The slumping San Francisco Giants host the red hot Philadelphia Phillies tonight, Thursday August 4th, for game 1 of 4, as the Giants try to distance themselves atop the tight NL West. Philadelphia has lost seven of nine regular season games at AT&T Park. MLB oddsmakers have the Phillies as -135 moneyline road favourites over the Giants (+125) with the over/under set at 6.5 runs. Be sure to get your Philadelphia Phillies vs San Francisco Giants prediction in now.
Philadelphia (71-39, 30-21 V) has won seven of their last ten games and they won three straight in Colorado. The Phillies lead the NL East by 8 games over Atlanta. All-Star Hunter Pence went 1 for 4 for with an RBI in Wednesday's 8-6 win at Colorado, he has hit .286 (6 for 21) with three RBIs since being acquired from Houston on Friday. At the rate the Phillies are winning, they could be headed to a fifth consecutive division title. The Phillies have averaged 6.7 runs during a six-game winning streak. Slugger Ryan Howard is 9 for 22 (.409) with four homers and nine RBIs the last five games. Howard hit his 24th home run and had four RBIs on Wednesday.
Cliff Lee (10-7, 3.14 ERA) gave up four runs and fanned 11 in 7 2/3 innings of a 7-4 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday. Lee is 3-0 with a 1.13 ERA in the regular season versus San Francisco, but went 0-2 with a 6.94 ERA in the World Series with Texas last season. After he allowed one run in 42 innings while going 5-0 in June, the left-hander went 1-2 with a 4.91 ERA in five July starts.
San Francisco (62-49, 33-20 H) has dropped six of their last ten games and have won only one of their last three at home. The Giants have a 1 game lead in the NL West over Arizona. They avoided a season-high sixth consecutive defeat with an 8-1 win over Arizona on Wednesday. Giants infielder Orlando Cabrera went 3 for 15 in four games with his new team, drove in three runs and All-Star Carlos Beltran had three hits with an RBI as the Giants matched their run total from the previous five games. After going 1 for 14 with six strikeouts in his first three games since coming over from the New York Mets last Thursday, Beltran is 7 for 16 (.438) without a strikeout in his last four. Beltran is batting .205 with a homer and five RBIs versus Philadelphia in 2011.
Madison Bumgarner (6-10, 3.80) surrendered seven — including five in the first — in four innings of a 7-2 loss at Cincinnati on Saturday. He allowed three runs in 4 2/3 innings of the Giants' 6-5 win in Game 4 of the NLCS in his only previous start against the Phillies. He also threw two scoreless innings during the pennant-clinching Game 6 victory at Philadelphia. Bumgarner has given up 18 first-inning runs this season.
Recent Trends to Consider:
Phillies are 2-5 in the last 7 meetings.
Phillies are 3-9 in the last 12 meetings in San Francisco.
Phillies are 4-0 in their last 4 games as a road favorite of -110 to -150.
Phillies are 5-0 in Lees last 5 starts as a favorite of -110 to -150.
Phillies are 6-0 in Lees last 6 starts after throwing more than 120 pitches in his last appearance.
Phillies are 10-0 in Lees last 10 starts after allowing 5 runs or more in their previous game.
Giants are 7-1 in their last 8 games as a home underdog of +110 to +150.
Giants are 4-1 in their last 5 vs. National League East.
Giants are 6-0 in Bumgarners last 6 starts as an underdog of +110 to +150.
Giants are 4-0 in Bumgarners last 4 home starts.
Philadelphia Phillies vs San Francisco Giants
When: Thursday August 4th@10:15 PM ET
Pick: Phillies -135
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The Bottom Line: Cliff Lee is hard to beat, caulk up another loss for the Giants. Be sure to get your Philadelphia Phillies vs San Francisco Giants prediction in now.
