Atlanta Braves (46-36) vs San Francisco Giants (41-44)
Game Info: Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at 7:20 pm (Truist Park)
The Line: Betting Odds: Atlanta Braves -217 / San Francisco Giants +195 — Over/Under:
The San Francisco Giants and the Atlanta Braves meet Wednesday in MLB action from Truist Park. Here’s a San Francisco Giants vs Atlanta Braves prediction. This will be the second installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the game. We will examine:
The San Francisco Giants recent form and player performance
The Atlanta Braves recent form and player performance
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the San Francisco Giants
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Atlanta Braves
Recent betting trends in games played between the Giants and Braves
A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Giants vs Braves game
San Francisco Giants Betting Preview
Over the weekend, the Giants took on the Los Angeles Dodgers. In that matchup San Francisco lost 14-7 Saturday but otherwise won 5-3 in the opener and 10-4 in the finale to take the series. On Tuesday versus the Braves, the Giants came back from a 2-0 deficit and won 5-3. Hayden Birdsong managed 5.0 innings and two earned runs in the start.
As starter for Wednesday’s game it’ll be Jordan Hicks. In his 17 starts this year Hicks is 4-4 with a 3.36 ERA overall. Hicks is 15-25 with a 3.72 ERA in 229 career games (25 starts).
Atlanta Braves Betting Preview
Over on the Braves’ side, they had a decent series versus the Pittsburgh Pirates over the weekend. Atlanta won 6-1 and 2-1 in the first two games before a 4-2 Sunday loss spoiled the sweep. On Tuesday the Braves couldn’t get much going on six team hits. Starter Reynaldo Lopez left after 4.1 innings and two earned runs.
Chris Sale will toe the rubber in the start for the Braves on Wednesday. So far this year Sale is 10-3 with a 2.79 ERA in 15 starts. Sale is 130-83 with a 3.09 ERA in 358 career games (278 starts).
Giants vs Braves Pick Injury Notes
Giants SP Alex Cobb (hip/shoulder) pitched two innings in his first rehab start Sunday.
Braves SP Ian Anderson (elbow) threw three scoreless innings in a rehab start Sunday.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the Braves’ last six home games after playing the previous day have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Seven of the Giants’ last eight games as underdogs against National League opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Giants’ last five night games against National League opponents.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Braves’ last four night games.
Atlanta Braves Player Prop Facts
- Matt Olson has recorded a Double in three of the Braves’ last four games against the Giants.
- Ozzie Albies has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 19 appearances at Truist Park against NL opponents that held a losing record.
- Chris Sale has recorded a win in seven of his eight previous appearances at Truist Park.
- Sean Murphy has recorded an RBI in four of his last five appearances in night games against NL West teams that held a losing record.
- Ozzie Albies has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 19 appearances at Truist Park against NL opponents that held a losing record.
- Ozzie Albies has recorded a Single in each of the Braves’ last 11 games against NL opponents at Truist Park.
- Chris Sale has recorded eight or more strikeouts in each of his last four appearances with the Braves as favorites against NL opponents.
- Austin Riley has hit a home run in each of his last two home appearances against NL West opponents.
- Austin Riley has scored at least one run in each of his last five appearances against NL West opponents that held a losing record.
San Francisco Giants Player Prop Facts
- Jorge Soler has recorded an RBI in each of the Giants’ last four games as underdogs.
- Jung Hoo Lee has recorded at least one hit in each of his last nine road appearances against NL opponents.
- LaMonte Wade Jr has recorded at least one Single in eight of his last nine road appearances after playing the previous day.
- Jorge Soler has hit a home run in three of his four previous appearances at Truist Park against opponents that held a winning record.
- Matt Chapman has scored at least one run in seven of the Giants’ last eight games as underdogs.
- Nick Ahmed has recorded a Double in four of his last five appearances against the Braves.
- Jung Hoo Lee has recorded at least one total base in each of his last nine road appearances against NL opponents.
San Francisco Giants vs Atlanta Braves Prediction
I’ll stay with the Braves. Sale is playing great this year and should pitch well Wednesday—even though he’s coming off a loss. In his last three starts combined, Sale is 2-1 with just four earned in 19.0 innings on 10 hits and six walks. As for Hicks, he’s 0-1 in his last pair with eight earned runs in 9.0 total innings.
On Tuesday the Braves had a pretty spotty performance on the mound and couldn’t do much with the bats outside of two homers (from Austin Riley and Sean Murphy). Sale should set the table Wednesday; the Atlanta pen and offense need to step up in game two.