Giants vs. Athletics Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups May 18, 2025

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Oddsmakers don’t expect the Athletics (22-24), at +138 on the moneyline, to stop their four-game losing streak when they meet the San Francisco Giants (27-19), at -163, on Sunday at 4:05 p.m. ET. San Francisco has Justin Verlander starting, while Sacramento counters with Jeffrey Springs.

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Giants to win vs Athletics -163

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Giants vs. Athletics betting lines

  • Favorite: Giants (-163)
  • Underdog: Athletics (+138)
  • Over/under: 8.5

Giants betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Giants betting info

  • The Giants have put together a 17-9 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 65.4% of those games).
  • When playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -163 or shorter, the Giants have gone 5-2 (71.4%).
  • Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Giants’ implied win probability is 62%.
  • The Giants have played in 46 games with a set over/under, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 26 times (26-19-1).
  • The Giants have gone 24-22-0 ATS this season.

Giants hitting info

  • Jung Hoo Lee is hitting .282 with 12 doubles, two triples, six home runs and 11 walks.
  • Lee ranks 74th in home runs and 22nd in RBI among all batters in baseball.
  • Wilmer Flores’ 10 home runs and 42 runs batted in both pace his team.
  • Flores currently ranks 17th in homers and first in RBI in the bigs.
  • Heliot Ramos paces the Giants with a team-high batting average of .288.
  • Ramos has hit safely in three games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .368 with a double, three walks and three RBIs.
  • Matt Chapman has seven doubles, eight home runs and 31 walks while hitting .220.

Giants pitching rankings

  • The pitching staff for the Giants has a collective 8.8 K/9, the 10th-best in MLB.
  • The Giants have a 3.44 team ERA that ranks eighth among all MLB pitching staffs.
  • The Giants average MLB’s 11th-ranked WHIP (1.234).
  • The Giants give up the third-fewest home runs in baseball (37 total, 0.8 per game).
  • In their 1-0 win last time out they struck out eight Athletics batters while allowing five hits.

Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Athletics betting info

  • The Athletics have been underdogs in 32 games this season and won 13 (40.6%) of those contests.
  • The Athletics have a record of 3-7, a 30% win rate, when they’re set as the underdog by +138 or more by oddsmakers this season.
  • The implied probability of a win by the Athletics, based on the moneyline, is 42%.
  • The Athletics and their opponents have hit the over in 24 of their 46 games with a total this season.
  • In 46 games with a spread this season, the Athletics are 23-23-0 ATS.

Athletics hitting info

  • Jacob Wilson leads Sacramento in batting average (.333) this season while adding five home runs and 26 RBI.
  • Wilson’s home run total ranks 104th in MLB, and he is 39th in RBI.
  • Tyler Soderstrom is batting .278 this season with a team-high 10 home runs and 30 RBI.
  • Soderstrom is 17th in homers and 19th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
  • Soderstrom takes a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .200 with two doubles, a home run, a walk and three RBIs.
  • Shea Langeliers has 38 hits this season and a slash line of .255/.319/.456.
  • Brent Rooker’s 10 home runs are most among Sacramento batters. He’s driven in 22 runs this season while slugging .452.

Athletics pitching rankings

  • The Athletics have an 8.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 17th in the big leagues.
  • The Athletics have the 26th-ranked ERA (5.17) in the majors this season.
  • The Athletics have a combined 1.507 WHIP as a pitching staff, third-highest in MLB.
  • The Athletics have given up the 25th-fewest long balls so far this season with 59 home runs allowed.
  • Last time out, they fell to the Giants, 1-0, with 10 strikeouts and five hits allowed.
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