#916 ASA PLAY ON San Diego Padres -155 over Minnesota Twins, Monday at 9:40 PM ET - The Padres are off a loss and have not lost B2B games since mid-July. They were on a 20-4 run before yesterday's loss and are a perfect 5-0 the last 5 times they have entered a game off a loss. With San Diego one of the hottest teams in the league since the All-Star break and coming off a loss and with Michael King on the mound, they should prove well worth the money line price in this one. King has been fantastic ever since his slow early season start. From May onward King has an 8-3 record with a 2.54 ERA. The Twins are starting Zebby Matthews here and he has made only one MLB start. He moved up the minors fast and pitched quite well until he hit AAA ball where he went 1-2 with a 5.68 ERA and got hit at an over .300 batting average in his 4 starts. That said, we are not going to put too much weight into his one MLB start which, by the way, was at home. Matthews is a rookie making his first ever MLB road start. While both teams were on the road yesterday, certainly it is the Padres that are happier to be here today in comparison with the Twins. San Diego is happy to be back home while Minnesota is coming off that tough loss at Texas where they blew a 4-0 lead and eventually lost 6-5 in extra innings. Now the Twins had to fly even further away from Minnesota and have this 3-game set in California before finally heading back home. Minnesota is a solid team but is just 29-37 in games against teams with a winning record and they are on the road here and the Padres have the pitching edge. The home team is the bet in this one.