Giants vs. Athletics Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 18, 2024

The San Francisco Giants (62-63) will be out to avoid the sweep when they visit the Oakland Athletics (53-70) to complete a two-game series. Sportsbooks have listed the Giants as -178 favorites for the series finale, while the Athletics are +148 underdogs. Blake Snell gets the starting nod for San Francisco while JP Sears is Oakland’s starter for the contest.

Here is our betting preview for this matchup, and find all of our MLB picks, too!

Giants vs. Athletics Betting Lines

• Favorite: Giants (-178)
• Underdog: Athletics (+148)
• Over/under: 7.5

Giants vs. Athletics Betting Insights

• The Giants have come away with 38 wins in the 67 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
• This season San Francisco has been victorious 10 times in 14 chances when named as a favorite of at least -178 on the moneyline.
• The Giants have an implied victory probability of 64% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
• The Athletics have gone 41-66 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 38.3% of those games).
• When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +148 or longer, Oakland has gone 16-31 (34%).
• The Athletics have a 40.3% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Giants vs. Athletics Hitting Leaders

• Matt Chapman is batting .245 with 19 home runs and 61 RBI. All three of those stats rank first among San Francisco hitters this season.
• Of all MLB batters, Chapman ranks 89th in batting average, 47th in on-base percentage, and 54th in slugging.
• Heliot Ramos is batting .279 with an OBP of .336 and a slugging percentage of .484 this season.
• Brent Rooker leads the Athletics in home runs (29), runs batted in (83) and has put up a team-best batting average of .290.
• Rooker’s home run total ranks ninth in the majors, and he is 11th in RBI.
• JJ Bleday has 33 doubles, four triples, 15 home runs and 52 walks while batting .247.

Giants vs. Athletics Pitching Rankings

• The Giants strike out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, sixth-best in MLB.
• Giants pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.23 this year, which ranks 21st in MLB.
• The Giants have a combined WHIP of 1.303 as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
• The 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Athletics pitching staff ranks 28th in the majors.
• Oakland’s 4.32 team ERA ranks 22nd across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Athletics have the 25th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.328).