Thursday MLB Free Pick
(The Spread) – The Giants and Braves will wrap up their four-game series tonight at 7:10PM ET. Will tonight’s game be low scoring?
Odds: Oddsmakers have made the visiting Giants –134 money line favorites over the host Braves, who are +126 on the ML. The over/under total for tonight’s game is currently sitting at 7 runs.
Pitching Matchup: The Giants will send their ace to the hill tonight when Tim Lincecum opposes Mike Minor. “The Freak” has won three of his last four starts and is now 11-9 with a 2.58 ERA on the season. Minor comes into the day with a 2-2 record and a 4.84 ERA over 44.2 innings of work.
Public Betting: Of the 9,853-plus wagers on tonight’s game, 73% of MLB public bettors favor the Giants at –134.
MLB Free Pick: Take the under. According to latest MLB trends, the under is 6-2 in Lincecum’s last eight starts versus the Braves and 8-3 in the last 11 meetings between these two teams in Atlanta. The under is also 5-0 in the Giants’ last five games as a road favorite and 10-2 in their last 12 games as a favorite of –110 to –150. The Giants “exploded” for seven runs in their win on Wednesday, meaning they should be all tuckered out for tonight. Sporting one of the worst offenses in baseball, the Giants should get back to their low-scoring ways tonight, even though Minor offers them an opportunity to get their bats going. Simply put, ‘Frisco can’t hit and with Lincecum on the mound, Atlanta should struggle to generate offense as well.
THURSDAY MLB FREE PICK: GIANTS/BRAVES UNDER 7
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