Giants vs. Red Sox odds, tips and betting trends

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27 July 2023

Giants vs. Red Sox odds, tips and betting trends

At Oracle Park on Friday, the Boston Red Sox (55-47) begin a three-game series versus the San Francisco Giants (56-47), at 10:15 PM ET.

The Red Sox are an underdog (+125 moneyline odds to win) when they visit the Giants (-145). The matchup on the mound for this contest is set with the San Francisco Giants looking to Logan Webb (8-8), and Kutter Crawford (4-5) answering the bell for the Boston Red Sox.

The Giants defeated the Athletics by an 8-3 score in their most recent game Wednesday. J.D. Davis went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI to lead them offensively while Alex Wood earned the win after throwing three innings without giving up an earned run on one hit.

The Red Sox knocked off the Braves 5-3 Friday. Triston Casas led the way offensively after going 2-for-2 with a home run and an RBI, and Joe Jacques got the win, pitching one inning without giving up a hit or an earned run while striking out one.

To prepare for the Giants vs. Red Sox matchup, here’s what you need to prepare for Friday’s baseball action, including viewing options.

San Francisco Giants vs. Boston Red Sox Odds and Betting Lines

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Favorite: Giants (-145, bet $145 to win $100)
Underdog: Red Sox (+125, bet $100 to win $125)
Over/under: 7

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Giants Stats and Trends

Giants Betting Records

This season, the Giants have won 30 out of the 55 games, or 54.5%, in which they’ve been favored.
San Francisco has entered 28 games this season favored by -145 or more and is 14-14 in those contests.
The implied probability of a win from the Giants, based on the moneyline, is 59.2%.
San Francisco and its opponents have hit the over in 45 of its 102 games with a total this season.
The Giants are 50-52-0 against the spread this season.

Logan Webb (Giants Probable Starter)

Webb (8-8 with a 3.68 ERA and 136 strikeouts in 134 1/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Giants, his 22nd of the season.
The righty’s last appearance came on Saturday against the Washington Nationals, when he threw 1 1/3 innings, surrendering six earned runs while giving up five hits.
The 26-year-old has put up an ERA of 3.68, with 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings, in 21 games this season. Opponents have a .250 batting average against him.
Webb has 14 quality starts under his belt this season.
Webb is looking to collect his 21st start of five or more innings this year in this matchup.
In two of his 21 total appearances this season he has not allowed an earned run.
The opposing Red Sox offense has the sixth-ranked slugging percentage (.437) and ranks 17th in MLB play with 115 home runs. It has a collective .266 batting average, and is second in MLB with 929 total hits and fifth in MLB action scoring 516 runs.
Among qualifying pitchers in MLB action this season, the 26-year-old’s 3.68 ERA ranks 25th, 1.124 WHIP ranks 17th, and 9.1 K/9 ranks 24th.

Giants Batting Stats

The Giants rank 15th in Major League Baseball with 119 home runs.
Hitters for San Francisco have combined for a team rank of 20th in the majors with a .399 team slugging percentage.
The Giants’ .241 batting average ranks 19th in the league this season.
San Francisco has scored 467 runs (4.5 per game) this season, which ranks 14th in MLB.
The Giants have an OBP of .318 this season, which ranks 16th in MLB.
San Francisco ranks 28th in strikeouts per game (9.5) among MLB offenses.

Red Sox Stats and Trends

Red Sox Betting Records

The Red Sox have been victorious in 29, or 52.7%, of the 55 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
This season, Boston has come away with a win 16 times in 24 chances when named as an underdog of at least +125 or longer on the moneyline.
The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Red Sox have a 44.4% chance of walking away with the win.
Contests with Boston has gone over the total set by bookmakers in 53 of 101 chances this season.
The Red Sox are 54-47-0 against the spread in their 101 games with a line set by sportsbooks this season.

Kutter Crawford (Red Sox Probable Starter)

The Red Sox will send Crawford (4-5) out to make his 12th start of the season. He is 4-5 with a 3.91 ERA and 69 strikeouts through 71 1/3 innings pitched.
In his last outing on Saturday against the New York Mets, the right-hander threw four innings, allowing four earned runs while surrendering four hits.
The 27-year-old has a 3.91 ERA and 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings during 19 games this season, while allowing a batting average of .230 to opposing batters.
Crawford has one quality start this season.
Crawford will look to record his seventh game of five or more innings pitched this season. He’s averaging 3.7 innings per appearance.
He has had six appearances this season that he kept his opponents to zero earned runs.
He will face off against a Giants offense that ranks 20th in the league with 837 total hits (on a .241 batting average). The team also slugs a collective .399 (20th in the league) with 119 total home runs (15th in MLB play).

Red Sox Batting Stats

The Red Sox rank 17th in MLB action with 115 home runs. They average 1.1 per game.
So far this year, Boston ranks sixth in the majors, slugging .437.
The Red Sox have the third-best batting average in the majors (.266).
The offense for Boston is No. 5 in baseball, scoring 5.1 runs per game (516 total runs).
The Red Sox are fourth in baseball with an on-base percentage of .333.

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