San Francisco Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates - 6/19/22 MLB Picks and Prediction
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Pittsburgh Pirates (25-39) vs San Francisco Giants (37-27)
Game Info: Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 1:35 pm (PNC Park)
Mitch Keller (2-5) (5.07) vs Alex Cobb (3-2) (5.73)
Betting Odds: Pittsburgh Pirates +160 / San Francisco Giants -179 --- Over/Under: 8.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The San Francisco Giants will play the Pittsburgh Pirates in Game 3 of their series at PNC Park on Sunday afternoon.
The San Francisco Giants are 37-27 this season and have won seven of their last eight games. San Francisco has won the first two games in this series by scores of 2-0 and 7-5. The San Francisco pitching staff has a 3.88 ERA, a 1.26 WHIP, and a .249 opponent batting average this season. The Giants offense has scored 313 runs with a .239 batting average and a .322 on base percentage. Wilmer Flores is batting .243 with eight home runs and 35 RBI’s for the Giants this season. The projected starter for San Francisco is Alex Cobb, who is 3-2 with a 5.73 ERA and a 1.49 WHIP over 37.2 innings pitched this season.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are 25-39 this season and have lost 11 of their last 12 games. Prior to losing the first two games of this series, Pittsburgh lost three out of the four games played against the Cardinals. The Pittsburgh pitching staff has a 4.54 ERA, a 1.39 WHIP, and a .250 opponent batting average. The Pirates offense has scored 217 runs with a .219 batting average and a .289 on base percentage this year. Bryan Reynolds is batting .248 with 11 home runs and 21 RBI’s for the Pirates this season. The projected starter for Pittsburgh is Mitch Keller, who is 2-5 with a 5.07 ERA and a 1.49 WHIP over 55 innings pitched this season.
San Francisco is 7-1 in their last 8 games and 19-7 in their last 26 Sunday games. The under is 8-2-2 in San Francisco’s last 12 games. Pittsburgh is 5-3 in their last 8 games against the NL West and 1-11 in their last 12 games. The under is 9-5-1 in Pittsburgh’s last 15 games against the NL West. The under is 8-2 in these two teams last 10 head to head meetings in Pittsburgh.
Both of these pitchers have had a rough time this season and come into this matchup with ERA’s over 5.00. Alex Cobb is coming off of the IL to start this contest, but allowed 15 runs over his last two starts. For the Pirates, Mitch Keller has actually pitched pretty well in his last three starts. Keller has allowed five earned runs over his last 16.1 innings pitched. San Francisco is favored on the road, but I am leaning towards the Pirates in this matchup.
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David’s Pick Pirates ML
AUTHOR: David Racey
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