Padres-Brewers NLDS Game 2 Same Game Parlay: Beginner-Friendly Picks for Sunday

Game 2 of the NLDS is here, and the Milwaukee Brewers already have a leg up after a tight 3-2 win in Game 1. First pitch at American Family Field is set for 4:00 PM ET on FS1, with the Brewers back home riding the best record in baseball (103-59) against a Padres club that just won’t go away (91-71, fresh off a Wild Card sweep). If you’re new to same-game parlays, this is a great spot to learn the format — we’re walking through three simple legs from one game, all tied together into a single bet.

San Diego sends ace Michael King to the mound, a guy who took a no-hitter into the seventh inning in the Wild Card Series and owns a 2.05 career postseason ERA. Milwaukee counters with 24-year-old Logan Henderson, who posted an 11-3 record and a sparkling 2.47 ERA in his first full season and has never allowed more than three runs in any of his 23 career starts. The Brewers are -143 favorites with the total sitting at 7.5 runs — a number that tells you both lineups expect to find some runs even against two quality arms.

Leg 1: Logan Henderson Strikeouts

Henderson’s strikeout total for today is set at 6.5, priced at -102 for the over and -126 for the under — basically a coin flip according to the books, which is exactly why it’s worth digging a little deeper. He racked up 110 strikeouts across his first full MLB season, a strong number for a pitcher who only turned 24 this year, and the sportsbooks even have a separate strikeout milestone market offering him 7+ strikeouts at plus-money (+100).

The matchup helps his cause. San Diego’s lineup strikes out at a solid clip, and Henderson has shown he can work deep into games without the big red flags — no start all year where he allowed more than three runs. For a beginner-friendly pick, we like the over on his strikeouts: a pitcher this efficient, protecting a 1-0 series lead at home, should get the chance to go six-plus innings and rack up whiffs along the way.

Leg 2: Fernando Tatis Jr. to Record a Hit

Tatis is priced at -218 to record at least one hit today, and even though that’s a short price, it’s the kind of “glue” leg that holds a beginner parlay together. He’s hitting .289 on the season with a .470 slugging percentage, and he’s one of the most dangerous bats in this entire series. Facing a 24-year-old righty making just his first career postseason start, Tatis is squarely the player San Diego needs to step up, and recent form backs that up — Padres teammate Xander Bogaerts is 12-for-31 over his last 10 games, and that kind of lineup heat tends to be contagious.

Think of this leg as the “safety net” of the parlay — a star hitter, a short number, and a role (leadoff/top-of-order bat) that all but guarantees him three or four at-bats to get it done.

Leg 3: Brewers Team Total Over 3.5 Runs

The last leg leans into Milwaukee’s lineup depth. Brewers hitters are batting a collective .259 as a team, the best mark in all of MLB, and they’re doing it with thump up and down the order — Jackson Chourio is hitting .291 with 25 extra-base hits worth of pop, and Brice Turang has quietly driven in 100 runs this season. The team total over for Milwaukee sits at 3.5 runs at -120, and against a Padres pitching staff that’s already worked plenty of high-leverage innings this October, we like the home team’s offense to clear that number at home in a game they’re favored to win outright at -143.

The Full Parlay

Here’s the beginner-friendly same-game parlay for Padres-Brewers NLDS Game 2: Logan Henderson over 6.5 strikeouts, Fernando Tatis Jr. to record a hit, and the Milwaukee Brewers team total over 3.5 runs. Each leg leans on something real — Henderson’s strikeout stuff against a swing-happy lineup, Tatis being too good a hitter to go silent in an elimination-adjacent game, and a Brewers offense that’s been the best in baseball all year finishing the job at home. Check your DraftKings promo code or live MLB odds page for the latest numbers before locking anything in, since lines can shift closer to first pitch.