T.M. Selection: San Diego Padres.

I like the San Diego Padres to win this game against the Miami Marlins on sunday. The Padres have looked really good in their games lately and they even took the 1st 2 games of this series with the Marlins but lost their most recent game. It was a really bad loss too, losing 8-0 but I think they are going to bounce back here. The Marlins have looked terrible lately and that was their 1st win in 7 games since they were on a 6 game losing skid before yesterday's game. The Padres didn't score at all in that game either which makes me think they will play harder today and try to get that win to bounce back after a terrible performance. The Padres have been playing really well lately to the point where they have moved up to 2nd place in the division and are starting to close in on the Dodgers with the same number of wins but more losses still since they've played more games. Joe Musgrove (4-0, 1.97 ERA) is up for the Padres here and he has looked great all year, clearly leading this starting rotation with his great pitching this year. He hasn't pitched in a game this year yet where he gave up 3+ earned runs and I think he is going to continue pitching well in this game, keeping the Marlins off the board for a while. Trevor Rogers (1-4, 6.14 ERA) is up for the Marlins here and he has been having a terrible year already with an ERA over 6 through 5 starts and he has even been credited with 4 losses already too. He just gave up 5 runs in his previous start to the D-Backs and the Padres have a much stronger lineup than the D-Backs. I think the Padres are going to jump out in this game early and I think Musgrove will make it too hard for the Marlins to mount a comeback. I like the Padres to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 5-1 Padres.