A winning streak will be on the line for the San Francisco Giants on Saturday when they battle the San Diego Padres at
The Padres will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Josh Banks in this game. Banks has a 2-6 record and a 5.28 ERA this season.
The Giants will counter Banks with Barry Zito. Lefthander Zito has a 5.43 ERA to go along with a 7-15 record this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Giants listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the Padres, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
Tim Lincecum tossed a four-hit shutout through eight innings as the Giants defeated the Padres 5-0. The Giants won the game as -230 favorites, but the five runs went UNDER the posted over/under (7).
Travis Ishikawa belted a three-run homer to power the Giants. Lincecum improved to 14-3 with the win, while fanning eight batters.
Cha Seung Baek gave up five runs off seven hits over seven innings in the loss.
Oddsmakers had the Padres as +200 underdogs in that game.
Current streak:
Team records:
San Diego most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5 Before playing San Francisco are 3-7 After playing San Francisco are 3-7 After a loss are 4-6 San Francisco most recently: A few trends to consider:
San Diego is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against San Francisco San Diego is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Francisco San Diego is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road San Diego is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games San Francisco is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home San Francisco is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games San Francisco is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Diego San Francisco is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against San Diego Next up:
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