San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Padres -110 / Giants -110 O/U 6.5 runs
Time: 10:05 PM EST Tuesday May 18, 2010
Tonight in the second game of a 2-game NL West series the San Diego Padres host the San Francisco Giants. The Padres are in first place in the NL West and beat the Giants last night and now have a 1.5 game lead over San Francisco. The Giants are only 4-6 in their last 10 games and the Padres are 6-4 in their last 10 games.
This season the Padres are 12-8 at home and the Giants are 8-8 on the road.
In last night's game the Padres beat the Giants 3-1
The Padres have owned the Giants this season, as they have beaten them in all 7 meetings. In all of those games the Giants have failed to score more than 2 runs.
Taking the mound for the Padres tonight is Mat Latos (3-3 3.32 ERA), who was dominant in his last start giving up 0 earned runs in 9 innings in a win. On the hill for the Giants tonight is Jonathan Sanchez (2-3 2.66), who was also stellar in his last outing only giving up 1 run in 8 innings, but got no run support and took the loss.
Both times Latos has faced the Giants this season the Padres have won 1-0.
San Francisco is 1-4 in Sanchez's last 5 starts and San Diego is 1-4 in Latos' last 5 starts as a home underdog.
The Padres' pitching has been dominant at home this season with a team ERA of 2.10 and opponents are only hitting .205. San Diego will need another strong pitching performance, as their offense has scored the third fewest runs in the NL and the fewest runs in the NL West.
The Giants' offense has really struggled, as they have failed to score over 4 runs in 6 of their last 7 games.
The Padres have a 4 game road trip after tonight's game, but they face the L.A. Dodgers and Seattle Mariners, who are both under .500 this season.
Betting Trends
San Francisco is 0-4 in their last 4 games against teams with a winning record, 8-3 in their last 11 games against a right-handed starter, and has an Over record of 4-1 in their last 5 road games.
San Diego is 4-1 in their last 5 home games against a left-handed starter, 1-5 in their last 6 home games, and has an Under record of 4-0 in their last 4 home games.
In the last 6 meetings between these 2 teams in San Diego the total has gone Under every time.
Our Selection : A solid pitching matchup with the Giants sending out J. Sanchez and the Padres sending out M. Latos. While a total of 6 does seem on the low side, I'm going to side with the home team. San Diego has hit lefties well at home and have a slight edge in starting pitching. Take the Padres -115 at Bodog.
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