T.M. Selection: San Diego Padres.

I like the San Diego Padres to win this game against the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. The Padres have looked good lately, winning 2/3 of their 3 games against the Giants here and I think they are going to take the series here. The Giants haven't looked good at all lately, losing 2/3 of their previous 3 games but they were also losing a lot of games going into this series and they haven't even had a tough schedule lately either. Alex Wood (5-7, 4.83 ERA) is up for the Giants here and he hasn't been great this year, I expect him to give up some runs against the Padres here. Wood had a good start in his most recent game but he also had 3 bad starts in a row right before that and that has been a common theme for him this year since he has been giving up a ton of runs in his starts. The Padres have been hot in their ballpark here lately and I expect them to put up the runs on a slumping Giants team. MacKenzie Gore (4-3, 3.18 ERA) is up for the Padres here and he has been having a good year so far. He's still in his rookie year but he has been great, he doesn't give up many runs in his starts other than 2 bad starts he had but a majority of his starts this year have been very good and with many shutout performances. He had 2 great starts in his 2 most recent starts and I expect him to have another great start here with a Giants offense that has been slumping. I like the Padres to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 4-1 Padres.