San Francisco at Arizona

San Francisco plays its seventh straight road game on a nine-game trek. The offense is 17th in runs, 22nd in on-base percentage, 19th in slugging, and 28th in steals. 23-year-old Hayden Birdsong (4.74 ERA) has a 5.55 ERA on the road where he's walked 22 in 35+ innings. He has a 6.00 ERA against Arizona, who beat him 6-4 three starts ago. The Giants are 3-9 in his last 12 starts. He faces an Arizona offense that is No. 1 in runs scored and on-base percentage, plus second in slugging, while the team defense is No. 1 in fielding percentage. The Diamondbacks are 5-3 in the starts made by Eduardo Rodriguez, who has allowed 2 runs in each of his last two starts. Arizona has won four of five despite playing all of them on the road, so back home field. Play Arizona.