Giants vs. Reds Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups April 9, 2025

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The San Francisco Giants (8-2) and the Cincinnati Reds (4-7) meet on Wednesday at 3:45 p.m. ET. The Giants are favored on the moneyline (-131) against the underdog Reds (+111). San Francisco has Justin Verlander starting things off, and Cincinnati counters with Nick Martinez.

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Giants to win vs Reds -131

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Giants vs. Reds betting lines

  • Favorite: Giants (-131)
  • Underdog: Reds (+111)
  • Over/under: 7.5

Giants betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Giants betting info

  • The Giants have been favored on the moneyline six total times this season. They’ve gone 5-1 in those games.
  • San Francisco has gone 2-1 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -131 or shorter (66.7% winning percentage).
  • The Giants have an implied moneyline win probability of 56.7% in this game.
  • San Francisco has played in 10 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total six times (6-4-0).
  • The Giants have a 7-3-0 record ATS this season (covering 70% of the time).

Giants hitting info

  • Wilmer Flores leads the Giants with four home runs and 12 runs batted in.
  • Flores ranks eighth in homers and sixth in RBI among all hitters in baseball.
  • Jung Hoo Lee’s .333 batting average leads his team.
  • Lee ranks 194th in home runs and 165th in RBI among batters in MLB action.
  • Lee enters this game on an eight-game hitting streak. During his last nine games he is batting .333 with six doubles, three walks and three RBI.
  • Heliot Ramos is batting .279 with three doubles, three home runs and a walk.
  • Matt Chapman is batting .257 with two doubles, two home runs and eight walks.

Giants pitching rankings

  • The Giants pitching staff ranks 16th in the majors with a collective 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings.
  • San Francisco has the second-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (2.77).
  • The Giants average MLB’s 11th-ranked WHIP (1.209).
  • Giants pitchers combine to give up 10 home runs (1.0 per game), the ninth-fewest in baseball.
  • San Francisco struck out 13 Reds batters while allowing five hits in a 2-0 loss in its last game.

Reds betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Reds betting info

  • The Reds have been underdogs in eight games this season and won three (37.5%) of those contests.
  • Cincinnati has a record of 1-2 when it’s set as an underdog of +111 or more by oddsmakers this season.
  • The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 47.4% chance of a victory for the Reds.
  • Games involving Cincinnati have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in five of 11 chances this season.
  • In 11 games with a spread this season, the Reds are 6-5-0 ATS.

Reds hitting info

  • Elly De La Cruz leads Cincinnati in runs batted in with 10 and has a batting average of .256.
  • De La Cruz is 46th in homers and 15th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
  • De La Cruz heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .158 with two walks and two RBI.
  • TJ Friedl’s batting average of .275 leads all Cincinnati hitters this season.
  • Among all MLB batters, Friedl is 87th in home runs and 116th in RBI.
  • Jose Trevino has six hits this season and a slash line of .316/.381/.526.
  • Trevino has hit safely in three straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .429 with a double, a home run, a walk and two RBI.
  • Christian Encarnacion-Strand has collected seven hits this season and has an OBP of .225. He’s slugging .378 on the year.
  • Encarnacion-Strand brings a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .150 with a home run and two RBI.

Reds pitching rankings

  • The Reds have a 7.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in the big leagues.
  • Cincinnati pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.09 ERA this year, sixth-best in baseball.
  • No team allows fewer walks and hits than the Reds, who lead MLB with a .979 WHIP.
  • The Reds have allowed the ninth-fewest home runs this season at just 10, or 0.9 per game.
  • Last time out, Cincinnati defeated the Giants, 2-0, with seven strikeouts and four hits allowed.
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