Diamondbacks vs Phillies Picks and Prediction – 5/2/2025

In Friday night MLB action, the Arizona Diamondbacks will travel to Citizens Bank Park to take on the Philadelphia Phillies. Be ready for the baseball season with all of our MLB predictions. The Diamondbacks (17-14) are three games above .500 on the road and are four games off the pace in the NL West Division race. On Thursday, Geraldo Perdomo and Tim Tawa homered to power Arizona to a 4-2 road victory against New York. 

Thirty-six year old righty Merrill Kelly (3-1 4.41 ERA) will head to the hill for the Diamondbacks in this contest. In his last start, Kelly (6 IP) gave up four hits and two runs during an 8-7 home loss versus Atlanta. 

The Philadelphia Phillies have won 11 of their first 16 home games and trail NL East Division leading New York by 3.5 games. On Thursday, Philadelphia SS Trea Turner collected three hits and scored a run during a 4-2 home loss versus Washington. SP Taijuan Walker (1-3) gave up four runs in five plus innings and took the loss for the Phillies, who fell to 17-14 overall. 

Philadelphia manager Rob Thomson will give the nod to hard-throwing lefty Jesus Luzardo (3-0 1.73 ERA) on Friday. Through 36 plus innings, Luzardo has fanned 43 batters and owns a sparkling 1.07 WHIP.

Philadelphia OF Brandon Marsh (hamstring) is on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Lehigh Valley and could return to the lineup this weekend. Through 31 games, Arizona ranks 4th in OPS and 6th in runs scored. For the season, Philadelphia ranks 11th in OPS and 13th in runs scored. Take the over. Final Score Prediction, Philadelphia Phillies win 6-5.