The Arizona Diamondbacks will play the San Diego Padres in Game 2 of their series at Petco Park on Tuesday night.
The Arizona Diamondbacks are 65-69 this season and have won four of their last five games. Arizona won Game 1 of this series by a score of 5-0 on Monday. The Arizona pitching staff has a 4.17 ERA, a 1.28 WHIP, and a .247 opponent batting average this season. The Diamondbacks offense has scored 595 runs with a .232 batting average and a .309 on base percentage. Christian Walker is batting .235 with 31 home runs and 77 RBI’s for the Diamondbacks this season. The projected starter for Arizona is Merrill Kelly, who is 12-5 with a 2.84 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP over 164.2 innings pitched this season.
The San Diego Padres are 74-62 this season and have lost three games in a row. Prior to losing Game 1 of this series, San Diego lost two out of three games against the Dodgers. The San Diego pitching staff has a 3.89 ERA, a 1.23 WHIP, and a .237 opponent batting average. The Padres offense has scored 597 runs with a .241 batting average and a .319 on base percentage this year. Manny Machado is batting .302 with 26 home runs and 88 RBI’s for the Padres this season. The projected starter for San Diego is Joe Musgrove, who is 9-6 with a 3.01 ERA and a 1.04 WHIP over 149.1 innings pitched this season.
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