The San Francisco Giants and the Arizona Diamondbacks meet in game one of their two-game NL West division set from Chase Field on Tuesday night.

Giants Edge Out Colorado

The San Francisco Giants managed to salvage a win from their series against Colorado over the weekend, avoiding the four-game sweep with an 11-10 win in Sunday’s series finale. The win brought the Giants to 76-74 on the year, sitting 2 games back in the NL Wild Card race. Wilmer Flores leads the Giants with 22 home runs this season while J.D. Davis has 18 home runs and Michael Conforto has 15 dingers with Davis posting 116 hits and a team-high 69 RBIs as well. Conforto has 56 RBIs and LaMonte Wade Jr. has a .262 batting average and a .378 OBP this season. Thairo Estrada leads the Giants with 125 hits and a .277 batting average this season. The Giants did not have a starting pitcher announced at the time that this article was posted.

San Francisco Giants Team Facts

The Giants have lost each of their last six road games following a win.
The Giants have failed to cover the run line in each of their last 10 road games.
The Giants have trailed after 7 innings in each of their last four games against opponents that held a winning record.

Diamondbacks Sweep Cubs

The Arizona Diamondbacks are riding a high coming into this series after picking up a sweep over the Cubs over the weekend thanks to a 6-2 win over Chicago in Sunday’s series finale. The win brought Arizona to 79-72 on the year, sitting in the second Wild Card spot in the National League. Christian Walker leads the Diamondbacks with 30 home runs and 93 RBIs while Ketel Marte has a team-high 148 hits and a .274 batting average. Corbin Carroll also has 24 home runs and a team-high 47 stolen bases with a .279 batting average, and is the leading candidate for Rookie of the Year in the National League. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. also has 24 home runs as well this season. Zac Gallen will start for Arizona here and is 15-8 with a 3.50 ERA and 199 strikeouts this season.

Arizona Diamondbacks Team Facts

The Diamondbacks have lost each of their last eight games against NL West opponents that held a winning record.
The home team has covered the run line in each of the Diamondbacks’ last six games.
The Diamondbacks have trailed after 3 innings in each of their last four night games against NL West opponents.
The Diamondbacks have trailed after 7 innings in each of their last eight Tuesday games against National League opponents that held a winning record.

Matchup/League Facts

The Arizona Diamondbacks rank T1st in the league for triples this season (40).
The Arizona Diamondbacks rank 4th in the league for steals this season (151).
The San Francisco Giants rank 30th in the league for steals this season (53).
The San Francisco Giants rank 1st in the league for walks allowed this season (379).

Chris’ Pick

I’m going with Arizona here. Granted, Gallen hasn’t been anything special in his last few games, but he’s been great at home for the better part of the season with an ERA just over two. San Francisco is still hard to trust in my eyes, and the Diamondbacks are just playing the better baseball right now. Give me Arizona in this one.