San Diego Padres at Philadelphia Phillies 5/19/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 05/18/2022 at 9:57 PM ET

Citizens Bank Park will play host to a Thursday afternoon MLB clash between the San Diego Padres and the Philadelphia Phillies. The Padres (23-14) have won 13 of their first 20 road games and are three games off the pace in the NL West Division race. Last night, San Diego was limited to four hits and struck out 11 times during a 3-0 road victory against Philadelphia.

Thirty-five year old righty Yu Darvish (3-1 4.62 ERA) will take the mound for the Padres in this matchup. San Diego has won Darvish’s last five starts and he has allowed 11 runs over his last 30 plus frames.

The Philadelphia Phillies have split their first 20 home games and trail NL East Division leading New York by 5.5 games. On Wednesday, Philadelphia leadoff hitter Rhys Hoskins homered and scored a pair of runs to spark the offense. SP Zack Wheeler (2-3) fanned nine batters across seven shutout frames to earn the win for the Phillies, who improved to 18-19 on the season.

Philadelphia manager Joe Girardi will turn to veteran right-hander Kyle Gibson (3-1 4.10 ERA) on Thursday. The Phillies have won Gibson’s last four starts and he has given up ten earned runs over his last 19 plus innings.

Philadelphia OF Bryce Harper (elbow) has missed three consecutive games and hopes to play in this contest. Through 37 games, San Diego ranks 19th in OPS and 10th in runs scored. For the season, Philadelphia ranks 5th in OPS and 6th in runs scored. Take the over. Final Score Prediction, Philadelphia Phillies win 6-5.

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