Pirates vs. Giants Prediction
Will the Pirates upset the Giants and Madison Bumgarner tonight when they visit AT&T Park again at 10:15PM ET?
According to oddsmakers from online sports book Bovada.lv, the Giants are -115 money line favorites to knock off the Pirates, who have odds of +105 to pull off the upset. With Bumgarner set to face Jameson Taillon in the pitching matchup, the over/under currently sits at 7.5 runs.
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From Rotoworld: Taillon improved to 6-3 after allowing two runs over 5 1/3 innings in Thursday’s win over the Brewers. Taillon struck out eight today. He’s fanned 22 batters in 15 1/3 innings this month, which includes his two high strikeout games of the year (eight today and nine against the Phillies on July 4). It seems like a pretty strong second half is on the way
Bumgarner surrendered four runs on six hits over 6 1/3 innings in Thursday’s loss to the Padres. Making his second start since being activated from the disabled list after missing three months of action due to a dirt-biking shoulder injury, Bumgarner struck out five and walked one. He pitched well enough on the whole, but Hunter Renfroe and Cory Spangenberg both cracked two-run homers off the ace, with Spangenberg’s seventh-inning shot snapping a 2-2 tie. Bumgarner has allowed five runs on 10 hits while posting a 10/3 K/BB ratio in 13 1/3 frames in his two outings since the All-Star break. He will next take the ball in a home start against the Pirates as he works to shake off any remaining rust from the long layoff.
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OUR PREDICTION: The Pirates are a perfect 7-0 in their last seven games in San Francisco, are 7-2 in their last nine games overall, and are 4-1 in Taillon’s last five road starts. The Giants, meanwhile, are winless at 0-6 in Bumgarner’s last six starts, are 1-4 in their last five home games, and are 1-4 in their last five games when facing a right-handed starter.
TUESDAY MLB PREDICTION: PITTSBURGH PIRATES +105