San Diego Padres vs Philadelphia Phillies Prediction: Expect a contest could go either way

Tuesday's Major League Baseball action from Petco Park features a matchup between the Philadelphia Phillies and the San Diego Padres. The Philadelphia Phillies have just finished playing a weekend series against the Milwaukee Brewers, in which they were defeated in the first two games. The Philadelphia Phillies were able to avoid being swept by pulling out a two-run victory in the series' final game on Sunday. The San Diego Padres have just finished a series against the San Francisco Giants and are currently in the process of recovering. The San Diego Padres were victorious in two of the first three games, including a game on Sunday that they won without allowing an opponent to score.

On Thursday, the San Diego Padres fell to the San Francisco Giants by a score of 7-2, but they bounced back with victories by scores of 7-3 and 6-1 in the next two games. In game three, the San Diego Padres' Garrett Cooper hit a home run that drove in three runs. The San Diego Padres scored three runs in the first inning of their game on Sunday, and they went on to win easily by a score of 4-0. In the victorious game, home runs were hit by both Juan Soto and Manny Machado. Soto drove in two runs, and Machado scored two of his own. Rich Hill is going to take the mound for the San Diego Padres on Tuesday as the team's starting pitcher. In 27 games (26 starts), Hill has a record of 7-13 with a 5.26 earned run average (ERA). Hill has a losing record of 0-3 over his previous five games, with an earned run average of 8.50 in 18.0 innings pitched. A victory at home for the San Diego Padres over the Philadelphia Phillies has been followed by a loss in each of the last six games the Padres have played at home against the Phillies. Following a victory, the San Diego Padres have lost each of their past six home games against the Philadelphia Phillies while also failing to cover the run line in all of those contests.

The Phillies' first game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday was a loss by a score of 7-5, and the second game was also a loss by that score. On Saturday, Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner, and JT Realmuto, all of the Philadelphia Phillies, each hit a home run. The Phillies finally got things going in the eighth inning of the finale, scoring three runs, and went on to win the game 4-2. Realmuto and Alec Bohm each hit home runs for their respective teams. Taijuan Walker is going to get the ball rolling for the game on Tuesday as the starting pitcher. Walker has a record of 14-5 after 26 starts, with an earned run average of 4.05 and 119 strikeouts in 142.1 innings pitched. In his previous seven starts, Walker has a record of 3-2 with a 4.39 earned-run average. The Philadelphia Phillies have beaten the odds and prevailed in six of their past seven games played at Petco Park. On the other hand, the Philadelphia Phillies have lost eight of their last nine games against opponents from the National League West following a victory while failing to cover the run line in all of those games. In each of their last eight games against opponents from the National League West that had a losing record, the Philadelphia Phillies were behind after three innings of play and were in a losing position.

In spite of the fact that this is going to be a challenging game, I'm going to take a chance on the Philadelphia Phillies. Walker's recent play has been a bit of a roller coaster, but he still has the potential to go off to a strong beginning as well. Walker has a record of 1-1 with eight earned runs over 15.2 total innings pitched in his most recent trio. If he can go through about five innings without allowing too much damage, the Philadelphia Phillies should be in good shape heading into the home stretch of the game. The Phillies had quite a bit of offense on Sunday thanks to their six hits as a club, and the pitching staff was pretty solid despite having six different throws. Before that point, the Philadelphia Phillies had lost five consecutive games in which they allowed four or more runs, so they'll need to keep their defensive intensity high if they want to take the first game of this series.