Baseball Handicapping: Red Sox vs Giants

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The Boston Red Sox and the San Francisco Giants will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at AT&T Park. The Red Sox will trot Clay Buchholz out to the mound in this one. Righthander Buchholz has a 10-4 record and a 2.47 ERA this season. Starting this game for the Giants will be Joe Martinez. The righthander has a 5.69 ERA to go along with a 0-1 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 160-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Buster Posey went 3-for-4 with a run batted in as the Giants defeated the Red Sox 5-4 on Friday. The Giants won that game as -127 favorites, and the nine runs made it OVER the posted over/under (8) set by sportsbooks. Jonathan Sanchez got the win for the Giants, allowing three hits and three runs over 5 1-3 innings of work. Tim Wakefield was tagged for 11 hits and four runs in seven innings in suffering the loss for the Red Sox. Team records: Boston: 44-31 SU San Francisco: 40-32 SU Boston most recently: When playing on Saturday are 6-4 Before playing San Francisco are 5-2 After playing San Francisco are 3-3 After a loss are 7-3 San Francisco most recently: When playing on Saturday are 4-6 Before playing Boston are 2-5 After playing Boston are 3-3 After a win are 6-4 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 6 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 7 games when playing San Francisco Boston is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games Boston is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road San Francisco is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Francisco's last 5 games The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Francisco's last 7 games at home The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Francisco's last 7 games when playing Boston Next up: San Francisco home to Boston, Sunday, June 27 Stevie Vincent is literally 20-25 years ahead of the oddsmakers and they will be the first to admit. His forensic sports handicapping is groundbreaking and there is nothing the books have been able to do to stop him.