The Arizona Diamondbacks (15-26) and San Francisco Giants (20-21) close out a wraparound weekend series with a Labor Day contest at Oracle Park. First pitch is slated for 8:05 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Diamondbacks-Giants MLB betting odds and lines, with picks and best bets.
Diamondbacks at Giants: Projected starting pitchers
RHP Zac Gallen vs. RHP Kevin Gausman
Gallen owns a 1.80 ERA and 0.94 WHIP over eight games started.
- Has benefited from a .222 average on balls in play and a 96.1% left-on-base rate.
- Has faced San Francisco twice this season with good results. But the walks, line drives, and barreled-up baseballs yielded in those turns (Aug. 22 and Aug. 28) could’ve (should’ve?) produced very different outcomes.
Gausman totes a 4.43 ERA and 1.18 WHIP into Monday’s game.
- Missing bats at a career-best 15.7% rate.
- Has been hurt by a 20.5% HR rate on fly balls and also by a tough slate. Five of Gausman’s eight games pitched have been against the Dodgers or at Coors Field.
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Diamondbacks at Giants: Key injuries
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Giants
- SS Brandon Crawford (hamstring) questionable
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Diamondbacks at Giants: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips
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Moneyline (ML)
Arizona has been dreadful of late — the Diamondbacks are 2-15 over their last 17 games. Over that stretch, the Snakes have batted just .194/.274/.317 (.591 OPS). On the road, Arizona is 6-17 with a run differential of -39. In nine games against San Francisco, the D-backs are 2-7 with a -18.
The San Francisco offense has cranked 6.1 RPG on the strength of an .882 OPS since Aug. 14. The GIANTS (-115) are a hard lean here.
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Run line/Against the spread (ATS)
AVOID. Even with two shaky bullpens, the low-ish total gets shaded to the low side.
Over/Under (O/U)
The Diamondbacks rank 24th in runs at 4.02 RPG. Even that low figure isn’t supported by metrics. Gausman plays as a 3.25-3.50-ERA guy. Back the UNDER 8 (-115).
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