Arizona Diamondbacks (68-61) vs Cincinnati Reds (67-63)
Game Info: Saturday, August 26, 2023 at 8:10 pm (Chase Field)
Zach Davies (1-5) (7.38) vs Ben Lively (4-7) (5.20)
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The Cincinnati Reds will play the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 3 of their series on Saturday night at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. Arizona has won the first two games in this series by scores of 3-2 and 10-8. The Diamondbacks have found some success recently and they are currently holding an NL Wild Card spot, while Cincinnati is one game out.
Reds Preview
The Cincinnati Reds are 67-63 this season and they have lost four of their last seven games. Cincinnati had some momentum coming into this series after they swept the Angels, but two straight losses definitely crushes that. The Reds have scored at least seven runs in three of their last four games. The Cincinnati pitching staff has a 4.75 ERA, a 1.41 WHIP, and a .258 opponent batting average. The Reds offense has scored 625 runs with a .248 batting average and a .326 on base percentage this season. TJ Friedl is batting .275 with 11 home runs and 47 RBI’s for the Reds. The projected starting pitcher for Cincinnati is Ben Lively, who is 4-7 with a 5.20 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP over 71 innings pitched this year.
Diamondbacks Preview
The Arizona Diamondbacks are 68-61 this season and they have won six games in a row. Arizona has really played well over the last few weeks, after having a very poor month of July. The Diamondbacks have held their opponents to three runs or fewer in four of their last five games. The Arizona pitching staff has a 4.57 ERA, a 1.33 WHIP, and a .252 opponent batting average this season. The Diamondbacks offense has scored 610 runs with a .255 batting average and a .325 on base percentage. Corbin Carroll is batting .276 with 22 home runs and 64 RBI’s for the Diamondbacks. The projected starting pitcher for Arizona is Zach Davies, who is 1-5 with a 7.38 ERA and a 1.62 WHIP over 57.1 innings pitched this season.
Arizona Diamondbacks Team Facts
- The Diamondbacks have won each of their last six games at Chase Field.
- The Diamondbacks have covered the run line in seven of their last eight games after playing the previous day.
- The 'Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs' market has hit in each of the Diamondbacks' last eight night games.
Cincinnati Reds Team Facts
- The Reds have won four of their last five games as road underdogs against NL West opponents following a loss.
- The Reds have covered the run line in each of their last nine Saturday road games against National League opponents.
- The Reds have trailed after 7 innings in each of their last four road games against opponents that held a winning record.
- The Reds have led after 3 innings in four of their last six games as road underdogs against NL West opponents.
- The 'Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs' market has hit in each of the Reds' last eight night games at Chase Field.
Arizona Diamondbacks Player Prop Facts
- Corbin Carroll has hit a home run in three of the Diamondbacks' last four games as favorites against the Reds.
- Alek Thomas has recorded at least one RBI in five of the Diamondbacks' last six games as home favorites against NL Central opponents.
- Zach Davies has recorded five or more strikeouts in each of his last four home appearances against NL Central opponents.
- Corbin Carroll has scored at least one run in seven of the Diamondbacks' last eight home games against NL opponents.
- Gabriel Moreno has recorded two or more total bases in each of his last four appearances after playing the previous day.
- Tommy Pham has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 13 appearances against NL opponents.
- Christian Walker ranks 9th amongst qualified players for Slugging Percentage (.522) this season.
Cincinnati Reds Player Prop Facts
- Spencer Steer has hit a home run in three of the Reds' last seven games against NL opponents that held a winning record.
- Elly De La Cruz has recorded two or more total bases in four of his last seven road appearances against opponents that held a winning record.
- Elly De La Cruz has scored at least one run in seven of the Reds' last eight games as underdogs against NL West opponents.
- Spencer Steer has recorded at least one hit in seven of his last nine appearances in night games against NL West teams that held a winning record.
Matchup/League Facts
- The Arizona Diamondbacks ranks 3rd in the league for strikeouts against this season (999).
- The Arizona Diamondbacks are one of only 3 teams in the league to rank top 10 in both steals and batting average this season.
- The Cincinnati Reds ranks 27th in the league for strikeouts against this season (1211).
- The Cincinnati Reds ranks 27th in the league for walks allowed this season (484).
Pick
The Diamondbacks will look to continue their winning streak in this game, while Cincinnati desperately tries to avoid losing the series. The Reds have really struggled recently, but they may find success against Zach Davies, who has allowed 16 earned runs in his last three starts and hasn’t pitched since July 18th. Cincinnati appears as if they are going to start Ben Lively, who would also be coming off of the IL. Lively did allow 13 earned runs in his last start to the Cubs on August 1st. This pitching matchup is pretty ugly and we could see plenty of runs scored in this game, but I am going with Arizona to continue their winning streak at home.
David’s Pick Diamondbacks ML
AUTHOR: David Racey
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