A pair of National League teams will get together to start a series on Monday. The Philadelphia Phillies are at the San Francisco Giants. The Phillies are 38-16 on the season, and leading the National League East. Philadelphia is coming off a series loss on the road at the Rockies, which ended in a 5-2 loss on Sunday.
For San Francisco, they are 27-27 now after a 4-3 loss on Sunday to the New York Mets. The Giants allowed three runs in the bottom of the 9th to lose the game. San Francisco is still in second place in the National League West.
The Philadelphia Phillies come into this game as the favorite. Philadelphia is -120 over the Giants on Monday.
Philadelphia Seeking Bounce Back
Taijuan Walker will get the baseball for Philadelphia. Walker is 3-0 on the season, with a 5.06 earned run average. Walker has thrown 26.2 innings and struck out 21 batters, and walked 10. In his last start, Walker struggled going just 4.2 innings, and allowing 6 hits and 3 runs in a game against Texas.
The Philadelphia Phillies are one of the top hitting teams in all of Major League Baseball. In fact, the Phillies lead all of the game with 5.4 runs per game. Philadelphia is averaging 8.8 hits per game, and have a team batting average of .260. The Phillies have also cracked 63 homeuns this season.
Bryce Harper is having a monster season for the Phillies. He is hitting .282 on the season, which is behind Alec Bohm, who is at .317. Harper has cracked 13 homeruns. Second on the Phillies is Kyle Schwarber, with 9 on the season.
Snell gets Start
Blake Snell is the projected starter for the San Francisco Giants. Snell, who won the National League Cy Young a season ago is 0-3 on the season. Snell has thrown just 15 innings, after starting the season hurt. His ERA is at 11.40 on the season. He has 17 strikeouts, but has walked 9 in 15 innings.
The Giants won four straight games, and scored nearly 8 runs per game. In the loss on Sunday, they scored just 4. Despite the hot play as of late, the Giants are scoring 4.4 runs per game. That ranks 12th in Major League BAseball. The team has a batting average of .250 on the season.
The top offensive threat for the Giants has been LaMonte Wade, at .333. The power for the Giants is coming from Matt Chapman and Thairo Estrada. They both have 8 homeruns, while Michael Conforto has 7 and Jorge Soler, with 6.
Giants Top Phillies
Blake Snell wins his first game of the season. Why not against the best team in baseball? The best offense in the National League. Sure. The Philadelphia Phillies are scuffling a little, and it’s time to keep that going.
The Giants beat the Phillies here. Take San Francisco +100 in this game on Monday. Enjoy the game and best of luck with all your Major League Baseball betting!
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