George Kirby will keep the Padres' lineup off balance en route to a Mariners win, per our Padres vs. Mariners predictions and Sunday Night Baseball picks for May 17.

Gavin Sheets homered twice and drove in four runs, Lucas Giolito won his San Diego debut and the Padres beat the Seattle Mariners 8-3 to sweep their six-game season series. Giolito, who signed

SportsLine's model simulated San Diego Padres vs. Seattle Mariners 10,000 times and revealed its MLB predictions and Sunday Night Baseball picks

Dan Wilson expanded on the difficulty in facing the Padres' elite relievers and attempting to find matchup advantages

Randy Vásquez threw six shutout innings, Mason Miller worked a four-out save and Miguel Andujar hit an RBI double as the San Diego Padres beat the Seattle Mariners 2-0.

SportsLine expert Angelo "Amags" Magliocca has dug up some value bets for a same-game parlay for Padres vs. Mariners on the May 17 edition of Sunday Night Baseball

The Seattle Mariners and the San Diego Padres wrap up a 3-game series Thursday at Petco Park in San Diego, California. First pitch is set for 8:40 p.m. ET.

San Diego Padres (27-18, second in the NL West) vs. Seattle Mariners (22-25, second in the AL West) Seattle; Sunday, 7:20 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Padres: Lucas Giolito (0-0); Mariners: George Kirby (5-2,

Major League Baseball announced positive news for a San Diego Padres player as the team gets ready to take on the Dodgers.