Giants vs. Reds Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – May 12, 2024

The San Francisco Giants (18-23) and the Cincinnati Reds (17-22) meet in the rubber match of a three-game series on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET. The Giants are -129 favorites on the moneyline to win the series over the Reds (+109). San Francisco’s Kyle Harrison gets the start, and he’ll go against Cincinnati’s Frankie Montas.

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Giants vs. Reds Betting Lines

• Favorite: Giants (-129)
• Underdog: Reds (+109)
• Over/under: 7.5

Giants vs. Reds Betting Insights

• The Giants have been chosen as favorites in 23 games this year and have walked away with the win 12 times (52.2%) in those games.
• San Francisco has a record of 7-8 in contests when bookmakers favor them by -129 or more on the moneyline.
• The Giants have an implied victory probability of 56.3% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
• The Reds have won six of the 18 games they were the moneyline underdog this season (33.3%).
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +109 or longer, Cincinnati has a 4-9 record (winning just 30.8% of its games).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Reds have an implied win probability of 47.8%.

Giants vs. Reds Hitting Leaders

• Michael Conforto leads San Francisco in batting average (.280) and home runs (seven) this season, while also chipping in with 20 RBI.
• Conforto’s home runs put him 31st in baseball, and he is 57th in RBI.
• Thairo Estrada leads San Francisco in runs batted in with 21 while batting .248 with six homers.
• Elly De La Cruz leads the Reds with nine home runs while accumulating a team-best batting average of .272.
• In all of the majors, De La Cruz is ninth in homers and 46th in RBI.
• Spencer Steer’s 27 runs batted in are a team-high mark.

Giants vs. Reds Pitching Rankings

• The Giants strike out just 8.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in MLB.
• The Giants have the 24th-ranked ERA (4.51) in the majors this season.
• The Giants have a combined WHIP of 1.358 as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in MLB.
• The Reds pitching staff is sixth in MLB with a collective nine strikeouts per nine innings.
• Cincinnati’s 4.04 team ERA ranks 16th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Reds combine for the 15th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.262).