San Francisco Giants vs Philadelphia Phillies 9/2/22 MLB Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Philadelphia Phillies and the San Francisco Giants meet in MLB action from Oracle Park on Friday night.

The Philadelphia Phillies will be looking to add on to their 18-2 rout to close out their series with Arizona last time out. Nick Castellanos has 132 hits with 27 doubles and 61 RBIs while Kyle Schwarber also has team-highs of 36 home runs and 78 RBIs as well this season. Alec Bohm’s posting a .292 batting average and a team-high 137 hits while Rhys Hoskins has 26 home runs and 66 RBIs so far this season. J.T. Realmuto also has 67 RBIs as well this season. Kyle Gibson will start here and is 9-5 with a 4.08 ERA and 114 strikeouts this season.

The San Francisco Giants will be out to snap a seven-game losing skid after a 5-4 loss to the Padres in Wednesday’s series finale. Joc Pederson leads the Giants with 20 home runs and 53 RBIs while Wilmer Flores has 104 hits with 60 RBIs of his own, 25 doubles and a .246 batting average. Thairo Estrada has 101 hits with 19 doubles and 51 RBIs as well this season. Mike Yastrzemski also has 22 doubles of his own as well as a .203 batting average on the year. Alex Cobb will start here and is 4-6 with a 3.81 ERA and 115 strikeouts this season.

Philadelphia is 10-3 in their last 13 road games against a team with a losing record and 6-2 in their last 8 series-opening games while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games against the NL West. San Francisco is 0-7 in their last 7 games overall and 0-5 in their last 5 home games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games following an off day.

I get the case to be made for both sides here, but I’m looking at the over in this one. I don’t trust either starter right now as far as I can throw them and these are two teams that have found themselves in their fair share of high-scoring games as of late. I look for this one to be high-scoring as well, so give me the over here.