Data Skrive:
The Arizona Diamondbacks (78-61) and Randal Grichuk (2 HR in his last game) are favored (-132) on the moneyline for their matchup with the San Francisco Giants (68-71) on Thursday at 3:45 p.m. ET on ARID. Arizona’s Merrill Kelly and San Francisco’s Blake Snell have been named the starters for this contest.
Take a look at our betting primer for this game, and find all of our expert MLB picks, too!
Betting Odds
Bet $20, Payout $35.15
Diamondbacks to win vs Giants -132
Diamondbacks vs. Giants Betting Lines
- Favorite: Diamondbacks (-132)
- Underdog: Giants (+112)
- Over/under: 7.5
Diamondbacks vs. Giants Betting Insights
- The Diamondbacks have come away with 44 wins in the 70 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- Arizona has a record of 28-11 in contests when bookmakers favor them by -132 or more on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Diamondbacks have a 56.9% chance of walking away with the win.
- The Giants are 25-36 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 41% of those games).
- San Francisco has an 11-22 record (winning only 33.3% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +112 or longer.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Giants have an implied win probability of 47.2%.
Diamondbacks vs. Giants Hitting Leaders
- Corbin Carroll has been key for Arizona with 19 home runs, 65 RBI and a batting average of .234 this season.
- Of all MLB batters, Carroll ranks 112th in batting average, 87th in on-base percentage, and 61st in slugging.
- Eugenio Suarez leads Arizona in runs batted in (86) this season. He’s batting .239 while slugging .442.
- Matt Chapman has racked up a team-best batting average of .247, and leads the Giants in home runs (22) and runs batted in (69).
- Chapman’s home run total ranks 35th in the majors, and he is 47th in RBI.
- Heliot Ramos has 18 doubles, two triples, 20 home runs and 33 walks while hitting .277.
Diamondbacks vs. Giants Pitching Rankings
- The Diamondbacks average just 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in the league.
- The Diamondbacks have pitched to a 4.55 ERA this season, which ranks 27th in baseball.
- The Diamondbacks have a combined WHIP of 1.348 as a pitching staff, which is fourth-worst in baseball this season.
- The Giants pitching staff ranks fifth in MLB with a collective nine strikeouts per nine innings.
- San Francisco’s 4.22 team ERA ranks 21st among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Giants have the 22nd-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.301).