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Cincinnati suffered an 11-2 blowout loss to the Giants in the first game of a three-game set at AT&T Park, but the team still remains atop the league in batting average\u00a0 and runs scored.\u00a0 \u201cThe main thing is for nobody to panic.\u00a0 It\u2019s one game,\u201d Reds manager Dusty Baker said after the game.\u00a0 \u201cYou want to win every game, but at this point we\u2019re 5-2 on this road trip.\u201d\u00a0 The club is 36-27 on the road this season (+1,140) and has a 10-4 record as a road underdog of +100 to +125 (+760).\u00a0 The team has won eight of their last 10 games and has produced a solid 15-6 record in August (+920), while the total stands at an even 10-10 O\/U in those contests.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 13-6-1 in their previous 20 road series and has compiled a winning or .500 record on six of their nine road trips.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to note that the Reds are 23-17 when facing southpaw starters in 2010 and 72-67 in this situation the last three campaigns (+510).<\/p>\n
Reds starting pitcher Travis Wood is 4-1 with a 2.51 ERA in nine starts this season and has led the club to five straight victories since July 23.\u00a0 He has produced a perfect 3-0 record and 1.83 ERA in three outings this month, as opposing hitters have combined for a .147 average.\u00a0 The left-hander is 4-0 with a 2.63 ERA in eight road starts, issuing just 11 walks and compiling 40 strikeouts in 51.1 innings of work.\u00a0 In his nine starts, Cincinnati has gone 7-2 and scored a total of 51 runs (5.67 rpg).\u00a0 Wood will be making his sixth nighttime start, going 2-0 with a 2.18 ERA.<\/p>\n
San Francisco\u2019s offense broke out in a big way on Monday night after totaling just a single run in its previous two games.\u00a0 \u201cIt was nice to get a win, no getting around that,\u201d Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.\u00a0 \u201cWe had a nice first inning there, we has some good at-bats and put some runs on the board.\u201d\u00a0 The Giants returned home following a 2-4 road trip through Philadelphia and St. Louis that saw the club scoring three runs or less in the four losses.\u00a0 Starting pitcher Matt Cain\u2019s performance last night was a sigh of relief for fans, as the starting rotation was 2-11 with a 5.44 ERA over the last two weeks before this series.\u00a0 San Francisco will play 14 of its next 25 games at AT&T Park, with the team having won 13 of their last 19 home contests.\u00a0 The club is 18-16 versus left-handed starters this season (-90) and the total is 16-16 O\/U in those contests.<\/p>\n
Giants starting pitcher Jonathan Sanchez is 9-8 with a 3.47 ERA in 26 appearances (25 starts) this season and he snapped a personal two-game losing streak last time out.\u00a0 In that start, he allowed just a single run and two hits while firing eight solid innings in a 5-2 road victory over the Phillies.\u00a0 The left-hander is 5-4 with a 3.52 ERA in 13 home outings (12 starts), with opposing hitters combining for a .214 average.\u00a0 Sanchez will be making his fourth career start against the Reds and second this season, going 2-1 with a 2.41 ERA, while registering 21 strikeouts against just five walks.<\/p>\n
Bettors will need to make note that the Reds are 9-2 in their last 11 road games and 5-0 in Wood\u2019s last five outings away from the Great American Ball Park.\u00a0 San Francisco is surprisingly 3-8 in its last 11 home games versus a team with a winning road record and the over is 8-1 in Sanchez\u2019s last nine starts as a favorite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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