T.M. Selection: San Diego Padres.

I like the San Diego Padres to win this game against the New York Mets on Sunday. The Padres have looked really good in their games lately. They have won 4/5 of their previous 5 games and have already taken the 2 games in this series against the Mets. They haven't put up a lot of runs in this series but they haven't had the need to either since the Mets offense has been struggling, the Padres holding them to just 1 run in both games with a great pitching effort. I think the Padres can sweep the Mets here since the Mets have come out of the All Star break flat with the pressure of the Braves right behind them in the standings, and the padres have looked a lot better in their road games this year than in their home games. Joe Musgrove (8-2, 2.42 ERA) is up for the Padres here and he has been their ace this year. He just had a bad start right before the All Star break but those have been rare for him this year and I expect him to bounce back with a better performance in this game. The Mets have already been cold in this series and if their other starters have been shutting them down, I see Musgrove doing the same here since he has been great all year. Carlos Carrasco (10-4, 4.27 ERA) is up for the Mets here and he has been good this year but has also been really up and down in his starts. He has put together 3 great starts in a row now but he also had a terrible June where he was giving up a ton of runs, and I think he is going to regress a bit in this game with the Padres putting up some runs lately. I like the Padres to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 3-2 Padres.