Arizona Diamondbacks vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction: Another offensive performance expected from both sides

On Friday, the Cincinnati Reds and the Arizona Diamondbacks will kick off their four-game weekend series against each other at Chase Field by playing the first game of the series. Who will be the victor when two teams fighting for a spot in the playoffs face off against each other?

After sweeping the Texas Rangers in a pair of games on Sunday and Monday, the Arizona Diamondbacks won the series finale by a score of 6-3 on Tuesday to extend their winning streak to four games. After the victory, the Arizona Diamondbacks improved their overall record to 66-61, putting them 0.5 games behind in the race for the National League Wild Card and 11.5 games behind in the fight for the National League West. The Arizona Diamondbacks are led by Christian Walker with 28 home runs and 84 runs batted in, while Ketel Marte leads the team in hits with 125 and has a batting average of.273. Corbin Carroll is the leading candidate for Rookie of the Year in the National League. In addition to his.275 batting average, he has 21 home runs, which is the most on his team, and he has stolen 38 bases, which is the most overall. Merrill Kelly, who has a 10-5 record, a 3.13 earned run average, and 134 strikeouts for the season, will start for the Arizona Diamondbacks here.

The Cincinnati Reds were victorious in all three games of their series against the Los Angeles Angels, taking game one of Wednesday's doubleheader with a score of 9-4 and game two with a score of 7-3. Overall, the Reds won the series 3-1. Following the sweep, the Reds improved to 67-61 on the season, moving them into a tie for the final two slots in the race for the National League Wild Card. The Reds are currently 3.5 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Central race. While Spencer Steer leads the Cincinnati Reds in home runs, RBIs, and hits with 18, Matt McLain and Jake Fraley are right behind him with 15 home runs each. Steer also has a team-leading 70 runs batted in. In addition, Steer leads the team with 29 doubles, and TJ Friedl has a batting average of.280 and 24 stolen bases. Only 66 games have been played so far this season, but Elly De La Cruz has already stolen 21 bases. This game will be started for the Cincinnati Reds by Brandon Williamson, who has a record of 4-3 with a 4.47 earned run average and 76 strikeouts so far this season.

I am presently focusing on this over here. The starting pitchers for both of these teams are really good, but the bullpens for both of these teams are a question mark. These are two teams that are currently on a roll, and they are both swinging hot bats across the board. Give me the over here because I believe that after everything is said and done, this will turn out to be an event that has quite high scoring.