Giants-Pirates Odds Preview

The San Francisco Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at PNC Park.

The Giants will trot Barry Zito out to the mound in this one. Lefthander Zito has a 5-9 record and a 5.01 ERA this season.

Zito’s opponent in this one will be Charlie Morton. The Pirates righthander has a 4.29 ERA to go along with a 1-2 record this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Pirates listed as 122-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

Garrett Jones hit a walkoff homer in the 14^th inning for his second of the game as the Pirates edged the Giants 2-1 on Friday, as +125 underdogs. The team’s played UNDER the posted over/under (7)

Evan Meek tossed a scoreless 14^th inning to earn his first victory of the season for the Pirates.

Randy Winn scored the lone Giants run off a wild pitch. Bob Howry surrendered the winning run and fell to 0-5 in relief. Oddsmakers had the Giants as a -145 favorite in that game.

Current streak:
San Francisco has lost 2 straight games.

Team records:
San Francisco: 49-40 SU
Pittsburgh: 39-50 SU

San Francisco most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 2-8
Before playing Pittsburgh are 2-8
After playing Pittsburgh are 4-6
After a loss are 6-4

Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 3-7
Before playing San Francisco are 6-4
After playing San Francisco are 5-5
After a win are 4-6

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco’s last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Francisco’s last 6 games on the road
San Francisco is 4-15 SU in its last 19 games when playing Pittsburgh
San Francisco is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Pittsburgh’s last 9 games at home
Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against San Francisco
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh’s last 5 games
Pittsburgh is 15-4 SU in its last 19 games when playing San Francisco

Next up:
Pittsburgh home to San Francisco, Sunday, July 19