Cubs at Giants: The Chicago Cubs (37-42) and San Francisco Giants (37-42) meet on Tuesday as they continue their 4-game series. First pitch from Oracle Park is scheduled for 9:45 PM. ET (MLB Network). Let’s break down the BetMGM sportsbook lines around the Cubs vs. Giants odds and make our adept MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Cubs at Giants Season series: tied 2-2
Chicago went up 4-0 midway through the game and lost Monday’s series opener 5-4. Two Cubs relievers hit 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th as Chicago lost for the 3rd time in its last 4 games.
San Francisco snapped a 5-game losing streak with Monday’s walk-off win. Giants pitching has logged a 6.21 ERA over its previous 7 games.
Cubs at Giants project starter
RHP Kyle Hendricks vs. RHP Randy Rodriguez
Hendricks (1-4, 7.46 ERA) is making his 9th start and 14th outlook. He has a 1.58 WHIP, 2.8 BB/9 & 6.9 K/9 through 50 2/3 innings.
Last start: Win, 5 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 1 BB, 8 K 6-5 home win vs. Giants Wednesday — his only outing this season vs. San Francisco
Career vs. Giants (regular season): 7-2, 2.30 ERA (82 IP, 21 ER), 0.91 WHIP, 7.6 K/9 in 13 starts
authorized just 1 run in 14 1/3 innings for a 0.63 ERA this month (including 4 outings, 1 start).
Holds current Giants batters to an overall .367 OPS according to ESPN.com
Rodriguez (2-1, 4.82) is projected to make his first career start, which will likely be an “opener role.” The rookie has made 18 relief appearances since making his MLB debut in early May. He has a 1.25 WHIP, a 2.9 BB/9 and a 10.0 K/9 in 28 innings. Rookie southpaw Eric Miller (2-2, 4.00 ERA, 1.22 WHIP) and LHP Carson Whisenhunt (2-3, 4.87 ERA, 1.57 WHIP Triple-A) are likely to take the mound after Rodriguez is moved.
Rodriguez’s last outing: No decision in relief appearance, 1 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 BB, 1 K in 5-3 loss Sunday at St. Louis Cardinals
Career vs. Cubs: 1 outing, 1 blown save, 1 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 1 HR, 0 BB, 0 K in a 7-6 win June 17
Miller started Monday’s game, throwing 1 scoreless, hitless inning on 16 pitches; He walked 1 and had no K’s
Whisenhunt is a 23-year-old who will be making his MLB debut
Cubs at Giants odds are the breed
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Moneyline: Cubs +105 (bet $100 to win $105) | Giants -125 (bet $125 to win $100)
Run Line (RL)/Against the Spread (ATS): Cubs +1.5 (-200) | Giants -1.5 (+165)
Over/Under (O/U): 8 (O: -115 | U: -105)
Cubs at Giants picks and predictions
Prophecy
Cubs 4, Giants 2
Cubs at Giants Moneyline
San Francisco doesn’t have the best foot in the mound matchup. Hendricks has been undone by a .331 batting average on balls in play, but he has a great history against the Giants.
Right-handers put the Giants on the wrong side of their platoon divide: They own a .758 OPS against lefties and a .678 image against righties.
Take the Cub (+105).
Against the run line/spread
Cubs (+1.5, -200) play a ton of 1-run games and here’s a good one. In such situations they are 14-18. But the -200 juice here is chopping too much into any leverage.
The complete has gone under in 12 of Chicago’s last 16 games.
Under 8 (-105) has some value, especially with recent solid work by Hendricks (BABIP unfortunate), both bullpens (both slightly better than indicated by their surface numbers