Miami Marlins vs San Diego Padres

San Diego rallied for its seventh straight win overcoming a 7-3 deficit to beat the Marlins 9-8 on Saturday. Luis Arraez had two hits and drove in three runs, including a go-ahead ground out in the 10th inning. Now the Padres have Dylan Cease on the mound today and he has allowed only one run his past 28 2/3 innings, including a no-hitter on July 25. Cease has a 0.99 WHIP this season and a .190 opponent batting average. San Diego is 6-0 its past six games after allowing at least five runs its previous game and it has won Cease's past five starts. Miami has lost five in a row against a starter with a WHIP of less than 1.15 and it has lost its past four home games versus right-handed starters. The Marlins have lost five of six while allowing an average of 7.83 runs per game. Take the Padres as a Max Play

San Diego goes for seven in a row after defeating the Marlins 6-2 as Manny Machado hit an RBI double in the eighth and a two-run double in the Padres' four-run 10th. San Diego has scored 38 runs its past five games. Miami has lost four of five while allowing 38 runs in that span. The Marlins have lost five of Roddery Munoz's past six starts and he allowed six runs (four earned) in 3 2/3 innings against Cincinnati on Monday. The Padres have won Matt Waldron's past three starts and he already has pitched seven shutout innings on six hits in one appearance against the Marlins this year. San Diego has won five straight against right-handed starters and it has won seven consecutive games in Game 2 of a series. Take the Padres.

San Diego is on a five-game win streak, and it has scored 32 runs in its past four games, including a three-game sweep on the road against Pittsburgh to improve the Padres' road record to 34-23. They came off a 7-6 victory on Thursday, and the Padres won five straight after allowing at least five runs in their previous game. Miami just lost three of four against Cincinnati, and the Marlins are 1-7 in Edward Cabrera's past eight starts after allowing five or more runs in their previous game. Cabrera has a 5.96 ERA and a 1.49 WHIP, and he gave up 15 earned runs in 22 innings in July. Martin Perez allowed one run on three hits in six innings in his San Diego debut on Saturday, and his teams have won his past three starts. Take the Padres as a Max Play.

The Florida Marlins have not sustained much offense this season as the team is averaging just 3.61 runs per contest. The Marlins are an ugly 19-37 on the season, but that only tells part of the story. This team has managed to play well over their last 15 games where they are 9-6. The big change has come with the starting rotation and bullpen. The Marlins pitching staff has recorded five shutouts in their past 13 games, and over the past six games the Miami pitching staff has allowed 10 total runs or 1.67 per contest. San Diego has become a team that is playing a lot of low scoring games. They have failed to combine to score for more than seven total runs in the last four games. Make the play UNDER the total.

Miami plays its fifth straight game on the road, a long way from home. Starter Jesus Luzardo has a 7.59 ERA on the road. They lost at San Diego yesterday, 2-1. The pitching is 27th in the majors in ERA (4.60), including 23rd in the pen (4.42 ERA), while the offense is 28th in runs scored, 29th in on-base percentage, 29th in slugging, and 20th in steals. The Marlins are 34-64 after allowing four or fewer runs in five straight games. San Diego is on a 7-4 run. Matt Waldron had a rough start to the season but is in a groove allowing three runs in his last two starts. Those were victories at Cincinnati (6-4) and Atlanta (3-1). The bullpen is seventh in the majors in ERA (3.49), while the offense is eighth in runs scored, sixth in on-base percentage, 13th in slugging, and ninth in steals. The Padres are 45-23 after scoring two runs or less, so back home field. Play San Diego.