West Coast Ballers – Los Angeles at San Francisco
MLB baseball betting fans on the West coast will get a late-night treat tonight as the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants meet up at 10:15 PM ET.
The Giants will be the hosts of the evening but they won’t be very cordial as baseball betting fans will see them send out their ace and reigning Cy Young Award winner, Tim Lincecum to the mound.
Lincecum had a rough start to the season in his early outings. In his first two starts, he had 8.1 innings pitched and allowed seven earned runs and 14 hits. In that span, he struck out 10 batters and walked six.
But in his last two starts, Lincecum has been back in form. The Cy Young winner has really picked it up and has been virtually untouchable.
In his last two starts, Lincecum has pitched a total of 16 innings, striking out 24 batters, walking just one and allowing just one earned run. He’s also allowed a mere 10 hits in those 16 innings pitched.
Last year, Lincecum dominated the Dodgers in two starts. As a team, the Dodgers hit just .211 against him as he gave up just eight hits in 11 innings pitched.
Lincecum will face off with Eric Stults of the Dodgers, who has been a pleasant surprise for the team.
Baseball betting fans might think that Stults is a prospect, but he’s in fact a 29-year-old veteran who is trying to hang on to the back end of the Dodgers rotation.
Stults is 2-0 with a 3.52 ERA this season, which is much better than the Dodgers expected.
One trend that has been somewhat disconcerting is the fact that Stults has progressively allowed more runs in each of his three starts.
He hasn’t lasted more than 5.1 innings pitched in any of his starts but has allowed one, two and three runs progressively through each of his starts.
Another ominous sign has been Stults’ strikeout-to-walk ratio.
In his first start, he had five strikeouts and just two walks. In his second start, he had two strikeouts and three walks. In his third start, he had three strikeouts and five walks.
For tonight’s game, look for the Giants to dominate at home behind their ace. It could be a low-scoring contest but the Giants should be able to control the game as Lincecum has been really good of late.
The Pick: Giants -1 ½ (+145)
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