Guardians vs. Giants Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 5, 2024

The Cleveland Guardians (54-31) are set to take on the San Francisco Giants (43-45) Friday at 7:10 PM ET, airing on BSGL. The Guardians are listed as -172 favorites by bookmakers, while the underdog Giants have +145 odds for the contest. Cleveland’s Tanner Bibee gets the start, and he’ll go against San Francisco’s Erik Miller.

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Guardians vs. Giants Betting Lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-172)
• Underdog: Giants (+145)
• Over/under: 8.5

Guardians vs. Giants Betting Insights

• The Guardians have been chosen as favorites in 56 games this year and have walked away with the win 39 times (69.6%) in those games.
• This season Cleveland has been victorious seven times in 11 chances when named as a favorite of at least -172 on the moneyline.
• The Guardians have an implied victory probability of 63.2% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
• The Giants have won 43.2% of the games this season they were the underdog on the moneyline (19-25).
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +145 or longer, San Francisco has a 3-7 record (winning only 30% of its games).
• The Giants have an implied moneyline win probability of 40.8% in this game.

Guardians vs. Giants Hitting Leaders

• Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in home runs with 23 and runs batted in with 76.
• Ramirez ranks fourth in baseball in home runs, and second in RBI.
• Josh Naylor is batting .243 with an OBP of .322 and a slugging percentage of .497 this season.
• Matt Chapman paces the Giants in home runs (12), runs batted in (42) and has put up a team-best batting average of .245.
• Chapman’s home run total ranks 52nd in the majors, and he is 54th in RBI.
• Jorge Soler is hitting .225 with 18 doubles, 10 home runs and 29 walks.

Guardians vs. Giants Pitching Rankings

• The Guardians strike out nine batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, fifth-best in MLB.
• The Guardians have pitched to a 3.69 ERA this season, which ranks eighth in baseball.
• The Guardians have a combined WHIP of just 1.213 as a pitching staff, which is the eighth-best in baseball this season.
• The pitching staff for the Giants has a collective 8.7 K/9, the ninth-best in MLB.
• San Francisco’s 4.45 team ERA ranks 25th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Giants have the fifth-highest WHIP in baseball (1.348).