SAN DIEGO (Interstat) — The Arizona Diamondbacks will visit the San Diego Padres at PETCO Park on Friday, with Brandon Pfaadt scheduled to start for Arizona. Pfaadt enters with an 8-3 record. Arizona is 86-74 this season. San Diego is 89-70 and will host the opener of a series under a forecast game-time temperature of 73 degrees.

Arizona third baseman Nolan Arenado is a player to watch. In his past 10 games, Arenado is 18 for 41 with five home runs and 13 RBIs. He has six multi-hit games in that span. He went 3 for 5 with one home run and three RBIs in Arizona’s most recent game, a 12-8 win at Colorado. He also had a 1-for-4 performance with one home run and four RBIs against the New York Yankees, and a 2-for-4 game with one home run and one RBI against the Miami Marlins. Arenado added a 3-for-5 game with a home run and one RBI at Colorado and a 2-for-4 outing with a home run and three RBIs against the Texas Rangers. Eduardo Rodriguez allowed two earned runs over six innings in the most recent win, while Gabriel Moreno hit a home run with three RBIs.

San Diego’s Nick Pivetta is another player to watch. In his most recent appearance, Pivetta threw 4 2/3 innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers, allowing four hits and no earned runs with one walk and seven strikeouts. Over his past four starts, he has allowed three earned runs across 18 2/3 innings, striking out 18 and walking two. He earned wins in each of those four outings, including five innings with four hits, one earned run, one walk and four strikeouts against Miami, and five innings with two hits and no earned runs against Washington.

The Padres have won six of their past seven games. San Diego won its most recent game 4-2 at the Los Angeles Dodgers. Arizona has won five of its past six games, including a 12-8 victory at Colorado in its most recent contest. The teams have split their past 10 meetings, and San Diego won the most recent matchup 5-1. In the past 10 meetings, Arizona won 10-4, San Diego won 9-4, Arizona won 5-1 and San Diego won 10-4. After Friday’s game, the teams are scheduled to continue their series with games the following two days at PETCO Park.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Arizona Diamondbacks 5, San Diego Padres 10. Interstat’s ELO system gives San Diego a 57.3 percent probability to win. San Diego has been installed as the pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The over/under for the game is 7.