Arizona at San Francisco

The Diamondbacks mean business in the NL West and have now rattled off five straight. The offense has caught fire as they have produced 7.4-runs per game (RPG) in the streak. Livan Hernandez has had a mediocre season, but does carry a 2.88 career ERA against the Giants, and has pitched much better down the stretch a 3.32 ERA in his last three starts. The Giants are being very careful as Tim Lincecum accumulates innings. They thought of shutting him down early, had him skip a start, so we certainly don't expect him to pitch deep into this game no matter how he is doing. All teams have a run or two during the season, and the Giants had theirs winning 11 of 13, but have now slipped back into form winning just three of eight. The Giant offense has been nonexistent this season. They have produced three runs or less on 62 occasions, and have been shutout 10 times, while scoring just once in 13 others. We like the hot D-Backs to make it six straight.