Data Skrive:
The San Francisco Giants (17-22), led by the red-hot Michael Conforto and his two-game homer streak, are -159 favorites to pick up a win over the Cincinnati Reds (16-21) Friday at 10:15 PM ET, live from Oracle Park and broadcast on NBCS-BA. San Francisco’s Logan Webb gets the start, and he’ll go against Cincinnati’s Andrew Abbott.
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Betting Odds
Bet $20, Payout $32.58
Giants to win vs Reds -159
Giants vs. Reds Betting Lines
- Favorite: Giants (-159)
- Underdog: Reds (+134)
- Over/under: 7.5
Giants vs. Reds Betting Insights
- The Giants have been victorious in 12, or 54.5%, of the 22 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
- San Francisco has a record of 4-2 when favored by -159 or more this year.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Giants have a 61.4% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Reds have put together a 5-12 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 29.4% of those games).
- Cincinnati has a 1-3 record (winning just 25% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +134 or longer.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Reds have an implied win probability of 42.7%.
Giants vs. Reds Hitting Leaders
- Conforto is batting .275 with seven home runs and 20 RBI. All three of those stats lead San Francisco hitters this season.
- Conforto ranks 30th in homers and 47th in RBI among all hitters in Major League Baseball.
- Thairo Estrada leads San Francisco in runs batted in (20) this season. He’s batting .248 while slugging .418.
- Elly De La Cruz leads the Reds with eight home runs while accumulating a team-high batting average of .264.
- De La Cruz is 19th in homers and 47th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
- Spencer Steer has been productive as he paces his team with 25 runs batted in.
Giants vs. Reds Pitching Rankings
- The Giants have an 8.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in baseball.
- Giants pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.65 this year, which ranks 25th in MLB.
- Giants pitchers have a 1.356 WHIP this season, 24th in the majors.
- The 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Reds pitching staff ranks fifth in the majors.
- Cincinnati has a 4.06 team ERA that ranks 18th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Reds average MLB’s 16th-ranked WHIP (1.276).