<p>The Giants, trying to stay within reach of a wild-card spot, shoot for the series victory over the Cubs when the teams meet for the finale of a four-game set at Oracle Park Sunday night. Lefty Carlos Rodon goes for San Francisco here against Adrian Sampson for Chicago.</p>
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<h2>MLB Betting Odds</h2>
<p>Sunday's baseball betting lines opened San Francisco and Rodon at around -185 over Chicago and Sampson, with an over/under of 7.5 runs. Early betting action then dropped the Giants a nickel to -175.</p>
<h2>Cubs-Giants MLB Betting Preview</h2>
<p>San Francisco took a 2-1 lead in this series with a 5-4 victory Saturday night. The Giants led 5-0 after four innings Saturday, then held on from there, as the game ended with the tying run on second base.
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<p>San Francisco won Saturday as a -130 favorite on the dime line and the game played over a total of eight runs thanks to a late Chicago rally.
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<p>The Giants won Thursday's series opener 4-2 as -135 favorites; the Cubs then won Friday's game 4-2 as +120 underdogs.
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<p>With Saturday's win, San Francisco is 2-1, following a seven-game losing skid. At 50-51, the Giants are four games behind Philadelphia in the battle for the third and final National League wild-card spot.
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<p>With Saturday's loss, Chicago is still 7-2 over its last nine games. But at 41-59 overall, the Cubs are just playing out the string on this 2022 baseball season.
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<h2>Sunday's Pitching Match-Up </h2>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/69198&quot; title="Carlos Rodon Pitching Game Stats">Rodon is 10/20 on quality starts</a> this season but coming off a couple of rough outings. Tuesday, he gave up five runs and two home runs through six innings of a 7-3 San Francisco loss to Arizona. And just before that, he gave up five runs through five frames of a 9-6 loss to the Dodgers.</p>
<p>The Giants are 8-12 with Rodon this season, 0-3 his last three times out.</p>
<p>In his last start against the Cubs, back in August of last season while still with the White Sox, Rodon tossed five innings of two-hit, shutout ball, with 11 strikeouts, and picked up the W.</p>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/79644&quot; title="Adrian Sampson Pitching Game Logs">Sampson</a> is 1/6 on quality starts this year but coming off perhaps his best outing of the season. Monday, he held Pittsburgh to two runs and six hits through seven innings of a 3-2 Chicago victory. And over his last four starts, he's allowed eight runs and 22 hits through 23 1/3 innings.</p>
<p>The Cubs are 4-2 with Sampson this season, and he can take some credit for that.</p>
<p>This will be Sampson's first career start against the Giants.</p>
<h2>Splits With the Sticks </h2>
<p>Chicago is batting .240 against left-handed pitching this season, with a .313 team OBP and a .421 team slugging percentage.</p>
<p>San Francisco is slashing .231/.316/.379 against right-handed pitching.</p>
<h2>The Bullpens </h2>
<p>The Giants bullpen owns a 4.43 ERA this season, along with a 1.40 WHIP.</p>
<p>The Cubs pen owns a 4.12 ERA and a 1.32 WHIP.<br />
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<h2>MLB Betting Trends </h2>
<p>The Cubs are 21-27 on the road this season and 11-17 against left-handed starters.</p>
<p>The Giants are 28-23 at home and 29-37 against right-handed starters.</p>
<h2>Totals Report</h2>
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<li>The Under is 49-44 in Cubs games this season.</li>
<li>The Over is 50-47 in Giants games.</li>
<li>The Over is 25-23 at Oracle Park this season.</li>
<li>The Under is a combined 15-9 with Rodon and Sampson this season.</li>
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