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After rallying multiple times to take Tuesday's series opener, the Giants shoot for an eighth straight victory when they host the Dodgers for the middle game of a three-game NL West rivalry series in San Francisco Wednesday night. How are we playing this game with our free MLB pick?
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MLB Betting Odds<br />
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Wednesday's <a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/odds&quot; title="Live MLB Betting Odds">MLB betting odds</a> opened LA and Kershaw at a heavy -235 over San Fran and Gausman, with an over/under of 8.5 runs. Both those figures were holding steady in the early betting action.
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The Dodgers could also be found at around -135, giving the run and a half on the MLB run line.
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Dodgers vs. Giants Set-Up<br />
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San Francisco came from behind to shock Los Angeles Tuesday night 10-8 in 11 innings. The Giants trailed 3-0 early, then 6-3 but scored single runs in the bottom of the fifth, seventh, and ninth innings to tie things up at 6-6. San Fran then fell behind 7-6 in top of the 10, tied it in the bottom of the tenth, fell behind 8-7 in the top of the 11th but scored three runs in the bottom of the eleventh, the last two on a homer by Donovan Solano, to steal the victory.
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The Giants won Tuesday as +190 home underdogs on the MLB betting board, and the game played over its total of nine runs.
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Tuesday's loss snapped a four-game winning streak for Los Angeles. Tuesday's win extends San Francisco's winning streak to seven in a row. At 22-9 overall, the Dodgers lead the NL West by four games over second-place San Diego, and they're three games up on the Cubs in the battle for the best record in the National League. At 15-16 overall, the Giants trail LA by seven games in the NL West, but they also own the No. 8 spot in the National League, which is good for a playoff berth this season. The season series between these teams is now tied at four games apiece.
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Wednesday's Starting Arms<br />
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Gausman is just 1/5 on quality starts this season. Last Thursday against the Angels, he gave up four runs on nine hits through 5 1/3 innings of a 10-5 San Francisco win. And over his last three outings, he's allowed eight runs on 17 hits and four walks, with 25 strikeouts, through 17 1/3 innings. The Giants are just 1-4 with Gausman this season, with overs going 3-1-1. Over his last two starts against the Dodgers, one last season while with Atlanta and one two weeks ago with his new team, Gausman allowed six runs – four earned – and ten hits through 10 2/3 innings, with 12 whiffs. His teams lost both those games. Lefty Kershaw is 2/4 on quality starts this season. Last Thursday, he held Seattle to one run and four hits through seven innings, with one walk and 11 K's, in a 6-1 LA victory. And six days before that, he held the Angels to one run and one hit through seven frames of a 7-4 Dodgers win. On the season Los Angeles is 3-1 with Kershaw, all three victories coming by at least three runs, with the totals splitting 2-2. Over his last four starts against the Giants, three last year and one earlier this month, Kershaw allowed nine runs on 23 hits and seven walks through 22 1/3 innings. The Dodgers lost three of those four games.
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Wednesday's Batting Splits<br />
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Los Angeles is batting .267 against right-handed pitching this season, with a .342 team OBP and an ML-best .528 team slugging percentage. Numbers like those help this lineup rank among the top five in the Majors in this split. San Francisco is batting .272/.353/.503 vs. left-handed pitching this season. The Giants have also scored at least five runs each of their last eight games.
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The Bullpens<br />
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The Dodgers bullpen owns a 2.00 ERA this season, second-best in the Majors, and an ML-best 0.97 WHIP. But this unit blew Tuesday's game.
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Near the other end of the spectrum, the Giants pen owns a 5.37 ERA and a 1.48 WHIP.
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MLB Betting Trends<br />
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The Dodgers are 11-4 on the road this season.
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The Giants are 9-6 at home this season.
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The Dodgers are 14-8 against right-handed starters this season.
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The Giants are 8-5 vs. left-handed starters this season.
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The Dodgers are 10-6 this season when favored by -200 or more.
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Totals Report<br />
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Unders are 15-13 in Dodgers games this season.
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Overs are 16-10 in Giants games this season.
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The totals are 3-2-3 in Dodgers-Giants games this season.
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Overs are 10-3 in games played at Oracle Park this season, although that sounds like a trend due for a correction.
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<span style="font-size:16px;"><b><span style="color:#008000;">Get more details:</span></b> <a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/matchup/1264610">LAD at SF MLB Match-up Stats</a> </span>
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