Red Sox vs. Giants Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – May 2, 2024

The Boston Red Sox (18-13) are favored on the moneyline (-114) in Thursday’s contest with the San Francisco Giants (14-17). First pitch is at 1:35 PM ET on NBCS-BA. The Giants, with +148 odds, are favored against the spread (1.5). Boston’s Josh Winckowski and San Francisco’s Kyle Harrison have been named the starters for this contest.

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Red Sox vs. Giants Betting Lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-114)
• Underdog: Giants (-105)
• Over/under: 9.5

Red Sox vs. Giants Betting Insights

• The Red Sox have been victorious in nine, or 69.2%, of the 13 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• This season Boston has been victorious nine times in 13 chances when named as a favorite of at least -114 on the moneyline.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Red Sox have a 53.3% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Giants are 4-8 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 33.3% of those games).
• When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of -105 or longer, San Francisco has a record of 4-5 (44.4%).
• The Giants have an implied moneyline win probability of 51.2% in this game.

Red Sox vs. Giants Hitting Leaders

• Jarren Duran leads Boston with a batting average of .269.
• Including all hitters in baseball, Duran is 225th in homers and 68th in RBI.
• Tyler O’Neill is slugging .658 this season, with a team-best nine homers while driving in 12 runs.
• Michael Conforto has racked up a team-best batting average of .259, while leading the Giants in home runs (five) and runs batted in (16).
• In all of MLB, Conforto is 38th in home runs and 58th in RBI.
• Jung Hoo Lee’s .259 batting average is a team-high mark.

Red Sox vs. Giants Pitching Rankings

• The Red Sox have an 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, 10th-best in baseball.
• Red Sox pitchers have a combined ERA of 2.57 this year, first-best in baseball.
• Red Sox pitchers have a 1.096 WHIP this season, second-best in the majors.
• The 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Giants pitching staff ranks 27th in the majors.
• San Francisco has a 4.50 team ERA that ranks 24th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Giants have the 21st-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.307).