GAME: #975 D-Backs @ #976 Giants
DATE: 8/23/2020 – 4:10 pm EST
ODDS: D-Backs -120 / Giants +110
O/U: 9
The San Francisco Giants (13-16) host the Arizona Diamondbacks (13-15) at Oracle Park in San Francisco. The Giants took the first 2 games of the series 6-2 and 5-1. The Giants have righty Trevor Cahill on the mound and the D-Backs have righty Luke Weaver starting.
WEATHER (baseball-weather.com)
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS
The D-Backs are starting righty Luke Weaver who is 1-3 with a 9.16 ERA and 1.77 WHIP. Weaver has pitched in 18.2 innings and has given up 25 hits, 19 runs, 7 home runs, 8 walks, and 23 strikeouts. The D-Backs as a team has a career batting average of .341 against Trevor Cahill in 36 at-bats and that doesn’t include Ketel Marte because he hasn’t seen him yet. Ketel should be able to pounce on this matchup as well as the rest of the D-Backs.
The Giants are starting righty Trevor Cahill who is 0-0 with a 1.59 ERA and 1.59 WHIP. Cahill has pitched in only 5.2 innings and has given up 4 hits, 1 run, 5 walks, and 6 strikeouts. The Giants have faced Luke Weaver in 36 at-bats and have a career average of .194 with Brandon Belt leading the way with 2 hits in 6 at-bats.
BATTER VS PITCHER (dailybaseballdata.com)
STARTING LINEUPS (baseballpress.com)
Starting Lineups not released yet.
INJURY REPORT (covers.com)
TRENDS (covers.com)
ARIZONA
- Under is 4-0 in Diamondbacks last 4 overall.
- Over is 4-0 in Weavers last 4 starts during game 3 of a series.
- Under is 4-0 in Diamondbacks last 4 on grass.
GIANTS
- Giants are 5-0 in their last 5 overall.
- Giants are 4-0 in their last 4 after allowing 2 runs or less in their previous game.
HEAD TO HEAD
- Under is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.
- Diamondbacks are 8-3 in the last 11 meetings in San Francisco.
DIAMONDBACKS VS GIANTS PREDICTION
The D-Backs pitcher Luke Weaver had a terrible start to the 2020 season but in his last appearance against Oakland, he threw a gem going 5 innings and allowing only 3 hits and 1 run. Weaver’s rocky start should be behind him especially facing the Giants who he has had success with in the past. As a team, the Giants have a career .196 average against Weaver. The Giants also hit much worse against Right-handed pitching compared to left-handed and the D-Backs are opposite where they tend to blast Right-handers and struggle with Lefties. The Giants will need their bullpen today with Cahill on the mound and their bullpen ranks #29 of 30 in all of the MLB. The Bookie is rolling with the team that is better and needs to win with the D-Backs. The public is split but the sharps are on the D-Backs as well.
The Bookie: D-Backs
Fade the Public: no data
Sharp Action: D-Backs
1.2 Units to win 1 Unit on: (#975) Diamondbacks -120