Giants vs. Rockies Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 21, 2024

A pair of surging power hitters meet Sunday when Tyler Fitzgerald — with his two-game homer streak in tow — and the San Francisco Giants (47-52) take on Ezequiel Tovar (home runs in three straight) and the Colorado Rockies (36-63). The Giants are favorites (-169) for the contest, which starts at 3:10 PM ET, live from Coors Field and broadcast on COLR. San Francisco’s Hayden Birdsong and Colorado’s Austin Gomber have been named the starters for this contest.

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

Giants vs. Rockies Betting Lines

• Favorite: Giants (-169)
• Underdog: Rockies (+142)
• Over/under: 9.5

Giants vs. Rockies Betting Insights

• The Giants have won in 26, or 53.1%, of the 49 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• This season San Francisco has come away with a win five times in eight chances when named as a favorite of at least -169 on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Giants have a 62.8% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Rockies have won 36 of the 99 games they were the moneyline underdog this season (36.4%).
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +142 or longer, Colorado has gone 20-37 (35.1%).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Rockies have an implied win probability of 41.3%.

Giants vs. Rockies Hitting Leaders

• Matt Chapman leads San Francisco with a batting average of .234. He’s also hit 13 home runs with 43 RBI.
• Of all MLB hitters, Chapman ranks 106th in batting average, 71st in on-base percentage, and 83rd in slugging.
• Heliot Ramos leads San Francisco in home runs with 14 and runs batted in with 46.
• Brenton Doyle leads the Rockies with 16 home runs while putting up a team-high batting average of .279.
• Doyle ranks 35th in homers and 64th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Ryan McMahon is hitting .271 with 21 doubles, 14 home runs and 46 walks.

Giants vs. Rockies Pitching Rankings

• The Giants strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 17th in MLB.
• The Giants have the 24th-ranked ERA (4.45) in the majors this season.
• The Giants have a combined 1.353 WHIP as a pitching staff, fifth-highest in MLB.
• The 6.9 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Rockies pitching staff ranks last in the majors.
• Colorado has the bottom-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (5.56).
• Pitchers for the Rockies combine for the worst WHIP in MLB (1.537).