The San Francisco Giants (28-41) host the Chicago Cubs (35-34) on Friday at Oracle Park, beginning at 10:15 p.m. ET. The Giants are favored on the moneyline (-111), while the Cubs are -108 underdogs, despite being favored against the spread (1.5) with +159 odds. Landen Roupp starts for San Francisco while Chicago will counter with Javier Assad.
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Giants to win vs Cubs -111
Giants vs. Cubs betting lines
- Favorite: Giants (-111)
- Underdog: Cubs (-108)
- Over/under: 8
Giants betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Giants betting info
- The Giants have gone 11-13 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 45.8% of those games).
- San Francisco has gone 10-11 (winning 47.6% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -111 or shorter.
- The Giants have an implied moneyline win probability of 52.6% in this matchup.
- In the 69 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for San Francisco, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 35 times (35-30-4).
- The Giants have covered 43.5% of their games this season, going 30-39-0 against the spread.
Giants hitting info
- Luis Arraez is hitting .327 with 14 doubles, five triples, two home runs and 15 walks.
- Among batters in MLB play, Arraez ranks 282nd in homers and 141st in RBI.
- Arraez has hit safely in 11 straight games. During his last 10 outings he is batting .356 with four doubles, two triples, a walk and two RBIs.
- Casey Schmitt’s 15 home runs and 38 runs batted in both pace his team.
- Among all MLB hitters, Schmitt ranks 17th in homers and 35th in RBI.
- Jung Hoo Lee leads the Giants with a .338 batting average.
- Lee takes an 18-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last 10 outings he is batting .500 with three doubles, a walk and five RBIs.
- Matt Chapman has 17 doubles, a triple, six home runs and 29 walks while hitting .262.
- Chapman takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .600 with a double, two home runs, four walks and six RBIs.
Giants pitching rankings
- The pitching staff for the Giants has a collective 8.0 K/9, which ranks 23rd in MLB.
- San Francisco has a 4.57 team ERA that ranks 22nd among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Giants have the 25th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.413).
- Giants pitchers combine to give up the 13th-fewest home runs in baseball (71 total, 1.0 per game).
- San Francisco defeated the Nationals 11-10 in its last game with six strikeouts while allowing 14 hits.
Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Cubs betting info
- This season, the Cubs have been the underdog 20 times and won 10, or 50%, of those games.
- Chicago has entered 20 games this season as the underdog by -108 or more and is 10-10 in those contests.
- The implied probability of a win by the Cubs, based on the moneyline, is 51.9%.
- So far this season, Chicago and its opponents have hit the over in 37 of its 69 games with a total.
- The Cubs are 25-44-0 against the spread in their 69 chances this season.
Cubs hitting info
- Nico Hoerner has been key for Chicago with 67 hits, an OBP of .328 plus a slugging percentage of .347.
- In all of Major League Baseball, Hoerner ranks 191st in home runs and 64th in RBI.
- Hoerner heads into this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .211 with a double and a walk.
- Pete Crow-Armstrong leads Chicago in batting with a .257 average while slugging 11 homers and driving in 32 runs.
- Crow-Armstrong ranks 44th in homers and 77th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
- Crow-Armstrong has hit safely in two straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .348 with a double, a triple, two home runs, a walk and two RBIs.
- Ian Happ is slugging .488 this season, with a team-high 15 home runs. He’s also collected 36 RBI.
- Happ enters this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .188 with a triple, a home run, four walks and two RBIs.
- Michael Busch leads Chicago in runs batted in with 38 while batting .251 with seven homers.
- Busch takes a five-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .350 with a home run, two walks and two RBIs.
Cubs pitching rankings
- The Cubs have an 8.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in the majors.
- Chicago has the 20th-ranked ERA (4.31) in the majors this season.
- The Cubs have a combined 1.253 WHIP as a pitching staff, eighth-lowest in MLB.
- The Cubs have given up the most long balls so far this season with 102 home runs allowed.
- Chicago pitchers struck out 11 Rockies batters while allowing 12 hits in a 9-3 win last time out.
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