San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants Odds Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Padres +145 / Giants -165 O/U 6.5 runs
10:15 PM EST Friday October 1, 2010
In the City By the Bay tonight the San Francisco Giants host the San Diego Padres. This is the last series of the season and one that the Padres need to sweep to force a one-game playoff for the NL West crown. They trail the Braves by 2 games in the Wild Card, so they can still lose a game, but the Braves will have to lose. If the Padres lose tonight the Giants win the NL West and if the Braves win they will win the Wild Card and the Padres will be watching the playoffs from home.
A little over a month ago the Padres had a 6.5 game lead over the Giants, but since then they have struggled, especially on offense, and the Giants have been on fire. The Giants have won 4 straight and are 8-2 in their last 10 games and the Padres are coming off a loss and are 5-5 in their last 10.
The Padres may be glad they are the away team in this series, as they have won 7 of their last 8 games in San Francisco.
This season the Giants are 48-30 at home and the Padres are 43-35 on the road.
In their last games the Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Padres lost to the Chicago Cubs 1-0.
Taking the hill tonight for the Giants is Matt Cain (13-10 2.95 ERA), who was stellar in his last outing going 9 innings giving up only 2 earned runs in a win. On the mound for the Padres tonight is Clayton Richard (13-9 3.71 ERA), who was tagged up in his last start giving up 6 earned runs in 5 innings in a loss.
Cain is 4-0 with a 2.45 ERA in his last 7 starts and even though he is only 1-2 with an ERA of 4.05 against the Padres this season he won his last start against them.
Richard is 1-4 with a 4.42 ERA in his last 6 starts and against the Giants this season he is 3-1 with a 1.95 ERA.
The Padres are 1-5 in Richard's last 6 starts and the Giants are 12-2 in Cain's last 14 starts.
I mentioned the Padres have struggled on offense and that is an understatement, as they have only averaged 2.79 runs per game in their last 34 games. All-Star slugger Adrian Gonzalez 0-13 in his last 4 games, but he is hitting almost .300 against Cain in his career.
Betting Trends
San Francisco is 4-0 in their last 4 home games, 5-2 in their last 7 games against a left-handed starter, and has an Under record of 10-2 in their last 12 home games.
San Diego is 1-4 in their last 5 games, 3-7 in their last 10 road games against a right-handed starter, and has an Under record of 4-0 in their last 4 road games.
In the last 8 games between these 2 teams in San Francisco the Under record is 6-1-1.
Our Selection : The Giants can wrap up the NL West pennant with a win and starting pitcher Matt Cain has been dominate as of late. However, San Francisco is only 1-4 in Cain's last 5 starts versus the Padres, while San Diego is 4-1 L5 versus the Giants in Richards starts. The value play here is definitely on the Padres.
Take the Padres +150 at 5Dimes.
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