San Diego vs Pittsburgh prediction

San Diego Padres, who seek their first sweep of the season, will send to the mound James Shields (0-2 with a 4.05 ERA).The right-hander pitched well in his last start, as he yielded 2 runs on 6 hits, despite walking four over seven innings of a 2-3 loss to Arizona last Saturday.Shields, however, has received only five runs of support in his previous three starts this season.The Pirates will count on Gerrit Cole (0-2 with a 4.22 ERA), who is also looking for his first win of the season.The 25-year-old right-hander went 2-1 with a 2.04 ERA in his last three starts versus San Diego, though the last of them was in 2014.I think that Pittsburgh Pirates will avoid a three-game sweep with a win in the final game of this series.