Reds at Diamondbacks 4/10/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Cincinnati Reds play the second game of a three-game series on the road Saturday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Cincinnati is 5-1 entering this three-game series and is in first place in the National League Central with a half-game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals. Cincinnati swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in a three-game series prior to heading to Arizona outscoring the Pirates 30-8.

Jonathan India is batting .476 to lead Cincinnati, while right fielder Nick Castellanos is the leader in home runs with four and hits with 10. Tyler Naquin is the leader in RBI's with 13 and Mike Moustakas is the leader in on-base percentage at .560. On Saturday, Cincinnati will send Jeff Hoffman to the mound. The right-hander is 1-0 with an ERA of 1.80, 6 Ks and 0 BBs.

Arizona is 2-5 following its 7-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Thursday. The Diamondbacks were held hitless by Jon Gray through six innings. Arizona’s David Peralta tripled to lead off the seventh inning to break up the no-hit bid by Gray, but the Diamondbacks could not rally to pick up the victory. Merrill Kelly dropped to 0-2 after allowing seven runs on nine hits. 

Ketel Marte is batting .462 to lead Arizona and has team highs in RBIs with five, hits with 12 and on-base percentage at .500. Stephen Vogt has a team-high two home runs and Arizona as a team has hit eight home runs over their first seven games. Arizona has not yet announced its starting pitcher for the second game of the series against Cincinnati on Saturday.