The San Diego Padres are a young, scrappy team and moving in the right direction, winners of their last 3 games, but I see that streak ending today when they play the second game of a 3-game set against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Petco Park. The Bucs will send Ivan Nova to the bump today. Nova is 10-7, with a 3.62 ERA, a 1.16 WHIP and the Pirates are 5-0 in Nova’s last 5 starts when he’s had 5 days’ rest. Nova has faced the Padres twice in his career when he was a New York Yankee and was 1-0, with an ERA of 0.73 in 12-1/3 innings. Andy Green will send Dinelson Lamet to the hill. Lamet is 4-4, with a 5.92 ERA and a 1.32 WHIP. The Pirates have lost 3 in a row and they better start getting in the win column if they want to stay in the playoff hunt.
Today’s Pick:
Pittsburgh Pirates