Data Skrive:
The San Francisco Giants (38-42) and Chicago Cubs (37-43) meet Thursday at Oracle Park, with first pitch at 3:45 PM ET on MLB Network. The Giants are -114 moneyline favorites for the contest, however, the Cubs are favored against the spread of 1.5 runs with +164 odds. San Francisco’s Jordan Hicks gets the start, and he’ll go against Chicago’s Shota Imanaga.
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Betting Odds
Bet $20, Payout $37.54
Giants to win vs Cubs -114
Giants vs. Cubs Betting Lines
- Favorite: Giants (-114)
- Underdog: Cubs (-106)
- Over/under: 8
Giants vs. Cubs Betting Insights
- The Giants have been chosen as favorites in 40 games this year and have walked away with the win 22 times (55%) in those games.
- This season San Francisco has been victorious 18 times in 35 chances when named as a favorite of at least -114 on the moneyline.
- The Giants have an implied victory probability of 53.3% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- The Cubs have won 42.9% of the games this season they were the underdog on the moneyline (18-24).
- When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of -106 or longer, Chicago has a record of 15-22 (40.5%).
- The Cubs have an implied moneyline win probability of 51.5% in this matchup.
Giants vs. Cubs Hitting Leaders
- Matt Chapman has been key for San Francisco with nine home runs, 33 RBI and a batting average of .234 this season.
- Of all MLB batters, Chapman is 113th in batting average, 89th in on-base percentage, and 97th in slugging.
- Thairo Estrada leads San Francisco in runs batted in with 39 while batting .236 with nine homers.
- Christopher Morel paces the Cubs with 15 home runs and 45 runs batted in.
- Morel ranks 21st in home runs and 30th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
- Cody Bellinger has a club-high .273 batting average.
Giants vs. Cubs Pitching Rankings
- The Giants strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 13th in MLB.
- The Giants have pitched to a 4.48 ERA this season, which ranks 25th in baseball.
- The Giants rank 25th in MLB with a combined 1.352 WHIP this season.
- The nine strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Cubs pitching staff ranks second in MLB.
- Chicago has a 3.97 team ERA that ranks 14th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Cubs combine for the 20th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.289).