There are a lot of teams in the hunt for a NL Wild Card birth and the Arizona Diamondbacks are in the thick of it. Tonight they will have their ace on the hill, Zack Greinke, when they travel to south Florida to open a 4-game series with the lowly Miami Marlins. Greinke is throwing flames as usual. He is 10-4, with a 2.93 ERA and a stingy WHIP of only 0.95. The Marlins will send Sandy Alcántara to the hill and his numbers are not good. He is just 4-9, with a 4.25 ERA, a 1.45 WHIP, and he has struggled at Marlins Park this year going 2-6 with a 4.19 ERA. Greinke has never lost to the Marlins in his career, with a record of 7-0, a 3.19 ERA, and the Diamondbacks have won 7 of the last 8 meetings with the Marlins. Arizona needs to capitalize on inferior teams like Miami if that want to see the post-season and they know it. Consider the Snakes.
TONIGHT’S PICK: ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS