The Boston Red Sox (56-47) will play the 2nd game of a 3-game series against the San Francisco Giants (56-48) Saturday at Oracle Park. First pitch is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. ET (FOX). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Red Sox vs. Giants odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Season series: Red Sox lead 1-0
In Friday’s 3-2 victory over the Giants, 1B Triston Casas hit his 16th home run (4th in the last 5 games) of the season, and he had his 5th multi-hit performance in the last 6 games. Boston has won 5 straight games and is 7 games back of the Baltimore Orioles atop the AL East.
It was DH Joc Pederson and OF Michael Conforto, who supplied the 2 runs for the Giants Friday as Pederson hit his 11th homer of the season. Despite losing Friday, San Francisco remains 3 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West race.
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Red Sox at Giants projected starters
LHP James Paxton vs. RHP Ryan Walker
Paxton (6-2, 3.46 ERA) makes his 13th start. He has a 1.00 WHIP, 2.5 BB/9 and 10.4 K/9 through 65 IP.
- Last start: Win, 6 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 7 K in an 8-6 home win over the New York Mets on July 22.
- Road stats: 4-2, 4.38 ERA (37 IP, 18 ER) in 7 starts.
- Career vs. Giants: 1-0, 4.76 ERA (5 2/3 IP, 3 ER) in 1 start.
Walker (3-0, 2.70 ERA) makes his 7th start. He has a 1.23 WHIP, 2.4 BB/9 and 10.3 K/9 through 33 1/3 IP.
- Last start: No decision, 2 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 1 BB, 3 K in an 8-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on July 26.
- Home stats: 1-0, 3.12 ERA (17 1/3 IP, 6 ER) in 12 games (5 starts).
- Never faced the Red Sox.
Red Sox at Giants odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 9:15 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Red Sox -115 (bet $115 to win $100) | Giants -105 (bet $105 to win $100)
- Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Red Sox -1.5 (+145) | Giants +1.5 (-175)
- Over/Under (O/U): 8 (O: -120 | U: +100)
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Red Sox at Giants picks and predictions
Prediction
Red Sox 4, Giants 3
Moneyline
With how Boston has performed recently, I’ll side with the RED SOX (-115) on the road in Saturday’s contest. Paxton should have success against a Giants lineup that features a few lefties.
Run line/Against the spread
Even though the Giants should keep this game close at home, I’ll PASS on betting on the run line in this matchup.
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Over/Under
UNDER 8 (+100) is how I’d wager on the run total with Paxton on the mound for the Red Sox. Since the start of June, the Giants have the 4th-lowest ISO (.117), wOBA (.283) and wRC+ (77) against left-handed pitching.
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