Arizona Diamondbacks vs San Francisco Giants MLB Betting Preview— 8-28-18
A pair of Nationals League West foes will duke it out this evening as the Arizona Diamondbacks grapple with the San Francisco Giants. This is game two of a three-game set and will take place at AT&T Park. The Giants took game one by a score of 2-0 and they now lead the season series 10-7.
Lines: Arizona -105… San Francisco -105… O/U 7.5
Pitching Matchup
Clay Buchholz will take the hill for the Diamondbacks and he has gone 7-2 with a 2.25 ERA in 13 starts on the year, including 4-2 with a 1.97 ERA in eight starts on the road. In his career, he has gone 50-30 with a 3.68 ERA in 112 games (105 starts) on the road and 14-9 with a 3.54 ERA in 41 games (34 starts) during the month of August, while against the Giants he has gone 1-0 with a 2.77 ERA in three starts, including 0-0 with a 2.57 ERA in two starts here at AT&T Park.
Getting the nod for the Giants will be Madison Bumgarner and he has gone 5-5 with a 2.88 ERA in 15 starts on the year, including 3-2 with a 1.71 ERA in seven starts here at home. In his career, he has gone 53-37 with a 2.72 ERA in 118 starts here at AT&T Park and 24-15 with a 2.86 ERA in 51 starts during the month of August, while against the Diamondbacks he has gone 10-11 with a 2.58 ERA in 32 games (31 starts).
Game Analysis
The Arizona Diamondbacks continue to hang on to the NL West Lead, but by the slimmest of margins. They will enter this game win a one-game lead over the Rockies and a two-game lead over the Dodgers. They come in off a tough 2-0 loss in game one of this series ad they just couldn’t figure out Chris Stratton and company. The Diamondbacks had just five hits in the game and they wasted a good outing from Patrick Corbin. He allowed just two ERs on four hits in 7.0 innings of work to fall to 10-5 with a 3.15 ERA on the year. Arizona will look to get back on track tonight, but it won’t be easy as they are facing MadBum. Arizona is now just 1-3 in their last four games overall, but they are 37-28 on the road so far. That compares to a mediocre 35-31 at home. Arizona has averaged 4.38 rpg and has allowed 3.77 rpg on the road. Buchholz has been hot of late with a 1.17 ERA over his last three starts.
Can the Giants claw their way back into the race? They are currently seven games out of first in the National League West and 7.5 games out of a wildcard slot. The Giants took a step in the right direction in game one and a sweep of this series would allow them to get back in the race. That got a great outing from Chris Stratton in game one as he scattered just five hits over eight innings. He grabbed the win and is now 9-7 with a 4.99 ERA on the year. They will look to get another solid outing in this one and they could as Madison Bumgarner will take the hill. He has a 1.71 ERA at home and has allowed two ERs or less in his last five starts against the D-Backs. Still, Arizona has been a good road team this year and Clay Buchholz has been very strong for them of late. The Giants have gone 37-27 at home and have averaged 4.47 rpg and have allowed 4.25 rpg in those games.
Trends
Arizona is 15-6 in their last 21 road games vs. a team with a losing record… The Diamondbacks are 9-4 in their last 13 vs. National League West… Arizona is 1-6 in their last 7 after allowing 2 runs or less in their previous game.
San Francisco is 19-9 in their last 28 home games vs. a right-handed starter… The Giants are 4-1 in Bumgarner’s last 5 starts vs. National League West… San Francisco is 1-7 in Bumgarner’s last 8 home starts vs. Diamondbacks.
