The San Francisco Giants seemingly picked right back up where they left off a season ago winning ball games and putting money in MLB bettor’s pockets through the first six weeks. Then Gabe Kapler opened his mouth about not coming out for the national anthem and the team hit the skids. I’m not saying it’s the main reason why, but the two occurrences line up congruently. Beginning May 18, the reigning NL West champs have procured a grand total of seven wins in their last 18 tries to fall 5.5-games in back of the Los Angeles Dodgers. If ever they’re to chase down the current frontrunners, they’re going to at the very least need to win this three-game series at home against their hated rivals. They’ll be in a solid position to cash in at online sportsbooks in the second game of this weekend’s set running up against left-hander Julio Urias with the revelation that has been Jacob Junis opposing him. San Fran checks in 9-5 versus south paws and has scored an average of 6.0 runs per game against them – gimme the home dogs!
First pitch for the NL West showdown between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants is scheduled for Saturday, June 11, 2022. Take it in live on FOX at 7:15 p.m. ET from Oracle Park. Bet on MLB odds and player props at BookMaker.eu every day of the season.
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Odds Analysis
While the Dodgers are still slightly lined as odds-on favorites to win the World Series, things haven’t been going too well for Dave Roberts’ club recently. All profit baseball bettors earned backing them to this point was recently wiped away due to dropping three straight home games to the Pittsburgh Pirates as decided favorites. They then split a four-game series at home against the New York Mets and most recently dropped the series opener to the White Sox in Chicago. The loss dropped Mookie Betts and company to 35-20 overall -$75 and 18-10 on the road $54. After returning home from an extended 10-game road trip that saw them go 5-5, San Francisco just dropped the series opener to the Colorado Rockies. In doing so, it dropped them to 29-25 overall -$230 as well as 13-12 when playing in front of the hometown faithful -$299. LA’s taken six of the last 10 in the recent rivalry with the under cashing in six of those matchups.
Probable Pitchers
Julio Urias L: The left-hander was one of the premiere strikeout artists in the league a season ago. He racked up 195 of them through just over 185 total innings pitched which equated to a near 10.0 K/9 average. He’s averaging 7.1 K/9 this season through just over 58 innings of work, and has also served up an average of 1.5 home runs per nine. While his ERA clocks in at a highly respectable 2.78, his W/L record has suffered the brunt of giving up bombs into the cheap seats along with being unable to get outs via the strikeout with regularity. That being said, he’s very tough for the Giants to get to evidenced by a career 2.41 ERA and 1.22 WHIP through 15 career starts. He’s also been rock solid on the road 2.40 ERA as well as at night 2.77 ERA.
Jacob Junis R: I had eyes for Junis throughout his five-year stay in Kansas City. Unfortunately, the right-hander was never able to sustain his early season success and see it all the way through the end of a 162-game season. He almost always ended up with an ERA above 5.00 and WHIP of 1.4 or higher. Fast forward to 2022 and the righty has once again gotten out to an impressive start having gone 3-1 and pitched to a tidy 2.51 ERA through six overall starts. But when will the floor drop? Better yet, will it? Maybe a change of scenery is exactly what this young buck needed to come into his own. San Fran has come out on top in each of his last three starts of which he’s only conceded 4 ER through 16.1 innings against the Mets, Phillies, and Marlins.
Dodgers vs. Giants Prediction
If ever there was a time to continue picking on the Dodgers, it’s now with the overall pitching staff ailing. I recommended fading LA Tuesday night in Chicago and the White Sox came out with a shutout win with Michael Kopech shutting Freddie Freeman and Co. down through six innings and the bullpen closing it out. A heavy dose of negative regression has recently surfaced in LA’s locker room, and I’m not sold the situation rectifies itself through the weekend. As such, I’ll be taking a flier with Junis in arguably the biggest start of the season throwing for his new team.
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