The San Francisco Giants and Arizona Diamondbacks meet Saturday in MLB action at Chase Field. The San Francisco Giants look to build on their 5-game winning streak. The Arizona Diamondbacks need a win after losing 7 of their last 9 games.
The San Francisco Giants have scored 15 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 5 of their last 10 games. The Giants have won 11 straight games when scoring 4 or more runs. Thairo Estrada leads the Giants with 121 hits and 60 RBI, while Wilmer Flores and Joe Pederson have combined for 212 hits and 135 RBI. Alex Cobb gets the ball, and he is 6-6 with a 3.48 ERA and 136 strikeouts this season. Cobb is 1-1 with a 5.14 ERA and 15 strikeouts in his career against the Diamondbacks.
The Arizona Diamondbacks have scored 13 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 5 of their last 10 games. The Diamondbacks have won 5 of their last 7 games when scoring 4 or more runs. Christian Walker leads the Diamondbacks with 128 hits and 87 RBI, while Daulton Varsho and Ketel Marte have combined for 233 hits and 123 RBI. Merrill Kelly gets the ball, and he is 12-7 with a 3.15 ERA and 162 strikeouts this season. Kelly is 5-3 with a 2.56 ERA and 72 strikeouts in his career against the Giants.
The Giants are 6-0 in their last 6 road games and 4-0 in their last 4 overall. The Diamondbacks are 2-5 in their last 7 home games and 2-6 in their last 8 overall. The under is 13-3-1 in Giants last 17 overall. The under is 6-1 in Diamondbacks last 7 overall. The Giants are 1-5 in the last 6 meetings in Arizona and 35-16 in the last 51 meetings.
The San Francisco Giants continue to put up crooked numbers during this winning stretch, and that shouldn't change here. Merrill Kelly has been hittable this month, allowing 20 hits and 12 runs in his last 25 innings, and he's allowing a .241 batting average at home compared to a .203 allowed batting average on the road. We shouldn't need much offense from the Arizona Diamondbacks to get us over this reasonable total. Give me the over.
AUTHOR: Randy Chambers
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