T.M. Selection: San Diego Padres.

I like the San Diego Padres to win this game against the Colorado Rockies on Saturday. The Padres have looked good lately getting hot in their previous few games. They just lost the 1st game of this series to the Rockies yesterday but they had won 4 games in a row before that and I think they will get back to their winning ways here. Before winning those 4 games in a row, the Padres split a 4 game home series with the Rockies so their 3 most recent losses have all been against the Rockies. I expect them to be angry over that series they should have won and already being down in this series now, I expect them to give their best effort here and win this game to have a chance at winning the series on Sunday. Nick Martinez (2-3, 3.74 ERA) is up for the Padres here and he has been good this year. He has looked really good in his starts lately, with no bad starts in his previous 5 and he only had 1 game during that time where he gave up 3 runs but that was the most runs he gave up in a game in his 5 most recent starts. Martinez also struck out 9 batters in his most recent start and I expect him to continue that great effort into this game too. German Marquez (3-5, 6.09 ERA) is up for the Rockies here and he hasn't looked great in his starts this year. He didn't look terrible in his 2 most recent starts but those were both road games and the previous 3 times he pitched in his home ballpark at Coors Field he gave up a ton of runs in each start, including 6 runs given up in his most recent start alone. I expect the Padres to play better here and bring in some runs on Marquez who hasn't looked great lately. I like the Padres to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 8-5 Padres.