We have a huge run line and team totals play tonite on the SF Giants over the Cubs in a game which has an indefinite starting time (it has an estimated starting time of 8:05 EDT, but will not start until after completion of Tuesday's suspended game, which was scheduled to resume at 5:05 EDT but apparently is being delayed by more rain). But just to be safe, get your action in on tonite’s game before 8:00 EDT, and there is still plenty of time in which to do that.
Game- SF Giants at Chi Cubs, see above re game starting time
Current consensus lines- SF Giants -170 on ML and -1.5 runs and even odds on RL, -1/2 run at -115 odds on F5 inning RL, team totals Giants 4.5 (-120 or 125 for the Over) and Cubs 3,5 (-120 or 125 for the Under)
Starting pitchers- Giants LH Madison Bumgarner (13-9, 3.14 ERA) vs. Cubs LH Travis Wood (7-10, 4.86), a match-up which strongly favors the Giants
Play – 14 total units on Giants and against Cubs, consisting of the following 4 pack of picks, plus two ML parlays involving Giants
Top pick – 4 unit Play of the Day on SF at -1/2 run and -115 odds on F5 inning RL
Other picks on SF or against Cubs
SFG -1.5 runs at even odds for 2.5 units
Giants team total Over 4.5 runs (-120 odds) to win 2.5 units
Cubs team total Under 3.5 runs (-120 odds) to win 2 units
Two ML Parlays involving Giants –
2 teamer - SF -170 ML odds with LAD/Kershaw (over SD) at - 230 ML odds, risk 2 units to win 2.5 units at +125 parlay odds
3 teamer - SF -170 ML odds with LAD/Kershaw (over SD) - 230 ML odds and Atlanta/Teheran odds (over Cincy) -175 ML, risk one unit to win 2.5 units at +250 parlay odds (note Atlanta game starts at 7:10 EDT)
Support for picks on Giants and against Cubs
First, note that to view our full detailed supporting WU for our big play on SF Giants, go to one of our two below associated web sites, where we have posted the -1.5 RL play on SF as a free pick.
Second, note the below pick specific support for our partial game (F5 inning RL) pick on SF and our two team totals plays.
Support for our partial game (F5 inning RL) pick on SF- our F5 RL (-1/2 run) play, which is the strongest of all of our plays on this game, is supported by the following stats – in SF starter Bumgarner’s 10 road starts where SF was favored on the ML (and thus by -1.5 runs on the RL), Giants were 8-2 ATS (vs the F5 RL), with an average lead of 2.5 runs after 5 innings. In contrast, Cubs’ starter Wood was just 3-3 ATS for minus units vs the F5 RL of +1/2 run in his last six home starts where he and the Cubs were “dogged,” with an average deficit of 1.1 runs after 5 innings.
Team total Over (4.5 runs) play on Giants - supported by the fact that their offense is again clicking, having plated 29 runs in their last five games – and then there is the matter of Wood’s brutal 5.95 ERA in nite starts.
Team totals Under (3.5 runs) play on the Cubs - supported not only by Bumgarner’s great numbers in road starts (1.72 ERA in his 14 road starts, with opponents averaging just 2.64 rpg in those 14 roadies), but also by Cubs’ recent ineptitude at the plate, where they have averaged just 2.6 rpg in their last ten games, having scored > 3.5 runs just twice in those ten games.
BOL if you follow our lead on this one tonite,
Great Owl