<p>After taking the first two games of this four-game NL West series, the Padres go looking for more when the teams meet again Saturday night in San Diego. Veteran righty Yu Darvish goes for the Padres here against lefty Carlos Rodon for struggling San Francisco.</p>
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<h2>MLB Betting Odds</h2>
<p>Saturday's baseball betting lines opened this game at right around a pick 'em, with an over/under of 6.5 runs. Both figures were holding steady in the early betting action.</p>
<h2>Giants-Padres MLB Betting Preview </h2>
<p>San Diego won the opener of this series Thursday night 2-1 in 10 innings, then took Friday's game 6-3. The Padres won Thursday as -140 favorites on the dime line, then at -145 Friday.</p>
<p>With Friday's victory, San Diego is 3-2 over its last five games. At 49-36 overall, the Padres trail the first-place Dodgers by six games in the NL West but also own the No. 2 spot in the NL wild-card standings.</p>
<p>With Friday's loss, San Francisco is 1-8 over its last nine games. At 41-41 overall, the Giants trail Los Angeles by 12.5 games in the NL West and sit three games back of Philadelphia in the battle for the third and final NL wild-card spot.</p>
<p>San Diego leads the season series with San Francisco six games to two.</p>
<h2>Saturday's Pitching Match-Up</h2>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/40264&quot; title="Yu Darvish Pitching Game Logs">Darvish is 9/15 on quality starts</a> this season but 0 for his last two. Last Saturday against the Dodgers, he gave up five runs and eight hits, including three home runs, through six innings of a 7-2 San Diego loss. And just before that, he gave up three runs and seven hits through six frames of an 8-5 loss to Philadelphia.</p>
<p>The Padres are 9-6 with Darvish this season, and that's about a game worse than it should be, based on his performances.</p>
<p>Over his last five starts against San Francisco, four last year, and one disastrous outing back in April of this season, Darvish allowed 23 runs and 24 hits, including eight dingers, through 23 1/3 innings. Somehow San Diego won three of those five games, and three of those games played over their totals.</p>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/69198&quot; title="Carlos Rodon Pitching Game Stats">Rodon</a> is 9/16 on quality starts this year and four for his last five. Monday against Arizona, he gave up four runs and five hits through five innings in an 8-3 Giants loss. But over his four starts previous to that, he allowed just two runs and 14 hits through 27 innings, with six walks against 30 strikeouts.</p>
<p>San Francisco is 7-9 with Rodon this season, but that's at least two games worse than it should be.</p>
<p>In his only career start against the Padres, back in May of this season, Rodon allowed two runs and five hits through six innings, although the Giants lost that game 2-1.</p>
<h2>Splits With the Sticks</h2>
<p>San Francisco is batting .234 against right-handed pitching this season, with a .319 team OBP and a .389 team slugging percentage. The Giants have also been held to three runs or less seven times over their last nine games.</p>
<p>San Diego is slashing .252/.330/.395 against left-handed pitching. The Padres have also been held to two runs or less six times over their last eight games.</p>
<h2>The Bullpens </h2>
<p>The San Diego bullpen owns a 3.63 ERA this season, along with a 1.12 WHIP.</p>
<p>The San Francisco pen owns a 4.30 ERA and a 1.36 WHIP.<br />
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<h2>MLB Betting Trends </h2>
<p>The Giants are 20-21 on the road this season and 26-31 against right-handed starters.</p>
<p>The Padres are 23-18 at home and 20-9 against left-handed starters.</p>
<h2>Totals Report</h2>
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<li>The Over is 41-37 in Giants games this season.</li>
<li>The Under is 45-38 in Padres games.</li>
<li>The Under is a combined 18-11 with Darvish and Rodon this season.</li>
<li>The Under is 24-16 at Petco Park this season.</li>
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