San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, Pick and Preview, August 1 (8/1): MLB

San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, Pick and Preview, August 1 (8/1): MLB

Credit: photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

 

Odds

Time 9:45 p.m. EST
Giants money line +115
Giants run line +1.5 (-150)
Dodgers money line -138
Dodgers run line -1.5 (+130)
Over / under 8

 

Key stats

  San Francisco Giants Los Angeles Dodgers
Record 51-51 68-33
Home / road record 29-23 33-18
Last 10 record 3-7 7-3
Streak W2 W1
Over / under record 47-48-6 39-54-8
Runs / game 4.62 5.21
Runs allowed / game 4.31 3.28

 

Preview

The San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers will meet again to play a 4-game series at the Oracle Park. The Giants finally ended their losing streak beating the Cubs 3 of 4 times at home while the Dodgers won their last series vs Rockies and are 9-6 vs Giants so far this season.

San Francisco Giants

The Giants get here with a 51-51 record and have lost 7 of their last 10 games. The team is averaging 4.62 runs per game and they're batting for .235 AVG, 471 runs scored in 798 hits and 118 home runs, ranking #8 in offense in the league behind the Milwaukee Brewers. Joc Pederson leads the team with 17 home runs and 43 RBI. Thairo Estrada is batting for an average of .260.

Defensively they are allowing 4.31 runs per game and rank #17 in the league. Carlos Rodon leads the pitching staff with a 3.00 ERA, 158 strikeouts and 9 wins recorded.

Probable Pitcher:

Logan Webb (9-4, 2.91 ERA) will be on the mound for the Giants in the 1st game of the series. On Wednesday against Arizona, Webb was given the loss after pitching 6.1 innings and giving up four runs on seven hits, one walk, and five strikeouts. He is 1-2 with an ERA of 3.28 and 30 strikeouts in 7 appearances against the Dodgers in his career.

Los Angeles Dodgers

The Dodgers get here with a 68-33 record and have won 4 of their last 5 games. The team is averaging 5.21 runs per game and they're batting for .258 AVG, 526 runs scored in 884 hits and 130 home runs, ranking #2 in offense in the league behind the New York Yankees. Mookie Bets leads the team batting for .266 AVG. and 23 home runs. Trea Turner has 72 RBI. 

Defensively they are allowing 3.28 runs per game and rank #1 in the league. Tony Gonsolin leads the team with a 2.41 ERA, 96 strikeouts and 12 wins recorded.

Probable Pitcher:  Andrew Heaney (1-0, 0.47 ERA)

Heaney will be on the mound in the 1st game of the series for the Dodgers. Heaney allowed one hit and three walks in four scoreless innings against the Nationals on Wednesday. He struck out four batters bu he didn't factor in the decision. He has a record of 1-2 with an ERA of 7.02 and 23 strikeouts in 3 appearances against the Giants in his career.

BETTING TRENDS

LA Dodgers are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games when playing on the road against San Francisco.

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Dodgers' last 7 games against an opponent in the National League.

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Francisco's last 6 games against LA Dodgers.

San Francisco Giants are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games at home.

Prediction

The Dodgers continue to stay hot offensively as they scored an average of 7 runs per game in their last series vs Rockies. They also swept the Giants the last time they met in LA but Andrew Heaney who was great in his return and will start this game has struggled against them in his career. The Giants finally ended their losing streak and beat the Cubs in the weekend series. For this game Logan Webb will get the ball who has dominated the Dodgers this season. This should be a great pitching matchup so expect a low scoring game. Take the under.

PICK: Under 8 (-110)

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