San Diego at Minnesota

The San Diego Padres have turned the NL West into a race as they trail the LA Dodgers by just two games. The Minnesota Twins appear to have thrown in the towel, as their playoff chances are hovering around 0. The Twins are just 4-12 in their last 16 games. The pitching has fallen apart as they have allowed 54 runs in their previous seven games, or just shy of eight a contest. None of the eight games has seen the Twins staff allow fewer than five runs. The Padres have averaged better than five runs a game over their last nine contests and are poised to score plenty here. Make the play on San Diego.