San Francisco Giants at Colorado Rockies Odds Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Rockies -125 / Giants +105 O/U 8 runs
Time: 8:10 PM EST Friday September 24, 2010
Tonight in a HUGE NL West match up the Colorado Rockies host the San Francisco Giants. This is the first game of a 3-game series and these 3 games are the last times these 2 teams face each other this season. With only 9 games left in the season the Rockies trail the Giants by 3.5 games in the NL West. The Giants only lead the San Diego Padres in the division by ½ game.
The Rockies are also 3.5 games behind the Atlanta Braves in the NL Wild Card.
The Giants are coming off a loss and are 6-4 in their last 10 games while the Rockies have lost 4 straight, are 4-6 in their last 10 games, and their recent sweep at the hands of Arizona may have cost them a shot in the playoffs.
This season the Rockies are 51-24 at home, which is the 3rd best home record in the NL, and the Giants are 41-37 on the road.
The Rockies have one game edge in the season series against the Giants (8-7), but they have won 9 of their last 12 games against the Giants at home.
Taking the mound for the Rockies tonight is Jhoulys Chacin (9-9 3.30 ERA), who in his last outing was stellar going 8 innings and giving up 0 earned runs in a win. Tim Lincecum *14-10 3.60 ERA) is on the hill for the Giants tonight and in his last outing he gave up 2 earned runs in 5 innings of work in a loss.
Even though Lincecum lost his last start it was his first loss of the month, as he is 3-1 with a solid ERA of 2.36 in September. It looks as if Lincecum is back after going 0-5 with a 7.82 ERA in August.
Lincecum is 1-2 with a 3.66 ERA against the Rockies this season and is 0-2 with a 4.32 ERA in his last 4 starts in Colorado.
The Giants' pitching has been stellar as of late, as they have gone 17 straight games giving up 3 or fewer runs.
Jhoulys Chacin is 4-0 in his last 4 starts and is 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA against the Giants this season.
Colorado's Troy Tulowitzki has 14 home runs and 35 RBIs this month, but is only 2/16 in his last 4 games against Lincecum and is a only a .207 lifetime hitter against the reigning Cy Young winner.
Betting Trends
San Francisco is 9-3 in their last 12 road games and 11-4 in Lincecum's last 15 road starts.
Colorado is 8-2 in their last 10 games against teams with a winning record and is 5-1 in Chacin's last 6 home starts.
In the last 4 meetings between these 2 teams the total has gone Under 4 times.
Our Selection : Rockies pitcher Jhoulys Chacin has been outstanding as of late allowing only 2 combined runs in his last 3 starts. Giants starter Lincecum has been sharp as well with an ERA of 2.89 over his last 3. The last 4 in this series have gone under the total and that's where the smart money should be going in this one.
Take Under 8 Runs at 5Dimes.
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