San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Padres +135 at Giants -155 O/U 7.5 runs
Time: 10:15 PM EST Tuesday May 10, 2010
Tonight in a NL West match up the San Francisco Giants host the San Diego Padres. The Giants only trail the Padres by ½ game in the division as they head into this important early season 3-game series. Both teams are 6-4 in their last 10 games, but the Giants are coming off a win while the Padres are coming off a loss.
The Padres will try to stay atop the division against one of the hottest pitchers in the Majors tonight in Barry Zito. Tonight’s pitching match up is between a couple of hurlers that have yet to lose this season and each has an ERA below 1.50.
This season the Giants are 10-5 at home and the Padres are 8-7 on the road.
Their last games for both teams on Sunday the Giants beat the New York Mets 6-5 and the Padres lost to the Houston Astros 4-3.
On the mound for the Giants tonight is Barry Zito (5-0 1.49 ERA), who had a great last outing only giving up 1 earned run in 7 innings in a win. On the hill for the Padres tonight is Wade LeBlanc (2-1 1.16 ERA), who was also solid in his last outing giving up 2 earned runs in 6 innings in a no-decision.
Dating back to last season San Francisco is 8-2 in Zito’s last 10 home starts and San Diego is 5-0 in LeBlanc’s last 5 starts.
Zito is off to the best start in his career, as he is not only off to his first 5-0 start, but is holding opponents to a batting average of .182, which is the 2nd lowest in the NL. However, Zito has struggled against the Padres going 0-4 with a 5.63 ERA in his last 7 starts against them.
Since taking Chris Young’s spot in the San Diego rotation the Padres have yet to lose (4-0) when LeBlanc starts.
In 2 starts against the Giants LeBlanc is 2-0 with an ERA of 1.29.
The Padres have won 4 of their last 5 games against the Giants.
Padres 1B Adrian Gonzalez (.267 6 HR 17 RBI) has really been struggling lately going 5/33 with 0 extra base hits in his last 10 games, but in his last 9 games against San Francisco he is hitting .323 with 3 HR’s and 7 RBI’s.
Betting Trends
San Diego is 4-1 in their last 5 road games, 5-0 in their last 5 games against a left-handed starter, and has an Under record of 11-4 in their last 15 games against teams with a winning record.
San Francisco is 5-1 in their last 6 games as a favorite, 6-1 in their last 7 games following an off day, and has an Over record of 4-0 in their last 4 games.
In the last 5 games between these 2 teams the total has gone Under every time.
Our Selection : It appears that Giants starter B. Zito has returned to his earlier form that he had back in Oakland and sure W. Leblanc sure looks like the real deal. That being said, San Francisco has been crushing lefthanders this season and we don't think that is going to change tonight. Take the Giants -1.5 +140 at Bodog.
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