San Diego Padres vs Chicago Cubs Prediction: A home win for Padres

Sunday's Major League Baseball action at Petco Park features a matchup between the Chicago Cubs and the San Diego Padres.

The San Diego Padres have scored at least four runs in seven of their last 11 games, including a season-high 12 runs in their most recent three games. When scoring four or more runs in a game, the Padres have won six of their last seven contests. Xander Bogaerts has the most hits and runs batted in for the Padres with 54, while Juan Soto and Jake Cronenworth have combined for 89 hits and 46 runs batted in. The Padres have a record of 1-5 in their last six games played at home and a record of 0-4 in their last four games played on Sunday. The total has gone under in 13 of the last 16 games played at home by the Padres.

The Chicago Cubs have scored three runs or fewer in each of their previous four games, and they have scored seven runs in their last three games combined. The Cubs have been unsuccessful in five of their last eight games when they have scored three runs or fewer. While Dansby Swanson leads the Cubs in hits (59) and runs batted in (24), Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ have combined for 112 hits and 49 runs batted in between them. The Cubs have a record of 2-7 in their previous 9 games played away from home, while their overall record over the last 7 games is 2-5. In the Cubs' last four games, under has a perfect 4-0 record.

The San Diego Padres are the favorites to win this game, and despite the result of the first game in this series, I still have faith that they will be able to triumph against the formidable Chicago Cubs.