The San Francisco Giants (1-2) face the Los Angeles Dodgers (2-1) Sunday at 10:08 p.m. ET at Dodger Stadium. We analyze the Giants-Dodgers betting odds and lines, with MLB picks and best bets.
Giants at Dodgers: Projected starting pitchers
LHP Drew Smyly vs. LHP Julio Urias
Smyly: Pitched a scoreless relief inning with two strikeouts and a walk Thursday
- Went 4-7 with a 6.24 ERA over 21 starts and four relief appearances with the Texas Rangers and Philadelphia Phillies last season
Urias (2019): 4-3 with a 2.49 ERA over seven starts and one relief appearance
- 85 strikeouts against 27 walks and seven home runs allowed over 79 2/3 innings
- 3.07 ERA at Dodger Stadium vs. 1.86 road rate
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Giants at Dodgers: Key injuries
Visit sportsdata.usatoday.com to track all MLB injuries leading up to game time.
Giants
- 1B Brandon Belt (heel) out
- OF Billy Hamilton (undisclosed) questionable
- 3B Evan Longoria (oblique) out
Giants at Dodgers: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports for a full list. Odds last updated at 2:20 p.m. ET.
Prediction
Dodgers 8, Giants 3
Moneyline (ML)
The Dodgers (-358) are again heavily favored in this season-opening series after losing 5-4 to the Giants (+310) Saturday.
The Dodgers won the first two games of the series by a combined score of 17-2 and are the far superior team. There just isn’t value in the -358 price to justify any sort of bet. PASS on the moneyline and bet the run line.
New to sports betting? A $10 bet on the Dodgers would return a profit of just $2.80. This is a chalky bet.
Run line/Against the spread (ATS)
DODGERS -2.5 (-121) is the way to go. Los Angeles would need to win by at least three runs for a $10 bet to return a much more worthwhile profit of $8.30.
The Giants’ bullpen has pitched 15 1/3 total innings through the first three games of this series and the Dodgers will be able to take advantage of the tired unit.
Over/Under (O/U)
Following the above logic, OVER 9.5 (-110) is the best play in this game. The Dodgers will handle the bulk of the scoring with a multi-run margin of victory sending this well over the required 10 total runs.
Esten’s 2020 MLB betting record: 7-4
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