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After a four-hit game in a loss to the Angels, Jose Altuve leads the Houston Astros (30-36) as -120 favorites against the San Francisco Giants (32-34). Action gets underway from Oracle Park at 9:45 PM ET on Monday, live on NBCS-BA. Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti gets the start, and he’ll go against San Francisco’s Kyle Harrison.
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Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $36.67
Astros to win vs Giants -120
Astros vs. Giants Betting Lines
- Favorite: Astros (-120)
- Underdog: Giants (+100)
- Over/under: 8
Astros vs. Giants Betting Insights
- The Astros have come away with 24 wins in the 52 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- Houston has a record of 22-23 when favored by -120 or more this year.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Astros have a 54.5% chance of walking away with the win.
- The Giants have gone 13-19 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 40.6% of those games).
- San Francisco has gone 11-16 when it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +100 or longer (40.7%).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Giants’ implied win probability is 50%.
Astros vs. Giants Hitting Leaders
- Yordan Alvarez has been key for Houston with 13 home runs, 33 RBI and a batting average of .292 this season.
- Alvarez is 15th in homers and 46th in RBI among all hitters in Major League Baseball.
- Altuve has 80 hits and an OBP of .348 to go with a slugging percentage of .454 this season.
- Matt Chapman has hit a team-best eight home runs.
- Among all hitters in MLB, Chapman is 68th in homers and 81st in RBI.
- Thairo Estrada has shown off his power as he paces his team with eight home runs and 32 RBI, with a team-leading .246 batting average.
Astros vs. Giants Pitching Rankings
- The Astros average the 14th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the league this season.
- The Astros have the 21st-ranked ERA (4.24) in the majors this season.
- The Astros have a combined WHIP of 1.328 as a pitching staff, which ranks 23rd in MLB.
- The pitching staff for the Giants has a collective 8.7 K/9, the ninth-best in MLB.
- San Francisco has the 25th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.43).
- Pitchers for the Giants combine for the fifth-worst WHIP in MLB (1.339).