San Francisco Giants at L.A. Dodgers Odds Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Giants +115 / Dodgers -130 O/U 7.5 runs
On Friday night in the City of Angels in the first game in a very important series in the NL West the L.A. Dodgers host the San Francisco Giants. While the Dodgers are probably out of the playoff picture the Giants are only 2 games back of the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL Wild Card race. With the recent struggled of the San Diego Padres the Giants have also climbed back in the NL West race, as they trail the Padres by 3 games.
The Giants have won 2 in a row and are 5-5 in their last 10 games and the Dodgers have lost 2 in a row and are also 5-5 in their last 10 games.
Both teams had the day off yesterday and on Wednesday in their last games the Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 2-1 and the Dodgers lost the Philadelphia Phillies 5-1.
It looks as if the Giants’ rotation is back on track after taking 2 of 3 from the Rockies with solid pitching. This is after the Giants’ starters posted a 6.08 ERA during a 10-14 stretch from August 4thto the 29th. For the Giants to have any shot at making the post-season their rotation, especially the starters, will have to pitch well down the stretch.
Taking the mound for the Dodgers tonight is Chad Billingsley (10-8 3.73 ERA), who did not pitch badly in his last outing giving up 3 earned runs in 6 innings of work, but he got no run support and he took the loss. Barry Zito (8-10 4.07 ERA) takes the hill for the Giants and in his last outing he was shelled giving up 7 earned runs in 3 innings in a loss.
Zito has not won since Mid July and he has lost his last 6 decisions and has lasted a season-low 3 2/3rd innings in each of his last 2 starts. However, he is 0-1 with a 1.95 ERA in 4 starts against the Dodgers this season.
Billingsly is 1-0 with a 0.83 ERA against the Giants this season.
The Giants have owned the Dodgers since the All Star break holding them to 15 runs in 6 games winning 5 of 6 against L.A.
L.A. is 1-5 in Billingsley’s last 6 starts and San Francisco is 2-5 in Zito’s last 7 starts against teams in the National League West.
Betting Trends
L.A. is 1-4 in their last 5 games, 6-13 in their last 19 games following an off day, and have an Under record of 4-1 in their last 5 home games as a favorite.
San Francisco is 2-6 in their last 8 road games and have an Over record of 5-2 in their last 7 road games.
In the last 10 games between these 2 teams in L.A. the total has gone Over 7 times.
Our Selection : Sure Zito has really struggles as of late, but he has rang up 6 straight quality starts versus the Dodgers, including 4 this season. LA has lost 4 of last 5 overall and 5 out of the last 6 in the series. I'll take my chances on Zito and the Giants.
Take the Giants +126 at 5Dimes.
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