Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Tigers-Giants Pointers

The Detroit Tigers and the San Francisco Giants will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at AT&T Park in an interleague contest.

The Tigers will trot Armando Galarraga out to the mound in this one. Righthander Galarraga has a 6-2 record and a 3.03 ERA this season.

It'll be Barry Zito toeing the rubber for the Giants in this contest. Lefthander Zito is 2-10 with a 5.88 ERA so far this season.

NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Tigers listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

Marcus Thames and Ryan Raburn each had solo homers to lead the Tigers past the Giants 5-1 on Tuesday night.

Detroit won as -115 road favorites as the game played under the 8-run total set by sportsbooks.

Kenny Rogers surrendered only one run over seven innings to earn the win for the Tigers, while Placido Polanco went 2-for-5 with a run batted in for Detroit.

Bengie Molina was 2-for-3 with a RBI for San Francisco, as Jonathan Sanchez allowed three runs over seven innings to take the loss for the Giants.

Team records:
Detroit: 33-38 SU
San Francisco: 31-41 SU

Detroit most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing San Diego are 4-2
After playing San Francisco are 4-3
After a win are 6-4

San Francisco most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 3-7
Before playing Kansas City are 2-4
After playing Detroit are 3-4
After a loss are 5-5

A few trends to consider:
Detroit is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 7 games when playing San Francisco
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 6 games on the road
San Francisco is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Francisco's last 7 games when playing Detroit
San Francisco is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
San Francisco is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games at home

Next up:
Detroit at San Diego, Friday, June 20
San Francisco at Kansas City, Friday, June 20

 

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