T.M. Selection: San Diego Padres.

I like the San Diego Padres to win this game against the Miami Marlins on Friday. The Padres have looked good in their games lately, winning 3/4 of their previous 4 games and they just took the 1st game of this series over the Marlins 2-1. That was a really low scoring game considering how much both teams have been scoring lately but I think the Padres can hold the Marlins off here again. Yu Darvish (2-1, 4.44 ERA) is up for the Padres here and he has looked good in a majority of his starts this year, with only 1 really bad game so far. He has been a lot better lately though with his most recent start being the only 1 in his previous 3 where he gave up more than 1 run. I think he is going to continue to pitch well here and he should get a lot of run support from his team since they have been hitting the ball well and bringing in a lot of runs lately. Sandy Alcantara (2-1, 2.90 ERA) is up for the Marlins here and he has looked great all year but he finally had his worst start of the year in his most recent game where he gave up 5 runs and I think his armor is starting to show some cracks now. I think he is going to get rocked again here with the padres playing so well lately and I can see the Padres winning 2 in a row over the Marlins here. The Marlins haven't looked great in their games lately, getting swept by the D-Backs in their previous series and the D-Backs are not a very good team. I think the Padres are going to put the Marlins away here, I like the Padres to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 6-3 Padres.