San Francisco Giants vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction & Picks - MLB

Prediction published on 9/5/24, 12:37 PM  by Bill Christy in MLB Picks

The Arizona Diamondbacks (79-61) look to complete the sweep of the hosting San Francisco Giants (68-72) this afternoon. Having lost 4 of their last 5 games prior to this series, the Diamondbacks used their offense to take down the Giants in both games to open this series. In game one, Randal Grichuk went 3-5 with 2 homeruns and 3 RBIs in the 8-7 victory. In game two, both Pavin Smith and Eugenio Suarez blasted homers in the 6-4 victory for Arizona. They hope the bats can stay hot today against former ace, Blake Snell (2-3, 3.56) who will be on the mound for the Giants. Snell bounced back nicely after going just 3 innings against the Mariners in which he walked 6 batters and gave up 2 runs on 0 hits against Miami. There, he went 7 innings and struck out 8 while walking just 1 batter and giving up a single run on 4 hits. He will be opposed by Merrill Kelly (4-0, 4.30 who has benefited greatly from the DBacks offense. In his last start, Merrill allowed 6 runs on 10 hits in only 5.1 innings but was able to escape the decision as he left the game tied at 5.