{"id":24752,"date":"2012-09-04T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=24752"},"modified":"2012-09-04T10:03:35","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T15:03:35","slug":"mlb-picks-2012-arizona-diamondbacks-vs-san-francisco-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/mlb-picks-2012-arizona-diamondbacks-vs-san-francisco-giants-24752\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Picks 2012: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. San Francisco Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arizona Diamondbacks (66-70) and San Francisco Giants (77-58) will continue a National League West series on Tuesday night at AT&T Park, with the first pitch scheduled for 10:15 ET<\/p>\n

Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey is a legitimate NL MVP candidate heading down the stretch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arizona is watching its 2012 MLB season slip away in dropping back-to-back games in walk-off fashion, as the clubhouse will need to muster up some type of motivation in this spot.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve just got to get out of it right now,\u201d stated Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has been slumping a big, scoring more than four runs in a game just once since Aug. 21.\u00a0 Sitting 7.5 games out of the NL\u2019s second wild card is a tall mountain to climb.<\/p>\n

Diamondbacks starting pitcher Ian Kennedy (12-11, 4.27 ERA) has alternated wins and losses over his last four outings, coming off a 2-0 road victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers, allowing just two hits in 6.1 shutout innings.\u00a0 The right-hander is 7-8 with a 3.62 ERA in 16 road starts, surrendering 12 home runs in 99.1 combined frames.\u00a0 In 12 career games versus the Giants, Kennedy has compiled an impressive 6-2 record and 2.01 ERA, with opposing hitters batting .196 against him.<\/p>\n

San Francisco is now a season-best 19 games above the .500 mark after picking up a 9-8 come-from-behind victory on Monday, with the entire team fired up to make a major September run.\u00a0 \u201cIt was one of the best, if not the best, wins of the year,\u201d stated Giants MVP candidate Buster Posey.\u00a0 The Giants have taken ahold of the division by winning 13 of their last 17 games.\u00a0 Posey has a chance to continue that success, going 8 for 20 lifetime against Kennedy at the plate.\u00a0 San Francisco is 21-7 as a home favorite of -110 to -150.<\/p>\n

Giants starting pitcher Ryan Vogelsong (12-7, 3.02 ERA) has won back-to-back starts over the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves, allowing seven runs and 11 hits over 12.1 combined innings.\u00a0 The right-hander is 6-4 with a 2.44 ERA in 13 home outings, issuing 30 walks and striking out 63 batters in 85 frames.\u00a0 In 73 career appearances (41 starts) after the All-Star break, Vogelsong has compiled an even 20-20 record and 4.40 ERA, including a 9-8 mark and 4.29 ERA in September.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Diamondbacks due to their 6-0 mark in Kennedy\u2019s last six efforts in the series.<\/p>\n

Make sure to check out our Major League Baseball picks<\/a> all season long and get the most up-to-date betting odds at Bookmaker<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Arizona Diamondbacks (66-70) and San Francisco Giants (77-58) will continue a National League West series on Tuesday night at AT&T Park, with the first pitch scheduled for 10:15 ET Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants\u00a0 Arizona is watching its 2012 MLB season slip away in dropping back-to-back games in walk-off fashion, as the clubhouse […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[50,1611,185,1955,4807,4961,736],"class_list":["post-24752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-att-park","tag-buster-posey","tag-ian-kennedy","tag-national-league-west","tag-ryan-vogelsong","tag-san-francisco-giants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24752","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=24752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24753,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24752\/revisions\/24753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}