Giants vs. Dodgers Prediction
Will the Dodgers make it two straight against the Giants when the two teams meet again this afternoon at 4:05PM ET?
According to oddsmakers from online sports book Bovada.lv, the Dodgers are -270 money line favorites versus the Giants, who have odds of +230 to pull off the upset. With Ty Blach set to face Rich Hill in the pitching matchup, the over/under currently sits at 8.5 runs.
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From Rotoworld: Blach yielded five runs on eight hits over seven innings in Sunday’s loss to the Padres. Blach bounced back allowing a solo home run to Wil Myers in the first inning to fire off a pair of scoreless frames, but the train would go off the tracks in the fourth. That frame saw a two-run double surrendered to Jabari Blash, an RBI double to Hector Sanchez and an RBI single to Cory Spangenberg to put the Giants in a 5-1 hole. This outing is made all the more disappointing for the fact that Blach gave up just one run in seven innings against the Indians in his previous start. He will have a tough task ahead of him when he carries his 4.50 ERA and 1.32 WHIP into a road date with the Dodgers in his next scheduled outing.
Hill yielded just two earned runs, six hits and two walks with eight strikeouts across 6 1/3 innings in a victory against the Braves on Saturday. Hill said after the game that he is dealing with a respiratory ailment. It’s uncertain if the illness will force him to miss his next scheduled start, but he’ll have a week to rest before he is expected to take the hill against the rival Giants next Saturday.
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OUR PREDICTION: The Giants have dropped 37 of their last 55 games on the road, are 7-17 in their last 24 games following a loss, and have dropped six of their last seven divisional games as well. As for the Dodgers, they’re 10-1 in their last 11 NL West matchups, are 41-10 in their last 51 games following a win, and are 45-11 in their last 56 games overall. L.A. has won all four of Hill’s last four starts and is 4-1 in his last five home outings as well.
SATURDAY MLB PREDICTION: LOS ANGELES DODGERS -1.5