East meets West in a series that continues on Tuesday’s sports betting calendar in San Francisco where the Giants host the New York Mets.
Tuesday, August 17, 2021 – 9:45 PM EDT at Oracle Park
In their first meeting in more than two years, San Francisco posted a 7-5 winning MLB score over New York in Monday’s opener. Kris Bryant poked two of the Giants’ three homers in the contest, including one that put them ahead for good. San Francisco was able to maintain its 4-game lead in the NL West while the Mets dropped to .500 on the year to fall 3½-games behind in the NL East.
San Francisco is favored to keep the good times rolling in the second contest of the set. New York turns to Marcus Stroman (8-11, 2.79) to start Tuesday’s clash opposite Logan Webb (6-3, 2.96), and Heritage Sports (visit our Heritage Sports Review) has the Giants -155 on the moneyline with an 8-run total.
While it’s true the Mets had to endure a long, late-night flight across the country into San Francisco for Monday’s game, using that as an excuse for the loss is bogus. New York was struggling before beginning this trip, and just got swept over the weekend at home where Mets players got plenty of rest in their own beds.
A victim of poor support in recent outings, Stroman is in search of his second consecutive winning start for the first time in two months. He worked into the sixth last Thursday against the Nationals, allowing just one run in a contest shortened by the doubleheader rules. There were eight strikeouts added to Stroman’s ledger in the 4-1 Mets win as -210 favorites at the best online betting sites. The victory was just New York’s second in Stroman’s last seven assignments.
Stroman will be facing the Giants for only the second time in his career, the other also taking place on the San Francisco mound. He was in a Toronto uniform in that May 2016 appearance, Stroman allowing four runs – 2 earned – in his six innings, and the Giants eventually won the contest in 13 innings. Evan Longoria has the most experience by far against Stroman over the years, batting .273 (9-33) with a pair of long balls.
Bryant’s two blasts on Monday were his first long balls since his initial game in a Giants uniform on August 1st. The former Cub has fit right into the San Francisco lineup and locker room, and is now hitting .304 since coming over from Chicago. Coupled with Brandon Crawford’s surge at the plate with a .400 average for the month, the Giants have arguably the best left side of an infield in the National League.
Since returning from a shoulder injury that shelved him for all of June, Webb has put up a 1.75 ERA across seven starts (36 IP). He was brilliant last Thursday at home against the Rockies tossing six shutout frames and whiffing eight in San Francisco’s 7-0 win over Colorado as -190 chalk on the MLB betting odds. It marked his fourth consecutive outing in which he lasted six frames, Webb striking out 25 across those 24 innings.
Webb is going to be taking on the Mets for the first time in his career. Tuesday marks his third start facing a team from the NL East this season, and the Giants have won the previous three against the Nationals, Marlins and Phillies while Webb pitched to a 2.57 ERA (14 IP). The only batter in New York’s with any experience against Webb is Kevin Pillar (1-5).
Jeremie Rehak should be calling balls and strikes in Game 2, and the Pennsylvania native sports a 9-10-2 O/U/P record on the season. Westerly gusts of 20+ mph are part of the forecast this afternoon in San Francisco, and they only die down into the 15-18 mph range at game time. Clear skies and temps in the low-60s make up the rest of the evening mix.
The 12-run outburst on Monday went against the norm when these two sides have been in San Francisco, four of the previous five at Oracle Park cashing ‘under’ tickets. Of course, those games were played more than two years ago. The bottom line is New York is struggling while Webb and San Francisco are playing well, and that leads me to a MLB pick on the run line and the home team.
MLB Pick: Giants -1½ (+132) at Heritage Sports (visit our Heritage Sports Review)
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