Miami Marlins (12-11) vs Arizona Diamondbacks (12-13)
Game Info: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 12:40 pm (loanDepot park)
Elieser Hernandez (2-1) (5.75) vs Madison Bumgarner (1-1) (1.17)
Betting Odds: Miami Marlins -145 / Arizona Diamondbacks +125 --- Over/Under: 7.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Arizona Diamondbacks will play the Miami Marlins in Game 3 of their series at loanDepot Park on Wednesday afternoon.
The Arizona Diamondbacks are 12-13 this season and have won four of their last five games. Arizona has won the first two games of this series by a score of 5-4 in both games. The Arizona pitching staff has a 3.42 ERA, a 1.23 WHIP, and a .233 opponent batting average this season. The Diamondbacks offense has scored 83 runs with a .188 batting average and a .278 on base percentage. Christian Walker is batting .163 with six home runs and 11 RBI’s for the Diamondbacks this season. The projected starter for Arizona is Madison Bumgarner, who is 1-1 with a 1.17 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP over 23 innings pitched this season.
The Miami Marlins are 12-11 this season and have lost three games in a row. Prior to the losses in Games 1 and 2, Miami won two out of three against the Mariners. The Miami pitching staff has a 3.44 ERA, a 1.20 WHIP, and a .224 opponent batting average. The Marlins offense has scored 91 runs with a .234 batting average and a .322 on base percentage this year. Jazz Chisholm is batting .313 with four home runs and 19 RBI’s for the Marlins this season. The projected starter for Miami is Elieser Hernandez, who is 2-1 with a 5.75 ERA and a 1.33 WHIP over 20.1 innings pitched this season.
Arizona is 48-110 in their last 158 games and 17-59 in their last 76 road games. The over is 5-1 in Arizona’s last 6 road games. Miami is 7-2 in their last 9 games and 5-2 in their last 7 Wednesday games. The under is 5-2 in Miami’s last 7 Wednesday games. The over is 4-1 in these two teams last 5 head to head meetings in Miami.
Arizona has won four of their last five games and will be looking for the sweep in this matchup. Miami was playing well to start the season, but have lost three straight. Madison Bumgarner has been very good to start the year and I like the Diamondbacks to win this game.