The Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Diego Padres meet tonight for Game 1 of their 3-game series at Petco Park. Check out our preview below of this D-backs vs. Padres 2022 MLB season matchup.
The Diamondbacks are coming off a 7-1 win at home over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. They aim to continue their winning ways with Zach Davies getting the ball for Monday night’s game. So far this season, Davies has a 2-3 record and a 3.78 ERA. In his last start, he allowed zero runs in 7.0 innings, albeit in a 5-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds at home on June 14. He has allowed just 3 earned runs in his last 20.2 innings of action across 3 games. The Diamonbacks are batting just .218/.297/.381 this season to go with an 88 wRC+ and .298 wOBA.
Arizona is 3-1 in its last 4 games.
The Under is 5-4-1 in the Diamondbacks’ last 10 games as the home team.
The Padres are coming off a three-game road sweep at the hands of the Colorado Rockies, and they are hoping that Yu Darvish will help them get out of a slump. So far this season, Darvish has racked up a 6-3 revcord and a 3.35 ERA along with a 0.97 WHIP. In his last start, Darvish pitched 8.0 innings of 1-run ball in a 4-1 victory on the road over the Chicago Cubs on June 14. Prior to that, he blanked the New York Mets for 7.0 innings in a 7-0 home win on June 7. The Padres are also hitting .245/.320/.383 this year. Manny Machado might not be available to play later tonight after suffering a lowe-body injury in the Padres’ 8-3 loss to the Rockies Sunday.
