Philadelphia Phillies vs San Diego Padres Prediction: Expect a lot of offensive play

In an MLB encounter, the Philadelphia Phillies will play the San Diego Padres at the Citizens Bank Park on Monday. Ahead of this opening fixture of the series, the two sides suffered defeats in their last games. How will they react in this one?

The Philadelphia Phillies were below par in their last series against the Baltimore Orioles, losing two of the games. In the opener, this team rallied to a 2-run win in a 3-5 encounter. However, their games 2 and 3 performances were disappointing, scoring five runs while conceding 14. In the meantime, the Philadelphia Phillies have also faced defeats in earlier series against the Boston Red Sox, where they scored ten runs while conceding 18. Heading into this game, the San Diego Padres have a 47-24 record, leaving them top of the National League standings. 

San Diego Padres struggled against the New York Mets in their last series, losing each of the games. In that series, San Diego Padres had a one run defeat in the opener, and in game 2, lost 5-1. However, while they would have eyed a better result in the finale to avoid a sweep, they went on to lose by five runs in an 11-6 encounter. In the meantime, prior series to that defeat thi,s team defeated the Oakland Athletics in a sweep win and then had a split win against the Arizona Diamondbacks. After 36 games played this season, San Diego Padres head into this game with a 19-17 record, leaving them 2nd spot in the National League West Division. 

This will be a very competitive encounter, looking at how the two teams played in their last series. The San Diego Padres have shown promising performances this season, and following a strong start to the season, the Philadelphia Phillies struggled and looked weak in recent times. Regardless, I expect the two teams to put in their best performances here, and while the Phillies should win here, I believe that this game will end in high runs.