MLB Odds: Diamondbacks-Padres prediction, odds and pick

Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres are playing each other in the NL West. Arizona is coming off a series loss to the San Francisco Giants. The D-backs are (39-50) on the year and fifth in NL, 1.5 games behind the Colorado Rockies. SD is (50-41) overall, but lost to Colorado in their previous series.

Madison Bumgarner will start for the D-backs against the Friars. Christian Walker leads the team with 21 home runs but only has a .205 batting average. Ketel Marte is batting .269. Arizona knows that they need to get Yu Darvish out of the game as soon as possible.

Darvish will start for the Friars tonight. He is 43rd in baseball with 91 strikeouts and 11th with a WHIP of 0.99. Darvishes is 4-1 with 1.69 ERA in 53 innings.

The Padres are struggling to score runs recently. Fernando Tatis is close to returning. Manny Machado is batting .307 with 15 home runs and 51 RBIs this season. Jake Cronenworth is the team's leading hitter with 342 ABs. Rookie Esteury Ruiz is hitting .333 with a triple and a double in 12 AB.

The Diamondbacks are betting on a close game against the Padres.