Can Corbin make it eight in a row?

Patrick Corbin will go for his eighth win a row at Chase Field today.

If he gets it done the Arizona Diamondbacks would remain in first place in the NL West, win the three-games series with the San Diego Padres and feel pretty good about themselves, heading into the Memorial Day doubleheader on Monday with the visiting Texas Rangers.

Arizona (27-22) will have 50 games in the books after today's outing and Kirk Gibson, along with the front office, should be pleased with the Diamondbacks' efforts so far.

Corbin is certainly doing his job and the rest of the starting rotation of Brandon McCarthy, Wade Miley, Ian Kennedy and Trevor Cahill are settling in rather nicely. At the plate, Arizona currently has four starters hitting above the .300 mark with Didi Gregorius (.340), Eric Chavez (.336), Paul Goldschmidt (.318) and Geraldo Parra (.307), leading the way.

Of course, the San Franciso Giants and the Colorado Rockies aren't going away anytime soon as they both share the NL West top spot with the Diamondbacks. It'll be interesting to see which team gets hot and which team takes a downward turn as the season heads into June and into July when the all star break comes around.

The Diamondbacks' bullpen has received a lot of rest in recent games, due to the quality starts by Corbin and McCarthy, along with gusty performances from Miley, Cahill and Kennedy, but I get the feeling the bullpen will need to step up before the all star break and make a statement by shutting down the opposition in the late innings.

With J.J. Putz on the disabled list, it'll be up to closer Heath Bell and middle relievers like David Hernandez to shine.