The San Francisco Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates meet Tuesday in MLB action from PNC Park. Here’s a Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants prediction. This will be the first installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the game.
San Francisco Giants Betting Preview
The Giants took on the Colorado Rockies in their weekend series. San Francisco did well in that one, notching a three-game sweep. The Giants won 10-5 Friday, 14-4 in game two and 4-1 in the finale. On Sunday San Francisco’s Heliot Ramos managed a solo homer, and starter Jordan Hicks went 5.0 innings with one earned on three hits and one walk.
For the Tuesday starting pitcher role the Giants will send out Logan Webb. This year Webb is 4-4 with a 3.03 ERA in 10 starts. He’s got 47 Ks in 59.1 innings. Webb is 46-36 with a 3.37 ERA in 123 games (120 starts).
Pittsburgh Pirates Betting Preview
Over on the Pirates’ side, they played a four-game series versus the Chicago Cubs over the weekend. Pittsburgh won the first pair 5-4 and 9-3, then took a 1-0 loss on Saturday. In the Sunday finale the Pirates managed a 3-2 win to take the series. Jack Suwinski had a solo home run in the victory. Mitch Keller went 6.0 innings with two earned in the start.
It’ll be Martin Perez in the starting role for the Tuesday matchup with the Giants. This year across nine starts Perez is 1-3 with a 4.86 ERA and 40 Ks in 50.0 innings. Perez is 86-84 with a 4.45 ERA in 297 games (252 starts).
Giants vs Pirates Injury Notes
Giants SP Blake Snell is expected to be activated from the 15-day Injured List soon, likely to make a start in game two on Wednesday.
Pirates SP Marco Gonzales (forearm) will be reassessed later this month.
Total Runs Facts
- Seven of the Pirates’ last eight games against NL West opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Twelve of the Giants’ last 14 games against NL Central opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Pirates’ last eight games against NL West opponents.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Giants’ last four road games.
Pittsburgh Pirates Player Prop Facts
- Edward Olivares has recorded a Single in each of his last four appearances in night games against NL teams that held a losing record.
- Martin Perez has recorded five or more strikeouts in three of his last four home appearances.
- Oneil Cruz has recorded a Double in each of his last three appearances after not playing the previous day.
- Ke’Bryan Hayes has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 12 Tuesday appearances against NL teams that held a losing record.
- Oneil Cruz has scored at least one run in seven of his last eight home appearances after not playing the previous day.
- Ke’Bryan Hayes has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 12 Tuesday appearances against NL teams that held a losing record.
- Connor Joe has hit a home run in four of his last five appearances after not playing the previous day.
- Connor Joe has recorded at least one RBI in five of his last six appearances after not playing the previous day.
San Francisco Giants Player Prop Facts
- Tom Murphy has hit a home run in three of his four previous appearances against the Pirates after not playing the previous day.
- Michael Conforto has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last four road appearances against the Pirates.
- Jorge Soler has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 10 road appearances against NL Central opponents.
- Logan Webb has recorded five or more strikeouts in each of his last seven appearances against NL Central opponents that held a losing record.
- Wilmer Flores has recorded a Double in five of the Giants’ last six night games against NL Central opponents that held a losing record.
- Jorge Soler has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 10 road appearances against NL Central opponents.
- Michael Conforto has recorded at least one Single in each of his last eight appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
- Logan Webb has recorded a win in each of his last three road appearances against NL Central opponents that held a losing record.
- Jorge Soler has scored a run in each of his last four appearances in night games against teams that held a losing record.
Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants Prediction
I’ll stay with the Giants. Webb had a spotty start against Philadelphia on May 5, going 4.0 innings with four earned runs on seven hits and two walks. Webb has done much better in his last pair however, with just two earned runs in 13.0 innings. As for Perez, he’s coming off nine earned runs in 5.0 innings versus Milwaukee back on May 15.
In each of the last four games, the Giants have scored four or more runs—including 10 or more in two of those. If San Francisco’s offense can remain opportunistic here they’ll be in good shape for a W.