The Arizona Diamondbacks (-115) are on the road to face the San Diego Padres (-105) at Petco Park on Wednesday with the three-game series in the balance. The early total has been set at 8 (O: -110 | U: -110).The Padres (75-62) evened up the series 1-1 after winning 6-5 on Tuesday, their 10th head-to-head victory in 14 games this season. Reliever Nick Martinez threw one scoreless inning to get the win. Josh Bell went 1 for 2 with a home run and two runs, walking twice, in the win. Christian Walker was 2 for 4 with a solo home run for the Diamondbacks (65-70).
ON THE MOUND
Tommy Henry (3-3, 3.25 ERA) is slated to start for Arizona. The southpaw allowed seven runs over four innings in his last start, an 18-2 road defeat against the Phillies on August 31. He was charged with the loss, giving up eight hits while striking out four and walking four. For San Diego, RHP Yu Darvish (12-7, 3.41 ERA) will toe the rubber. He has made three appearances against the Diamondbacks this season, all starts, giving up four runs over 20 innings (2-0, 1.80) with 17 strikeouts and eight walks. In his last start on Friday, Darvish got the win on the road against the Dodgers. He threw seven scoreless innings and gave up two hits, striking out nine and walking two in the 7-1 victory.
AT THE PLATE
Over the last five games, Arizona has averaged 4.6 runs a game, a small gain compared to their season average of 4.4. Against right-handed pitchers like Darvish this season, the D-backs have a .708 OPS. Josh Rojas has the team’s best on-base percentage against right-handers at .360 over 345 at-bats. San Diego is averaging only 3.6 runs per game in the last five, down slightly from 4.4 for the season. The Padres have a .695 OPS against southpaws in 2022. With a .943 OPS over 127 at-bats, Brandon Drury has been their best hitter against left-handers.
HOME AND AWAY
Arizona is 28-36 in road games in 2022, scoring 4.3 runs per game while allowing 4.6 runs. San Diego has gone 36-29 at Petco Park this season, averaging 3.8 runs per game while surrendering 3.7. In the last 10 games between the NL West rivals at Petco Park, San Diego is 8-2 with an average scoreline of 4.1-2.8.
STANDINGS UPDATE
The Diamondbacks are fourth in the NL West, 28 games behind the division-leading Dodgers. They are sixth in the Wild Card race, nine games out of third. The Padres are second in the NL West, 19 games behind the Dodgers. They currently occupy one of the Wild Card spots, sitting third with a magic number of zero.
SportsTips’ MLB Pick:
San Diego Padres (-200)
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