82 mark in his career) has a 3.95 ERA while allowing 7.8 hits per nine innings. He has conceded a total of 635 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.293 and having a FIP of 3.9. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.83 and he has faced 6,122 hitters thus far in his career.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Diego (+126)

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