The Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants meet Tuesday in MLB action from Oracle Park. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a San Francisco Giants vs LA Dodgers Prediction.
Starting Pitching Matchup
The Los Angeles Dodgers will send out Gavin Stone to the mound here and Stone is 3-1 with a 3.55 ERA and 27 strikeouts this season. This will be Stone’s first career start against the Giants. Keaton Winn will get the start for the Giants here and is 3-5 with a 5.63 ERA and 29 strikeouts this season. In his career, Winn is 0-2 with a 7.84 ERA and 11 strikeouts against the Dodgers.
Los Angeles Dodgers Recap
The Los Angeles Dodgers will be looking to build on their series-opening 6-4 win over the Giants on Monday, bounce back nicely after their series loss to the Padres over the weekend.
Dodgers Still Showing Why They’re A World Series Favorite
Entering Monday, Shohei Ohtani leads the Dodgers with 56 hits including a team-high 11 home runs, 15 doubles and 27 RBIs with a .352 batting average while Mookie Betts has 56 hits with 11 doubles, 2 triples, 6 homers and 27 RBIs of his own. Teoscar Hernandez also has 11 home runs with 33 RBIs and a team-high 52 strikeouts. Betts also has 8 stolen bases while Ohtani has a team-high 9 stolen bases.
San Francisco Giants Recap
The San Francisco Giants come into this one looking to rebound from their series-opening loss to the rival Dodgers, with the loss not looking like a good start after series wins over the Reds and Rockies over the last week.
Giants Still Inconsistent At The Dish
Going into Monday’s opener, Michael Conforto leads the Giants with 40 hits including a team-high 7 home runs with 20 RBIs and 7 doubles while Thairo Estrada has 37 hits with 7 doubles, 6 home runs and a team-high 21 RBIs. Matt Chapman has 7 doubles with 6 home runs and 19 RBIs as well this season.
Why the Los Angeles Dodgers will win
- The Dodgers have won each of their last six night games after going to extra innings.
- The Giants have lost each of their last six night games against teams that held a winning record.
- The Dodgers have covered the run line in each of their last seven games as favorites after playing the previous day.
- The Giants have failed to cover the run line in six of their last seven night games after going to extra innings.
- The Dodgers have won the first inning in each of their last four games against opponents that held a losing record.
Los Angeles Dodgers Player Prop Facts
- Shohei Ohtani ranks 1st amongst qualified players for Slugging Percentage (.667) this season.
Matchup/League Facts
- The San Francisco Giants rank 30th in the league for steals this season (13).
- The San Francisco Giants rank 28th in the league for opponent batting average this season (.260).
- The Los Angeles Dodgers rank 1st in the league for runs scored this season (220).
- The Los Angeles Dodgers rank 1st in the league for RBI’s this season (213).
San Francisco Giants vs LA Dodgers Prediction
I’m on the Dodgers here. I said going into Monday’s game that I wasn’t necessarily sold on Gavin Stone, but sold or not, there’s no denying that he’s the better option here as the Giants have had issues with consistency and Winn has been getting consistently shelled against the Dodgers in his brief history against them. The Dodgers are the better team playing better baseball right now, and I’ll side with them on the road here as a result.