{"id":16661,"date":"2011-07-27T13:20:20","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T18:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=16661"},"modified":"2011-07-27T13:20:20","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T18:20:20","slug":"pitching-duel-at-citizens-bank-san-francisco-giants-at-philadelphia-phillies-mlb-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pitching-duel-at-citizens-bank-san-francisco-giants-at-philadelphia-phillies-mlb-betting-preview-16661\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitching Duel at Citizens Bank: San Francisco Giants at Philadelphia Phillies MLB Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Francisco Giants and Philadelphia Phillies continue their three-game National League Series Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Park<\/p>\n

San Francisco Giants at Philadelphia Phillies<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Philadelphia hit four home runs in its 7-2 win over San Francisco Tuesday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Francisco dropped a 7-2 contest to Philadelphia in the series opener last night to begin a six-game road trip.\u00a0 The Giants have still managed to win seven of their last 11 games and have captured 11 victories in 16 games since the All-Star break.\u00a0 Despite last night\u2019s setback, the team still holds a comfortable three-game advantage in the NL West standings and has been atop the division for the last 33 days.\u00a0 Pitching inside tonight\u2019s ballpark can be challenging for an staff, considering the Giants allowed for home runs last night, but still have surrendered the fewest long balls in the majors this season.\u00a0 San Francisco is 19-8 versus left-handed starters this year.<\/p>\n

Giants starting pitcher Matt Cain is 8-6 with a 3.06 ERA in 21 starts this season and has produced a 5-2 mark and 2.23 ERA in his last 10 starts.\u00a0 The right-hander has not allowed a home run in his last seven outings and ranks fifth-best in the NL by giving up must 0.46 round trippers in every nine innings pitched.\u00a0 Cain will be searching for his first career win over the Phillies, entering with an 0-3 record and 6.23 ERA.\u00a0 In fact, Philadelphia is the only NL team that he hasn\u2019t defeated.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia is out for revenge from its National League Championship loss to San Francisco last year and will continue a 10-game homestand tonight.\u00a0 The Phillies have tallied a Major League-best 38-16 home record and received home run contributions from the middle of their order.\u00a0 First baseman Ryan Howard and second baseman Chase Utley both left the yard, which is a good sign for an offense that has struggled at times this year.\u00a0 The lineup has been coming around during July, leading all NL teams in batting average (.275) and RBI (111).\u00a0 Playing teams from the NL West has always helped in the standings, posting a 74-40 record against such opponents since 2008.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 46-28 versus right-handed starters this year.<\/p>\n

Phillies starting pitcher Cole Hamels is 12-5 with a 2.65 ERA in 21 starts this season and is coming off a brilliant performance against the Padres.\u00a0 He gave up just a single run and three hits over eight innings in a 3-1 home victory, while issuing one walk and registering 10 strikeouts.\u00a0 Hamels has compiled a 7-3 record and 2.29 ERA in 12 home starts, as opposing hitters are batting .199 against him.\u00a0 In eight career outings versus the Giants, the former first-round selection has posted a 4-2 mark and 4.67 ERA, including an 0-1 mark and 7.36 ERA in two starts last season.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Phillies due to their 14-6 record in Hamel\u2019s last 20 starts, while the Giants are 9-25 on the road when Cain matches up with winning teams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The San Francisco Giants and Philadelphia Phillies continue their three-game National League Series Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Park San Francisco Giants at Philadelphia Phillies San Francisco dropped a 7-2 contest to Philadelphia in the series opener last night to begin a six-game road trip.\u00a0 The Giants have still managed to win seven of their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[1535,1752,762,1570,98,996,736],"class_list":["post-16661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-chase-utley","tag-citizens-bank-park","tag-cole-hamels","tag-matt-cain","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-ryan-howard","tag-san-francisco-giants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16661"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16663,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16661\/revisions\/16663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}