T.M. Selection: Arizona Diamondbacks.

I like the Arizona Diamondbacks to win this game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. These 2 have split the series so far but this game is to decide a series winner here and I think the D-Backs are going to win this game and take the series here. The D-Backs haven't looked great lately but they are still winning games and not losing a ton, I expect them to get this win since they have been putting up a ton of runs in their games lately. The Pirates are in the same boat as the D-Backs but after a sweep of the Dodgers in their previous series, they have won 4/5 of their previous 5 games now. They have been really hot and are on a roll here but I don't think the Pirates are that great and I expect them to start regressing a bit here. Zac Gallen (4-0, 2.32 ERA) is up for the D-Backs here and he has been great all year with only 1 bad start under his belt. He gave up 6 runs against the Royals just a few weeks ago but other than that 1 bad start, he has only had 1 other start where he gave up 2 runs and hasn't given up more than 0 or 1 runs in any other start this year. Gallen has looked great and I think he is going to keep the Pirates from scoring here, and the Pirates haven't been great on offense lately either. Zach Thompson (2-4, 5.18 ERA) is up for the Pirates here and he hasn't looked that great this year. Thompson had a terrible start to the season giving up a ton of runs in his 1st 4 starts. He started to pitch better after that with 3 great starts in a row but now he has been looking shaky again in his 2 most recent starts. The D-Backs have been hitting the ball well all year and scoring a ton of runs in their games, even if they do lose that game. I think the D-Backs are going to beat up on him here. I like the Diamondbacks to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 5-2 Diamondbacks.